In Tanzania, Congo, Kenya, Mozambique, Zambia and Comoros, our African Sisters and foreign missionaries work together to teach lay leaders to catechize in sacramental preparation, serve in rural villages as medical aids, and staffing a nutrition center. Local Sisters also serve as midwives and teach in domestic schools and kindergartens. In Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Malaysia and Philippines, our
Sisters minister to families struggling against poverty, while respecting their diverse faith traditions. The Sisters are involved in education, pastoral care and social work, and operate a home in Sri Lanka for young girls. In Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Uruguay,our Sisters serve impoverished people who struggle to survive. Our ministries include education, health care, pastoral care and social work. In Israel and Jordan, our Sisters are symbols of hope for people caught in the economic and religious conflicts of the Holy Land. In Nazareth, Israel, the Sisters operate a school for more than 2,000 children. In Albania, Romania, Poland, Hungary and Ukraine, the Sisters engage in health care, catechetics, pastoral and youth ministry among people who experience both economic and spiritual deprivation. In the U.S., in California, South Dakota and Wisconsin, we teach, serve in healing ministries, walk alongside the elderly, youth, the hungry and imprisoned, and stand in prophetic witness to the tragedy of human trafficking.
