Nuns Show the Secret of Ageing Well
What is the secret to happiness and aging well? A long study of nuns in the US holds some of the answers, as FR HUGH LAGAN SMA explains.
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Sr Megan Rice: Jailed for Nuclear Protest, Now Documentary Star
From her petite frame, knit sweater and snow-white hair, it would be difficult to guess that 88-year-old Sister Megan Rice, a member of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, recently spent two years behind bars for a felony.
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Inkamana Votes in its First African Abbot: Fr John Paul Mwaniki
The monks of Inkamana Benedictine abbey in KwaZulu-Natal have elected their third — and first African — abbot and his abbatial blessing will take place this month.
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9 Benedictine Communities Meet for AGM
People in religious orders, “with their simplicity of life, can be a counter-cultural presence in a world of excess, luxury and consumerism”, the nuncio to Southern Africa told the region’s Benedictines.
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Diamond Jubilee for Holy Cross Sisters!
The diamond jubilee celebration of Holy Cross Sisters Mary Gabriel Solomons and Alfreda Reil was held at the provincial house
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Sisters Are Not Volunteers: Nuns’ Spirit of Service Can Lead to Abuses
Misunderstanding the generous service and obedience of women religious leads to their being exploited and underappreciated, according to an investigative report in a Vatican magazine. “Sisters are seen as volunteers that one can have available as one wishes, which gives rise to genuine abuses of power,” said a nun identified only as Sister Cecile.
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SA and Namibian Franciscans Meet to Map their Way Ahead
Franciscans from Namibia and South Africa discussed their way forward when they assembled at La Verna Retreat Centre in Johannesburg.
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South African Oblates: Three Provinces Unite as One
South Africa’s three provinces of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI), as well as the order’s Zimbabwe mission, are amalgamating to focus their mission. The Oblate general superior and council have by official decree erected the new province with the name of OMI Province of Southern Africa.
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Sister Hermenegild Makoro Reappointed to Papal Commission
Precious Blood Sister Hermenegild Makoro, the secretary- general of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference who was first appointed to the commission in 2014, said the last three years had been a learning curve for her.
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