‘People have been killed as animals. Houses were burnt. There is no mercy,’ explained one sister via email, adding that ‘these children don't know any more about their families.’
Numerous religious sisters in various congregations are engaged in the service of education, the poor, the elderly, and the sick. They mark the presence of the Church in the world; they are the novelty of the Gospel among mankind.
Contrary to what Pope Francis may believe, nuns were not made to be bureaucrats or civil servants. A proper appreciation of nuns consists in helping them live their own vocation: humble, silent, indispensable work among the poor, the sick, the elderly.
The Sister Servants of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus are turning to the faithful to keep their buildings open after losing a critical member in a car accident and discovering that they need costly roof repairs.