Two Brooklyn-born Maryknoll Sisters will celebrate their 60th year in the congregation this year: Sister Teresa Lilly, M.M. and Theologian Sister Helen Graham.
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Mexican Nun Wins Human Rights Award
Sister Consuelo Morales, a member of the Congregation of Our Lady: Canonesses of St. Augustine, has advocated for and accompanied families whose loved ones disappeared in violence or problematic security crackdowns.
Vatican Calls for ‘Equal Dignity’ for Brothers
To help appreciate and better promote the vocation of religious brothers, the Vatican released a 50-page reflection in five languages on Dec. 14 on the importance of their life and mission of evangelization, fraternity and sacrifice.
Newest Sister of Life Hails from Brooklyn
Sister Hosanna Immaculata, 34, professed her perpetual vows as a Sister of Life on Aug. 6. Raised in Brooklyn, she was a parishioner at Holy Family parish, Canarsie.
Retired Cardinal Laszlo Paskai led the Church in Hungary
The retired primate of Hungary led the Catholic Church in Hungary as the country moved from communism to democracy at the end of the 1980s.
Sister Alma Marie Van Buren, O.P.
Sister Alma Marie Van Buren, O.P., a member of the Sparkill Dominican Sisters, for 69 years, died Aug. 8 in Sparkill, N.Y. She was 90.
Sister Julia Hannigan, Maryknoll missioner to China
Sister Julia Hannigan, M.M., a Brooklyn-born Maryknoll missioner to China, died Aug. 15. She was 99 years old, and just six and a half weeks shy of her 100th birthday.
Power of Religious Life
This past week, the Vatican sponsored a workshop for formators and vocation directors of religious orders of women and men from around the world. It culminated in an audience with Pope Francis, who himself is a member of a religious order, the Jesuits.