Lusaka, 07 November, 2019 / 4:23 am (ACI Africa).
African nuns have been encouraged to have a positive view of the media and engage them in a bid to give visibility to their ministry among the people of God on the continent.
“In this age, the use of media is a key component in the sisters’ life,” Ms. Doreen Ajiambo told over sixty nuns who were attending the Catholic Sisters Initiative conference at Taj Pamodzi Hotel in Zambia’s capital, Lusaka.
“It is through the media that the work of the sisters can be known (since) media is the voice of the innocent and the voice of the marginalized people in the community,” Kenyan-born Ajiambo who is the regional correspondent of the Global Sisters Report (GSR) covering Africa and the Middle East told the nuns.
At the same event, the head of Catholic Sisters Initiative, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Sr. Jane Wakahiu regretted the silence on the impact of the ministry of religious sisters on the continent.
“The stories of the sisters are not told, we therefore need to communicate the stories, we need to tell the impact of the work of the sisters, the impact on communities, and the impact on institutions,” Sr. Wakahiu underscored.