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Provide Opportunities for “gifted students” from Poor Backgrounds: Catholic Nuns Running Schools in Tanzania Told

Sep 22, 2024

Catholic Sisters in Tanzania, who graduated from the Sisters’ Blended Value Project (SBVP) that equips Sisters with entrepreneurial skills have been told to ensure that their impact is felt in the communities they serve.

Fr. Charles Kitima delivering his keynote address to Catholic nuns graduating as social entrepreneurs. Credit: ACWECA

“Think like businesspeople”: Official of Catholic Bishops in Tanzania to Nuns Graduating as Social Entrepreneurs

Sep 20, 2024

The Secretary General of Tanzania Episcopal Conference (TEC) has urged Catholic Sisters, who graduated as social entrepreneurs in the Sisters’ Blended Value Project (SBVP), a program jointly run by the Association of Consecrated Women in Eastern and Central Africa (ACWECA) and Kenya-based Strathmore University that equips Sisters with entrepreneurial skills, to embrace the business mindset for them to succeed in the enterprises they oversee.

Dr. Angela Ndunge

Catholic Sisters Graduating as Social Entrepreneurs in Uganda Urged to Stick to “bigger picture – deeper evangelization”

Sep 4, 2024

Catholic Sisters in Uganda, who graduated from the Sisters’ Blended Value Project (SBVP), a program jointly run by the Association of Consecrated Women in Eastern and Central Africa (ACWECA) and Kenya-based Strathmore University, have been cautioned against losing focus of the “bigger picture” of their calling, namely, positively impacting their respective communities in “deeper evangelization”.

Facilitating “holistic formation”: Role of Catholic Nuns in Eastern, Central Africa in Laity’s Faith Formation Lauded

Aug 21, 2024

The leadership of the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) has recognized with appreciation the role of Catholic Nuns in the faith formation of the Laity in Eastern and Central Africa.

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Plenary Assembly of Catholic Nuns in East, Central Africa to Strategize Formation to Adjust to Contemporary “changes”

Aug 20, 2024

The topic of formation of Catholic Sisters, both initial and ongoing, is central in the ongoing 19th Plenary Assembly of the Association of Consecrated Women in Eastern and Central Africa (ACWECA).

We’re “called to collaborate in redeeming the world”: Carmelite Archbishop to Catholic Nuns in Eastern, Central Africa

Aug 19, 2024

Consecrated persons have responded to God’s call to participate in renewing the world, Archbishop George Desmond Tambala, a member of the Order of the Discalced Carmelites (OCD), has told participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Association of Consecrated Women in Eastern and Central Africa (ACWECA).

Members of the Association of Consecrated Women in Eastern and Central Africa (ACWECA) during the 25 June 2024 press conference. Credit: Luntha TV

Association of Catholic Nuns in Eastern, Central Africa Highlight Mission ahead of August Double Celebration

Jun 27, 2024

The leadership of the Association of Consecrated Women in Eastern and Central Africa (ACWECA) has highlighted the mission of the 10-nation forum of Catholic Nuns ahead of the planned double celebration scheduled for August in Malawi.

Participants at the week long meeting held to come up with theme for the ACWECA 2024 Plenary Assembly.

Catholic Nuns in Eastern Africa Unveil 2024 Plenary Theme, Aim to Strengthen Formation

Sep 1, 2023

Members of the Association of Consecrated Women in Eastern and Central Africa (ACWECA) have unveiled the theme for their 2024 Plenary Assembly that seeks to strengthen the formation of Catholic Nuns in the region.

Sr. Prof. Agnes Lucy Lando. Credit: Sr. Prof. Agnes Lucy Lando

Revise “traditional roles” to Align with “emerging issues”: Kenyan Nun to Women Religious

Apr 29, 2022

A Catholic Nun in Kenya has called on members of various female Religious Orders and Societies of Apostolic Life to consider revising their “traditional roles” so that they are aligned with “emerging issues”.

A poster announcing the 28 April 2022 webinar. Credit: ACWECA

Synod on Synodality Offering "opportunity to share fruits of discernment”: Nun in Zambia

Apr 28, 2022

The ongoing preparations for the Synod on Synodality offers room for discernment and “an opportunity to share the fruits of the discernment”, a Catholic Nun has said.

Teams from  the Association of Consecrated Women in East and Central Africa (ACWECA), Strathmore University and the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation pose for a group photo at that launch of the Sisters Blended Value Project in Kenya
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Pray and Work, Catholic Sisters in Africa Told, Urged to Grow Social Enterprises

Apr 27, 2022

Members of the Association of Consecrated Women in Eastern and Central Africa (ACWECA) have been told to devise ways to sustain their respective Congregations by working hard to also make a living, much as they devote their time to prayer.

A section of participants who completed a Project Management course of the Association of Consecrated Women in Eastern and Central Africa (ACWECA) in collaboration with Strathmore University. The training is part of ACWECA's Sisters Blended Value Project (SBVP). Credit: Sr. Celestine Nasiali/ACWECA

Catholic Sisters in Eastern Africa Gain Project Managements Skills in Pioneer Training

Apr 18, 2022

Sr. Leah Nelima Nyongesa, a member of the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ in Kenya’s Catholic Diocese of Meru understands the challenge that her Congregation faces amid shrinking resources.

Sr. Wilhelmina Uhai Tunu. Credit: Courtesy Photo

Synodal Process Time to Showcase “role in mission of evangelization”: Tanzanian Nun

Apr 1, 2022

A Catholic Nun from Tanzania has challenged women and men Religious in Africa to use the ongoing preparations for the Synod on Synodality to showcase their “active role in the mission of evangelization”.

Sr. Jane Wakahiu. Credit: ACWECA

Catholic Sisters Living with Alzheimer’s in Africa to Benefit from New Endowment Fund

Aug 27, 2021

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation is creating an endowment fund to support Religious Congregations that are struggling to provide quality care to Catholic Sisters suffering from Alzheimer’s, members of the Association of Consecrated Women in Eastern and Central Africa (ACWECA) have been told.

Sr. Bibiana Ngundo, a lecturer in African Culture and Religion at Kenya’s Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA) during her presentation at the ongoing 18th Plenary Assembly for the Association of Consecrated Women in Eastern and Central Africa (ACWECA). Credit: ACWECA

Align Formation Programs for Religious in Africa to New World Realities: Catholic Nun

Aug 26, 2021

There is a need to revise the old formation programs for those joining Religious Life in Africa to match the positive and negative realities of the current society, a Catholic Nun in Kenya has said.

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Catholic Sisters in Africa Asked to Go Beyond “community projects” to Sustain Congregation

Aug 25, 2021

A Kenyan Nun is advocating for Catholic Sisters in Africa to be allowed, while adhering to the evangelical council of obedience, to join sectors of society that offer a “better pay” in view of sustaining their respective Religious Congregations that are facing tough financial times.

Pope Francis waves during his Angelus address at the Vatican July 25, 2021./ Vatican Media.

Pope Francis Invokes Intercession of Mary for Ongoing Regional Sisters in Africa Plenary

Aug 25, 2021

Pope Francis has sent his Apostolic blessings for the ongoing 18th Plenary Assembly of the Association of Consecrated Women in Eastern and Central Africa (ACWECA).

From left; Sr. Pasilisa Namukoye, ÀOSK Executive  Secretary, Sr. Mary Cecilia Njeri, ACWECA President, Sr. Hellen Badhiho ACWECA General Secretary. Credit: AMECEA

Catholic Sisters in Africa Urged to Remain True to Calling Despite Disappointments

Aug 23, 2021

Members of the Association of Consecrated Women in Eastern and Central Africa (ACWECA) have been urged to remain true to their role models especially when Religious Life does not turn out the way they expected it to be.

Part of the original preparatory team posed for a group photo at the Apostles of Jesus Centre in Langata. The team is made up of staff from ACWECA and AOSK Secretariats. / Sr. Grace Candiru/ACWECA

Consecrated Women in Eastern-Central Africa to Maintain Theme of Postponed Assembly

Feb 2, 2021

The Plenary Assembly of the Association of Consecrated Women in Eastern and Central Africa (ACWECA), which had been slated for last August, is expected to take place in August this year under the same theme, officials involved in organizing the event have told ACI Africa.

The future James Corboy Secondary School under construction. It is an initiative of Religious Sisters of the Holy Spirit (RSHS) in Zambia’s Monze Diocese. / Religious Sisters of the Holy Spirit (RSHS).

Catholic Sisters in Zambia to Build School in Inaugural Entrepreneurship Project

Dec 9, 2020

Sr. Edna Himoonde, a member of the Religious Sisters of the Holy Spirit (RSHS) in Zambia’s Monze Diocese envisions a school tucked on the edge of a fruit-tree orchard. At this school, children from poor backgrounds in Western Zambia will use their time outside class to get practical knowledge in growing crops and rearing animals.