Sophia M. Arockia Mary

Sr. Sophia Arockia Mary is a member of the Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit in India.  With an academic background in social work, law, and theology, she has been a Justice Peace and Integrity of Creation coordinator for her province and later served in community leadership. Presently, besides serving as the coordinator of the province’s domestic work ministry and the migration ministry, she is helping trade union workers in the slums of Rourkela.

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Migrants from Maharashtra traveled by truck and were left May 25 at Bondamunda, Odisha, in India. They sat in the sun without food for an entire day. The author and her congregation, the Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit, gave them food and m

Holy Spirit nuns join with network in India to support migrants

When the government imposed national lockdown in March to contain COVID-19, millions of Indian migrants struggled to return home. Our community joined with others to help migrants survive and reach home.