For over five decades, Congregation of the Mother of Carmel Sr. Elite Mattappillil has served people with intellectual disabilities through education, vocational training and caretaking.
Sr. Shuly Pascalina Rozario, a Missionary Sister of the Immaculate, serves as a parish-level coordinator in Parintins, a town near the Amazon River in Brazil.
Maria-Joannes, as both a Holy Family Sister of the Needy and an obstetrician-gynecologist, combines faith and medicine in her work with pregnant teenagers, abandoned children and other vulnerable groups.
Salazar, of the Company of Mary Our Lady, has said that although the synod has been difficult for some to understand, synodality is simply about listening and inclusion.
Daughter of Charity Sr. Liza Ruedas travels throughout the Philippines, working to educate and inspire students, farmers and Indigenous communities about ways to counter corruption and build a nation of justice.
An NGO program uses stage performance and storytelling to help children gain confidence and advocacy skills to address inequity, marginalization, climate change and social injustice.
Medical Missionaries of Mary Sr. Gladys Dimaku runs St. Teresa Clinic, a primary healthcare facility in Nigeria where patients receive preventive and curative care with special attention to HIV and tuberculosis.
Sr. María Inés Castellaro, general secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean Confederation of Religious, spoke to GSR about the challenges of consecrated life in the region, and the promise of synodality.
