Last 4 nuns of Spanish convent seek sisters to keep it open

Reuters 02/18/2024

RONDA, Spain—With only four nuns left, the historic Corazon Eucaristico de Jesus convent in southern Spain is on the brink of closure. Now, its prioress is calling on sisters everywhere to take a leap of faith, come…

Vocation Month launched to address lack of priests and nuns

Max Limpag 02/06/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — There is a crisis in religious vocation and formators in Cebu are hoping to encourage more people to consider being a nun or priest by working together and reaching out to the young…

Carmelite nuns denounce “malicious” depiction of nuns playing mahjong with Cory Aquino

Wenilyn B. Sabalo and Morexette Erram 08/02/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines –“Depicting the nuns as playing mahjong with Cory Aquino is malicious.” This was the statement of the Carmelite nuns in Cebu following a now-viral photo of a scene from the controversial movie “Maid in…

QC convent has 114 COVID-19 cases – 64 nuns and 50 workers

Zacarian Sarao 09/16/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The Religious of the Virgin Mary (RVM) convent in Cubao, Quezon City, has 114 individuals — 64 nuns and 50 staff members — who have contracted COVID-19, according to a post on Wednesday on…

Sisters got game: SMS Girlstown nuns show some hoops skills

JONAS PANERIO 01/14/2019

Talisay City, Cebu – The nuns of the Sisters of Mary-Girlstown showed amateur superstars Thirdy Ravena and Kobe Paras that they had game as they swished one basket after another in a shootout during the culminating day…

Nuns get hands dirty and wet to save Mexico’s salamanders

AFP 09/13/2018

ROLLING up the sleeves of her immaculate white habit, Sister Ofelia Morales Francisco plunges her hands into an aquarium, grabs a large, slimy salamander and lifts it dripping into the air. The nun is part of a…

Minibus mishap in Oslob; 21 hurt

Rene F. Alima 10/14/2017

About 21 nuns and teachers of a Catholic school were injured when the minibus they rode in fell on its side along the national road of Barangay Catadman, Oslob town, located 118 kilometers south of Cebu City…

Nuns, teachers hurt after bus fell on its side in Oslob

Rene F. Alima 10/14/2017

CEBU CITY–At least 20 nuns and teachers from a private school were injured after their bus fell on its side in Oslob town, about 118 km south of here, early Saturday morning. Initial reports received by Oslob…

Learning about caring and sharing

Sofia Aliño Logarta 02/15/2017

As pupils in St. Theresa’s College, we were blessed to be exposed early to unconditional love. Many of the mentors whom we hero-worshipped left us to enter the ICM novitiate; and of course during school days we…

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