The main ministry in the Region are school based education, social work and health care.
There has been a CJ presence in Nepal since the 1950s when sisters from India moved there to establish a Girls’ High School in Kathmandu. Since then other communities have been founded and in 2006 Nepal was established as a separate CJ Region.
The main ministry in the Region is school based education. In Sirsiya, in south-east Nepal, our sisters work with the tribal villagers to provide social and medical care.
This is a demanding mission area in a poor country which is politically unstable. Growth possibilities are limited by the lack of Catholics in this once-all Hindu country, and by the political instability of the country.
To know more: https://cjnepalregion.com
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Loreto arrived in Nepal in 1926 and St Teresa’s Girls’ Higher Secondary School was opened for Nepali girls.
Today, there are sisters in Dharan, Darjeeling, Lolay and Sadam. They run different projects to help the local population, especially those traditionally discriminated, such as the Sukumbasi population.
They belong to the South Asia Province, and you can find more about them here.
We are an international multicultural congregation of around 1,800 sisters present in more than 40 countries around the globe. Founded in 1609 by the Venerable Mary Ward, we are a group of unenclosed apostolic religious women, rooted in the Ignatian Spirituality.
We are working in different areas and projects – not out of ourselves, but because we allow ourselves to be sent by God. We form our sisters to be mobile and available, willing to go wherever they are sent. We expect them to strive, like Mary Ward, to have that inner freedom to respond to the call to leave all and follow Christ with passion and compassion.
“Vocation” – a word that tastes of MORE, of what Saint Ignatius of Loyola called “THE MAGIS”: Longing, meaning, fullness of life, a task and the experience of being needed. It sounds like someone who is calling me personally and with whom I can give my life a unique shape.
People all over the world are inspired and enthusiastic about Mary Ward and her way of following Jesus. There are different ways to join our network and become part of the wider Mary Ward Family.
Mary Ward once said: “I listened to God’s deep dream for me and felt a longing to respond.”
In this spirit, we invite you to pray with us. We offer a variety of prayers and material for reflection.
