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
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.
