Voice of the Proud Mama
Sr. Rosemarie Nassif, Guest Speaker at the CUEA commencement in October 2016, reflects on her humbling role as “mama” of the sisters in the ASEC program.
Reflections
ASEC Prayer in solidarity with the crisis in South Sudan
Please join us as we continue to pray for South Sudan
Educated, inspired, and transformed by the partnership between ASEC and CUEA
“With a unique experience of pre-university orientation and annual reflective workshops I learnt to strike balance between academics, co-curricular activities and community life.”
Experience as one of the first SLDI graduates in Malawi
One of the first SLDI program graduates in Malawi discusses how the program has helped her to gain self-esteem and effectively manage her work.
SLDI Program in Ghana: A Perspective
ASEC-SLDI Instructor Bright E. Biney reflects on the SLDI program and how its affected Sisters in Ghana.
Why Support Education in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Only 6% percent of women participate in higher education in Sub Saharan Africa (as students, faculty or administrators).
Site Visit to Kenya
The purpose of this visit was to facilitate a two-week training course for the ASEC Staff in Africa, to explore the possibility of working with the Fund for Sisters to design a program whereby both ASEC and the Fund for Sisters could collaborate more closely with the Catholic Sisters Initiative (CSI), and to visit several SLDI alumnae ministries that have been funded by the Fund for Sisters.
Catholic sisters: healing, nurturing and life-giving presence
During a recent site visit to the alumnae of the Sisters Leadership Development Initiative in Ghana, Uganda and Kenya, Nouwen’s reflections brought new meaning and understanding of the work that Catholic sisters are silently doing.
Addressing food insecurity in Africa through sustainable farming. Sisters lead by example.
Changing food insecurity trajectory is daunting; however, Catholic sisters are working quietly to address the challenge in their localities in Africa – saving one life at a time. They are teaching by example –practicing sustainable and ecofriendly agriculture to ensure that there is sufficient food in their communities.
A Pragmatist’s View of Religion
Article on USC by Donald Miller, who reflects on traveling to five African countries in the past six months with Sister Jane Wakahiu of ASEC. From the University of California’s Center for Civic Life and Religion.
Q & A with Sr. Mary Germina Keneema
Sr. Mary Germina Keneema, executive secretary for the Social Communications Commission of the Archdiocese of Mbarara in southwestern Uganda and the assistant coordinator of the leadership program in Uganda through the African Sisters Education Collaborative discusses her work in this Global Sisters Report Article.
Conference in Cape Coast, Ghana
Reflections of the beginnings of ASEC