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Children play at the Bernardine Sisters’ school in Kamonyi, Rwanda. When the village observes the anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, the schoolchildren walk together to the local memorial, where they have a ceremony and read the names of local victims. (CNS photo/Melanie Lidman, Global Sisters)

‘Sister Listeners’ help Rwandans move beyond genocide

Melanie Lidman
April 21, 2017

The Benebikira Sisters, the oldest indigenous congregation in Rwanda, have sisters who are teachers, nurses, pharmacists, formators and administrators. But they also have religious with a unique title: Sister Listeners.

“It’s like being home,” said Terri Archibald, former student and now a teacher of more than three decades at Immaculate Heart of Mary School in Baynesville. Her sons Chris, left, and Andrew, also attended IHM, as well as Andrew’s daughter, Reagan, currently in the first grade. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Commitment to Immaculate Heart of Mary School transcends generations

Erik Zygmont
April 21, 2017
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“It has always felt like a community and a family here – always,” Terri Archibald said.

Daniel Philpott, professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame, listens to a speaker during an April 20 forum at the National Press Club in Washington. Speakers at the forum released the findings of a study on responses to Christian persecution. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

Persecuted Christians often choose strategy of survival, says study

Barb Fraze
April 21, 2017

A new study categorizes what kinds of responses emerge when Christians around the world are persecuted, noting that, most often, Christians choose a strategy of survival.

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