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Assumption Sisters of Nairobi (ASN)
From Tradition to Vocation: Veteran Kenyan Sister Reflects on Why African Girls Chose Religious Life
When Religious Sisters’ Congregations were started in Kenya, parents who were still deeply traditional found it difficult to allow their girls to embrace a way of life that was alien to them. The only vocation that made sense then was marriage; and a young girl was nurtured for it.
Inside Catholic Sisters’ Groundbreaking “Heritage Room” – A Dream 40 Years in the Making in Kenya
Sr. Elizabeth Njoki wa Joel is nostalgic as she shows the various sections of the “Heritage Room”, a space set up by the Assumption Sisters of Nairobi (ASN) in Kenya to preserve the Congregation’s history including documents and artifacts from when it was founded in 1955.
Religious Life “not about personal ambition”: Assumption Sisters of Nairobi Superior Cautions against Disobedience
In joining Religious Life, members surrender the strong desire to achieve personal goals and in line with the vow of obedience, switch to the will of God, operating in an expanded horizon that involves prioritizing the needs of their respective Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (ICLSAL), a Superior General in Kenya has said.
Mandeville Diocese in Jamaica Lauds Service of Assumption Sisters of Nairobi at Profession, Anniversaries Celebrations
The Bishop of Jamaica’s Catholic Diocese of Mandeville has thanked members of the Assumption Sisters of Nairobi (ASN) in Kenya for their over two decades of service in the Jamaican Diocese.
“She has been a great support”: Assumption of Nairobi Sister on Sibling’s Role in Her 60 Years of Religious Life
Sr. Teresia Ndeto of the Assumption Sisters of Nairobi (ASN) has acknowledged with appreciation the support she has received from her younger sister, Immaculate, during her 60 years of Religious Life.
Beware of “dragons” Seeking to Attack Your Vowed Life: Catholic Bishop in Kenya to the Consecrated at Assumption Mass
Bishop Wallace Ng’ang’a Gachihi of Kenya’s Military Ordinariate has cautioned members of Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (ICLSAL) against evil forces, which he said can present themselves through friends with an aim of swaying them from their vowed life.
Anniversary of Nuns’ HIV/AIDS Project in Kenya Marked with Caution: Virus “still with us”
The 20th anniversary of the HIV/AIDS project of the Assumption Sisters of Nairobi (ASN) in Kenya’s Catholic Diocese of Nakuru on Friday, January 26 was marked with the caution that cases of HIV infections are on the rise in the East African nation.
Over 13,000 Reached as Catholic Nuns’ HIV/AIDS Project in Kenya Marks 20th Anniversary
Close to 14,000 people have benefitted from ASN Upendo Village, a HIV and AIDS project started by the Assumption Sisters of Nairobi (ASN) 20 years ago to provide support to people living with HIV in low-end settlements around Naivasha in Kenya’s Catholic Diocese of Nakuru.
Catholic Sisters in Kenya Mourn Founding Superior General who “took after Mary’s heart”
Sr. Marie Therese Gacambi lived true to the values of her model Mother Mary in the way she encouraged deep reflection, humility, and obedience to Jesus among members of the Assumption Sisters of Nairobi (ASN) in Kenya, where she was the first African Superior General.
The Times of First Catholic Archbishop of Nairobi Behind Kenya’s Top Church Institutions
Little can be found in the public domain about the man behind the most thriving schools, hospitals and Catholic Missions in Kenya’s Archdiocese of Nairobi and the surrounding Dioceses.
I Owe Catholic Nuns, Entire Upendo Village My Life, Testimony by Kenyan Man Born with HIV
Sr. Florence Muia, a member of the Assumption Sisters of Nairobi (ASN), recalls a day, in 2004, when she sat with a group of people that lived with HIV under a tree in Naivasha in the Catholic Diocese of Nakuru, just under 100 kilometers northwest of Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi.
Meet Kenyan Nun Behind Thriving Disability Program for Girls amid COVID-19 Restrictions
At a one-roomed house in Satellite, an informal settlement located outside Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi, a 23-year-old girl living with disability claps her hands excitedly and throws herself freely at Sr. Rose Catherine Wakibiru, a Kenyan nun who has been visiting girls living with disability at their homes since the Kenyan government directed closure of all learning institutions last month.
Hoping for a Better Future in Jamaica’s Empty Churches, Kenyan Nun Testifies
For two consecutive Sundays in October 2020, Sr. Agnes Mwongela, accompanied by the only Priest at St. Croix Catholic Parish in Jamaica’s Diocese of Mandeville went to one of the outstations of the parish and found no one there.
World War Hero’s Centre Where Nuns Give Home to Kenyan Girls Living with Disabilities
At an expansive portion of land in a rural suburb of Limuru in Kenya’s Kiambu County in the Archdiocese of Nairobi, sits Limuru Cheshire Home, a charitable institution for girls living with physical and intellectual disabilities.
Kenyan Nun Journeying with HIV Patients in Jamaica to Overcome Stigma
For close to a year, Sr. Elizabeth Gathoni of the Assumption Sisters of Nairobi (ASN) has observed immense transformation in the lives of HIV patients who belong to a support group that the nun coordinates in the Catholic Diocese of Mandeville in the Caribbean Island nation of Jamaica.
Meet the Kenyan Nun Who Built a state-of-the-Art HIV/AIDS Facility from Scratch
Love reigns at Upendo Village, a state-of-the-art facility where people living with HIV in low-end settlements around Naivasha in Kenya’s Catholic Diocese of Nakuru (CDN) have found hope for nearly two decades – Upendo is a Swahili word for love.
