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CERRA-Africa
Why Women Religious in Africa Must Pay Attention to Increasing Longevity in Care for Elderly Colleagues
The life expectancy of women Religious has increased over the past five decades, according to studies that the U.S.-based Centre for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) conducted.
Researchers Explore Ways to Sustain Catholic Nuns’ Monasteries in Africa amid Severe Scarcity
A study into the situation of Monasteries distributed across Africa has uncovered a severe shortage, with some Religious in these communities living under leaking roofs, unable to afford very basic necessities.
“Give us work”: Women Religious in Research End Maiden Symposium with Unique Invitation to Catholic Dioceses in Africa
Researchers at the Centre for Research in Religious Life and Apostolate (CERRA-Africa) have ended their maiden symposium in Nairobi, Kenya, with an invitation to Catholic Dioceses and Parishes across the continent to engage them in evangelization though empirical studies.
Hardly Firstborn or Lastborn: Study into Religious Formation Shows African Sister Most Likely to Be Middle Child
Most African women Religious are middle children and not firstborns or lastborns, a study by the Centre for Research in Religious Life and Apostolate (CERRA-Africa) has established.
Align Apostolates, Ministries “with evolving needs of society”: Association Leader to Catholic Sisters in Africa
Catholic Sisters from across Africa, who gathered in Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi, for an inaugural research symposium have been urged to work towards ensuring that their apostolates and ministries resonate well with the needs of the people of God they serve.
Catholic Sisters in Africa Engaged in Research Urged to Stay on Top of Trends Likely to Affect Religious Life
Catholic Sisters in Africa who are engaged in research apostolate have been challenged to start conducting empirical studies on trends in Religious Life as soon as they notice them, and not to wait until it is too late for them to act.
At Inaugural Research Symposium, Catholic Sisters in Africa Urged to Illuminate Continent’s “darkest places”
Catholic Sisters from various Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (ICLSAL) across Africa who have convened in Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi, for their maiden research symposium have been urged to be the light of the continent, illuminating “the darkest places” where they serve.
Catholic Sisters in Africa Warming to Empirical Studies as Need for Data-Driven Decisions Grows
The Centre for Research in Religious Life and Apostolate (CERRA-Africa), which is nestled in Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi, is growing, currently drawing women Religious from different African countries who have an interest in conducting research.
All Set for Maiden Research Symposium on Religious Life in Africa, Opportunity to Share “fresh findings, experiences”
Everything is set for the first ever symposium that the Kenya-based Centre for Research in Religious Life and Apostolate (CERRA-Africa) has organized in Nairobi next month.
Catholic Sisters in Kenya Move to Address Caregiving Gaps among Elderly Women Religious
Not long ago, the Centre for Research in Religious Life and Apostolate (CERRA-Africa) carried out an investigation into the situation of Catholic Sisters in Kenya that revealed the urgent need for women Religious in the East African nation to prepare for old age.
