Ministries in Brazil

Sisters of the Holy Cross sponsored ministries:

Colégio Santa Maria
São Paulo, Brazil
          The Colégio Santa Maria is the sisters’ long-standing, sponsored educational ministry in Brazil with an enrollment of 2,900 students. The coeducational school is one of the highest rated in São Paulo and is active in the community, incorporating social justice into all its activities. The school also provides an evening program for adults who have not received a primary or secondary education. Sister Diane Cundiff is principal of the school.

Saint Martha’s Social Service Center
São Paulo, Brazil
          The center provides programs for women to learn skills that allow them to support their families. Traditional programs, such as sewing, continue, but newer programs like computer operations are offered also. Sister June Ann Kirby is part of the team at the center, offering sister presence to staff and clients.

CSC Fund/Ministry With the Poor grant recipients
for 2009-2010:

Cebi-National
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
          Sister Aline Marie Steuer received funding to assist with office, travel and housing expenses for facilitators and a 30-year anniversary celebration of an ecumenical, grass-roots biblical movement.

Center for the Guidance and Education of Youth: Projeto Sol
São Paulo, Brazil
          Sister Angela Mary Cary received partial funding of teachers’ salaries at a center for children in an urban slum.

Father Aldo Center CESPAT
São Paulo, Brazil
          Sister Anne Veronica Horner Hoe received funding for computer upgrades and software, art supplies and materials for an electrician course for the vocational center.

Cami-Centro de Apoio Ao (I)migrante
São Paulo, Brazil
          Sister Isabel Cristina Camacho Torres received funding for a social worker and psychologist to work with female immigrants, helping them to adapt to a new culture; also to purchase office supplies, transportation and meals for volunteers.

Instituto Terra, Trabalho e Cidadanis
São Paulo, Brazil
          Sister Maria Regina Gomes received funds to support two law and social service students who work with foreign prisoners; also funding for telephone and mail expenses. Read more.

Tuition assistance for law students
São Paulo, Brazil
          Sister Michael Mary Nolan received funds to provide tuition assistance for two students, one of whom works on legal assistance for descendants of slaves and the other coordinates the indigenous ministry in the state.

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To read more about the sisters’ educational ministry in Brazil, see Colégio Santa Maria, São Paulo.

Ques são as Irmãs da Santa Cruz? Also see Sisters of the Holy Cross em português – Brazil.