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Jane Wakahiu, LSOSF, PHD TRANSFORMATIVE PARTNERSHIPS: THE ROLE OF AGENCIES, CHURCH AND WOMEN RELIGIOUS INSTITUTES IN PROMOTING STRATEGIC SOCIAL AND SUSTAINABLE CHANGE IN AFRICA PAULINES PUBLICATIONS AFRICA TRANSFORMATIVE PARTNERSHIPS: THE ROLE OF AGENCIES, CHURCH AND WOMEN RELIGIOUS INSTITUTES IN PROMOTING STRATEGIC SOCIAL Contents AND SUSTAINABLE CHANGE IN AFRICA ISBN 9966-60-133-9 Year of publication 2018 Reviewers ..............................................................................................................7 Dedication .............................................................................................................8 Appreciation ..........................................................................................................9 Foreward .............................................................................................................10 Acknowledgements .............................................................................................12 Introduction ........................................................................................................13 Part I: COLLABORATION ............................................................................17 Growth of the Church: Collaboration between Catholic Sisters and the Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi, Kenya Bibiana Ngundo, LSOSF, PhD .....................................................................18 Collaboration in Action: The Contributions of Three Religious Congregations in Healthcare Provision through the Use of Participatory Leadership in Monze Diocese, Zambia Charity Bbalo, RSHS ....................................................................................43 Collaboration between Religious Sisters and Laity in Promoting Environmental Conservation: Lessons from Mother Earth Network in Kenya Clarah Jepkorir Kimutai, ASE, MA ..............................................................63 Working for One Christ: The Importance of and Need for Collaborative Ministry among Women Religious in Ghana – the Case of the Sisters of St Louis PAULINES PUBLICATIONS AFRICA Dorothy Afua Abuah, SSL, BA and Mark Mantey, PhD ............................85 Daughters of St Paul P.O. Box 49026 Exploring Collaborative Partnerships: Challenges and Opportunities 00100 Nairobi GPO (Kenya) Faced by Catholic Religious Sisters in the Implementation E-mail: [email protected] of Community-Based HIV Programs in Kenya .........................................114 Website: www.paulinesafrica.org Esther Wairimu Mwangi, LSOSF, MA ......................................................114 Cover Design by Sebastian M. Kaaria Part II: WOMEN RELIGIOUS, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT Layout and Typsetting by Purity M.Njagi AND EDUCATION ......................................................................................137 Printed by Don Bosco Printing Press, P.O. Box 158, 01020 Makuyu (Kenya) Advocating for Women Religious in Africa: Experiences Paulines Publications Africa is an activity of the Daughters of St Paul, an international religious in an International Partnership congregation, using the press, radio, TV and films to spread the gospel message and to promote Derise E. Tolliver, PhD, Deborah Holton, PhD, MFA, Kenya Grooms, PhD, the dignity of all people. Alice Anzoyo Dralu, MBA and Nyambura Salome, PhD ........................138 4 Voices of Courage Effects of the Psycho-Spiritual Saint Anselm Sabbatical Program Part IV: INSTITUTIONAL AND MINISTERIAL on Women Religious Graduates in Kenya CASE STUDIES .............................................................................................359 Agnes Wamuya Ngure, FES, MA ..............................................................157 Social Consciousness of Catholic Sisters as Agents of Transformation: Religious Women and Education in Kenya: Contribution A Study of the Society of Infant Jesus (Sij) Congregation of the Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco and Sisters of Mercy Irene Mildred Onyekachi Anaeke, DMMM, MPhil ...................................360 Naomi Mwangi, SE .....................................................................................178 An Investigation of the Role of the Superiors of Women Religious Quality Assurance Measures and Performance of Catholic Schools Congregations in Empowering Religious Sisters in Malawi Headed by Religious Sisters in Uganda Teresa Mulenga, TS .....................................................................................376 Jane Rhita Kisembo, GSS, MA ...................................................................204 A Case Study of Servants of the Blessed Virgin Mary Sisters in Malawi Faculty Perceptions of the Impact of Online Education Patricia Daundi, SBVM ..............................................................................390 on their Own Development and Religious Sisters in Africa Assessment of the Mission Expansion Strategies of the Congregation of B. Lynn Hutchings, PhD and Terri Peters, PhD .......................................220 Missionary Sisters of St Therese of the Child Jesus, Developing Contemporary African Models of Leadership Dioceseof Iringa, Tanzania to Serve Women Religious in Ministry Deusdedita Lutego, PhD .............................................................................405 Agnes Njeri, SSJ, PhD, Alice Anzoyo, MA, Joan Burke, PhD, Transformative Partnership: Contributions of Women Religious Loretta Brennan, CSB, Patricia Bombard, DMin in Ensuring Healthy Communities in Uganda and Susaznne Dumbleton, PhD .................................................................237 Mary Germina Keneema, MA ....................................................................428 A Comparative Study of Sisters’ Education Levels Explaining Impacts of Transformational Leadership in Reducing in Two Congregations in Tanzania Poverty in Malawian Societies Hellen A. Bandiho, SST, EdD .....................................................................254 Hilaria Chombo, SBVM ..............................................................................463 Part III: SPIRITUALITY, RELIGIOUS LIFE Association of Religious in Uganda and a Response to Food Security AND CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES ........................................................281 Winifred Nyonyozi, MA .............................................................................482 Women Religious and Development of Small Christian Communities: The Role of Women Religious in the Development An Evaluation of the Evangelisation and Catechesis Course at AMECEA of the Ngugo Community of Imo State, Nigeria Pastoral Institute Anthony Amadi, CSSp, PhD ......................................................................500 Ngigi Simon Kang’ethe, PhD .....................................................................282 The Impact of Socio-Economic Activities on People’s Livelihood: Ecclesial Movements and Women Religious in Kenya A Case Study of the Sisters of Immaculate Heart of Mary Reparatrix— Peter Ignatius Gichure, PhD ......................................................................302 Ggogonya in Kisubi, Uganda Professionalism Within the Charism and the Search for Identity Among John Kalama, FIC ........................................................................................519 Women Religious in Anglophone Cameroon Today Michael Niba, PhD......................................................................................328 Reach Out and Touch: Life Choice for Outstanding Consecrated Women Helen Kasaka, LSMI ...................................................................................344 REVIEWERS Kathryn Clauss, IHM, PhD; Vice President and Councilor for Missioning and Community Life, Scranton, Pennsylvania Simon Kang’ethe, PhD; Senior Lecturer and Director, Gaba Campus, Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Eldoret, Kenya Mugumya Levis, PhD; Lecturer, Department of Linguistics, English Language Studies and Communication Skills, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda Michael Niba, PhD; Former Vice Chancellor, Catholic University of Cameroon, Bamenda, Cameroon Lynn Hutchings, PhD; Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Marywood University, Scranton, Pennsylvania Mark Mantey, PhD; Executive Director, Padre Pio Rehabilitation Centre, and Sisters Leadership Development Initiative (SLDI) Facilitator, Cape Coast, Ghana Mathew Muriuki Karangi, PhD; Faculty, St John Fisher Catholic School, Peterborough, UK Dominic Kazingatichire, PhD; Director, Academic Affairs, Catholic University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi Gloria Wirba Kenyefoon, TSSF, PhD; Lecturer, Pontifical Urbaniana University, Rome Diane Keller, PhD, LSW, Associate Professor, Marywood University, Scranton, Pennsylvania Ann Rita Njageh; Senior Research Fellow and Director, Academic Linkages, Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Nairobi, Kenya Jordan Nyenyembe, PhD; Senior Lecturer, Catholic University of Eastern Africa and Coordinator, AMECEA Publications, Eldoret, Kenya Samuel Njihia, PhD; Lecturer and Researcher, School Education, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya Terri Peters, PhD; former Dean, Reap College of Education and Human Development, Marywood University, Scranton, Pennsylvania Jane Wakahiu, LSOSF, PhD; Director, Catholic Sisters Programs, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, Agoura Hills, California Mary Ann Zimmer, ND, PhD; Associate Professor, Religious Studies, Marywood University, Scranton, Pennsylvania APPRECIATION DEDICATION his book was possible by a grant from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation and sponsorship of the African