In some areas of the world where local church personnel are few, Marist Missionary Sisters minister at the diocesan or parish level to help develop the faith of the people and to promote local leadership within the Church. 

 At times we need to respond to very basic needs of people in a particular area: e.g. organizing a lunch program for seniors or children, visiting the sick in their homes, providing basic health care and health education.

Photos:

1.Sister Palepa Ioane is leading the choir for Saturday Vigil mass at Sacred Heart Church, Waltham, MA, USA. Joining her are Sisters Virginia Fornasa, Judith Sheridan and two novices (Jacinta Obi and Annet Nakiwala),

2. Sister Ana Berru (3rd from left), from Peru, with the youth of the parish in El Pozon, Cartagena, Colombia.

3. Sister Carlota Calle (right), from Peru, with a group of former prisoners, who have changed their way of life and now go back to help present prisoners in a drug rehabilitation program in Lima, Peru.

4. Sister Mary Eve Felesi (right), from the Solomon Islands, with two elderly people during the visit to the country side.