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The Nun Who Has Saved Thousands of Lives From Violence

The Nun Who Has Saved Thousands of Lives From Violence

Oct 22, 2018-- The very same night that Sister Lucy Kurien turned away a pregnant and frightened woman from an overnight visit to her convent in India, the woman was immolated by her husband. Sister Lucy held her in her arms as she died. That night she vowed to do something for the women of her country. So she founded Maher, "a refuge for women whose poverty prevents them from being able to leave abusive homes on their own. In the short-term, Maher provides immediate shelter, interventions, and even reconciliation. But in the long-term, the community focuses on the slow, meticulous work of transformation: upending India's systemic violence, exploitation, and segregationof men and women, but also of rich and poor." Sr. Lucy tells her story in this interview with YES! (6744 reads)


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