Convert becomes foundress of 1st Ethiopian Catholic convent
November 08, 2024
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CWN Editor's Note: A convert to Catholicism has founded the first local convent of the Eastern-rite Ethiopian Catholic Church.
After her conversion to Catholicism, Emahoy Haregeweine entered the Little Sisters of Jesus, a Latin-rite institute inspired by St. Charles de Foucauld. She later felt called to found her own Ethiopian Catholic convent that combines monasticism, agricultural sustainability, and education of the young.
Ethiopia, an African nation of 116 million (map), is 60% Christian (41% Orthodox, 16% Protestant), 34% Muslim, and 5% ethnic religionist.
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