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Dominican sister vows to remain in Iraq despite increasing violence
26-06-2009
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Despite growing numbers of Iraqi Christians fleeing their country to escape the violence and persecution, an Iraqi Dominican nun says she will remain in her country.
"I am committed to staying in Iraq for those who remain: the poor, the vulnerable, the widows and their children," Sister Maria Hanna said in a meeting at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Sister Hanna, a member of the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena in Mosul, Iraq, visited Washington in June to talk about her work and to give Catholic agencies and organizations an update on current conditions in the country. She has set goals to build schools and hospitals for those remaining in Iraq and to give hope to all Iraqis.
"Our services are not just for Christians," Sister Hanna said. "Our hospital offers care to Christians and Muslims. And the students in our schools are mostly Muslims."
In 1992, the sisters opened the Al-Hayat maternity hospital, which offers a 24-hour emergency clinic. They hope to add a surgical hospital and a general hospital in northern Iraq, she said.
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/briefs/cns/20090625.htm
