Rest In Peace, Maryknoll Sr Mary Grenough, who died today Jan 30 2021, at 87. She worked in the Philippines for 40 years, where she was a pioneer in promoting social justice, in 1971 joining striking sugar cane workers on the Island of Negros, essentially a giant plantation.
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“Our Sisters had always helped the poor but this experience of being with the poor as their consciousness was rising and as they struggled to become liberated from centuries of oppression was very different. It was an awakening for me to a new understanding of being a Christian.”
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Later, after many years of working in a diocesan Social Action office, documenting human rights abuses, and assisting refugees, she moved to Myanmar where she developed the Catholic HIV/AIDS Network, offering education, shelter, and support. See “Hearts on Fire”
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Thank you for this tweet, Robert. I remember meeting Sr. Mary during a trip sponsored by the Church Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines in the late 1980s. She made an incredible impression. It was great to later learn more about her in Penny Lernoux's wonderful book.
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