Nov 06, 2024Emahoy Haregeweine with Cardinal Berhaneyesus during the blessing of the Chapel in Holeta, EthiopiaBy Bezawit Bogale"I want to be an Ethiopian Catholic nun." With this bold declaration, Emahoy Haregeweine, a pioneering religious sister in Ethiopia, established the first local convent within the Ethiopian Catholic Church, the Holy Trinity Benedictine Convent. In 2007, while attending a seminar on Ethiopian monastic traditions, she felt she had found the answers she had been seeking. This moment marked the beginning of her mission to establish a Catholic convent that reflected Ethiopia’s unique spiritual and cultural identity. In 2018, she realized her long-held dream by founding Ethiopia’s very first Catholic convent, the “Holy Trinity Benedictine Convent.”During her stay in France with the support of the Benedictines, she used her spare time to raise money by selling handmade souvenirs.

Source: Ethiopian News November 05, 2024 21:05 UTC