Sion Sisters promote peace in Costa Rica through dialogue.
by George Rodrigues
After going through a divorce, Grace Jiménez’s self-esteem was low.
Jiménez said her husband did not value her. He was physically and emotionally abusive and would beat her when he drank.
She was drawn to Mujer Descúbrete, “Woman, Discover Yourself,” a program of the Congregación Nuestra Señora de Sion (Congregation of Our Lady of Sion), partially because of its name.
“That title told me that, well, we had to discover ourselves, that there was something in me that I had to discover,” Jiménez said in an interview with Global Sisters Report. “And, to tell you the truth, it helped me.”
“There, I realized what one is worth as a woman,” she added.
Mujer Descúbrete is one of the main components of the ministry of the Sisters of Our Lady of Sion in San José, the Costa Rican capital. The sisters’ goal is to reach out to all regardless of social position, economic status, or religious belief. They focus their work towards running a school, the Colegio de Nuestra Señora de Sion (School of Our Lady of Sion); youth and women’s social programs; and their Center for Biblical Studies and Judeo-Christian Relations.
Source: Global Sisters Report.
