Urging the Synod on Synodality, Sister Nirmala Alex Maria Nazareth, AC (Apostolic Carmel), president of Catholic women religious in India, emphasized that the poor, migrants, and refugees "must always be very close to the Church.”
The Apostolic Carmel Sisters in Sri Lanka celebrated the centenary of their services to the island nation. The congregation's charisma is education and the empowerment of girls and women.
At present, some 250 Apostolic Carmel Sisters work through 36 convents in Sri Lanka.
