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February 12, 2016

Building a safe haven for Kenyan girls at risk

Sr. Ephigenia Gachiri with this year’s graduates of the Christian rite of passage. Gachiri developed a rite-of-passage ritual based on the RCIA program as an alternative to a cultural ritual rite that involves female genital mutilation.

TORONTO - Life is very different for the girls at the Abundant Life Centre in Kenya when compared to the students at Toronto’s Loretto Abbey Catholic Secondary School.

Published in Youth Speak News
November 13, 2015

Female astronaut tells girls to reach for the stars

Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti poses with two students during her visit to Loretto Abbey Catholic Secondary School.

TORONTO - Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti said the best advice she can give to a girl is to find her own path and be her own inspiration.

Published in Youth Speak News