Today, U.S. Catholic Sisters Against Human Trafficking (USCSAHT) counts more than 115 congregations of women religious, individual members, faith-based coalitions and secular organizations.
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Today, U.S. Catholic Sisters Against Human Trafficking (USCSAHT) counts more than 115 congregations of women religious, individual members, faith-based coalitions and secular organizations.
An image of Sudanese St. Josephine Margaret Bakhita, a Canossian Daughter of Charity, is carried in procession during a prayer service in 2017. (CNS/Reuters/Max Rossi)
Prayer marathons, informational seminars, survivor panels, and an international Twitterstorm are just some of the many activities taking place Feb. 8 for the International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking.
The day coincides with the feast day of St. Josephine Bakhita, who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in Sudan, eventually gaining her freedom and becoming a Canossian Daughter of Charity. She is the patron saint of human trafficking survivors.
With women religious deeply engaged in anti-trafficking ministries all over the world largely through networks united under the international Talitha Kum umbrella network several organizations and congregations offer a variety of opportunities to commemorate this day of reflection against human trafficking.