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Sister Maria Elena Berini (born 9 December 1944) is an Italian Catholic nun, and mission worker. She won an

International Women of Courage Award The International Women of Courage Award, also referred to as the U.S. Secretary of State's International Women of Courage Award, is an American award presented annually by the United States Department of State to women around the world who have ...

in 2018.

Life

She entered the novitiate of the Sisters of

Jeanne-Antide Thouret Jeanne-Antide Thouret (27 November 1765 - 24 August 1826;Rogatti, p. 441 also called Joan Antide Thouret and Jane Antide) was born in Sancey, in the Franche-Comté region of eastern France, on November 27, 1765, the fifth child of a poor and "d ...

. From 1963 to 1969, she trained as a teacher. In 1972, she went to

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, to work in rural schools. In 2007, her congregation sent her to the Central African Republic. In 2017, she provided refuge at her Catholic mission, when rebels attacked

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Biographies of the Finalists for the 2018 International Women of Courage Awards
{{DEFAULTSORT:Berini, Maria Elena Living people 1944 births 20th-century Italian Roman Catholic religious sisters and nuns People from Sondrio Italian Roman Catholic missionaries Recipients of the International Women of Courage Award 21st-century Italian Roman Catholic religious sisters and nuns