Gregg Brekke is an award-winning photojournalist and writer dedicated to telling stories of justice and faith. His work can be found at greggbrekke.com.

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Children enjoy play time at Casa Corazón de la Misericordia, which cares for children who are HIV-positive, in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. (Gregg Brekke)

Sisters of Mercy orphanage in Honduras nurtures children living with HIV

People
World
May 10, 2021

In San Pedro Sula, Casa Corazón de la Misericordia has served more than 1,000 HIV-positive children who have come through its doors since it was established in 1995 by Mercy Srs. Masbely Del Cid and Sandra Hernández.

Srs. Milena Vanegas, left, and Victoria Emérita in the mud-covered playground of the nursery school they operate in La Planeta, a neighborhood of La Lima, Honduras, in late January.

After two devastating hurricanes, Honduran sisters help communities rebuild

Coronavirus
EarthBeat
Parish
World
Mar 4, 2021

Months after Hurricanes Eta and Iota hit Honduras, communities are still marked by devastation. Catholic sisters, despite their own destroyed properties and COVID-19, stand beside those struggling to rebuild their lives.

Srs. Jessica Karina Lemus Sánchez and Ana Felipa Olvera Pérez of the Missionaries of Mary Immaculate in Choloma, Honduras, with a young girl whose displaced family is living in the mission's nursery school rooms. (Gregg Brekke)

Sisters provide shelter, clean water after hurricanes hit Central America

Dec 3, 2020

After two hurricanes devastated Central America in November, sisters are responding to the needs of survivors. Their efforts include converting a day care center into a shelter for displaced families.