Women at the Heart of Justice – Guest Speaker: Sister Laura Vicuña Pereira Manso

Date: November 9, 2025
Location: St. Ignatius Parish, 255 Stafford Street, Winnipeg, MB(View Map)
Time: 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM

We are honoured to welcome Sister Laura Vicuña Pereira Manso, a Franciscan Catechist nun and member of Brazil’s Indigenous Kariri people, to share her powerful witness of faith, justice, and hope.

For more than 20 years, Sister Laura has championed human rights and environmental justice in the Brazilian Amazon. As Vice President of the Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA), she works alongside Indigenous communities in Rondônia who face the devastating impacts of illegal logging, land grabbing, and extractive industries.

With training in anthropology and social psychology and the wisdom of her lived cultural experience, Sister Laura offers a unique perspective that blends academic insight, Indigenous spirituality, and grassroots advocacy. She provides spiritual accompaniment, legal advocacy, and pastoral care in regions where institutional support is lacking. Internationally, she has raised her voice at the United Nations and other global forums, speaking against the exploitation of the Amazon and the criminalization of Indigenous and women leaders.

This November, Sister Laura visits Canada as the keynote speaker for Canadian Jesuits International’s Women at the Heart of Justice campaign, before travelling to Rome for the Jubilee Year events.

📍 Event Details

  • Date: Sunday, November 9, 2025
  • Location: St. Ignatius Parish Hall – 255 Stafford St., Winnipeg, MB. 
  • Time: 12:00 PM (following the 11:00 AM Mass)
  • Registration: Scan the QR code on the poster or click this link

Don’t miss this opportunity to hear firsthand from a courageous leader working at the intersection of faith, ecology, and justice.