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Maria Elena Berini
Born	(1944-12-09) 9 December 1944 (age 80) Sondrio, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Occupation(s)	Mission worker, teacher

Sister Maria Elena Berini (born 9 December 1944) is an Italian Catholic nun, and mission worker. She won an International Women of Courage Award in 2018.

Life

She entered the novitiate of the Sisters of Jeanne-Antide Thouret.

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

References

1. ^ "US State Department honors Italian nun as a 'Woman of Courage'". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
2. "Usa, una suora di Sondrio premiata tra le donne coraggio" (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-04-03.
3. "Suor Maria Elena Berini, da Sondrio, premiata come "Donna di coraggio"". Diocesi di Como (in Italian). 2018-03-28. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
4. Klein, Betsy. "Melania Trump honors International Women of Courage at State Dept". CNN. Retrieved 2018-04-03.

External links

• "Biographies of the Finalists for the 2018 International Women of Courage Awards". U.S. Department of State | Home Page. 1944-12-09. Archived from the original on 2018-03-23. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
• "State Department honors International Women of Courage". UPI. 2018-03-23. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
• "Ancora scontri in Centrafrica: il racconto di sofferenza di suor Maria". Fondazione Un Raggio Di Luce Onlus (in Italian). 2017-02-06. Retrieved 2018-04-03.

 This article incorporates public domain material from this U.S government document. Biographies of the Finalists for the 2018 International Women of Courage Awards

• 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