Project Detail: Sorellanza - A Sisterhood

Contest:

LuganoPhotoDays 2018



Brand:

LuganoPhotoDays



Author:

Valeria Luongo

Status:
Selected

 

Project Info

Sorellanza - A Sisterhood

The Institute of the Holy Heart of Jesus and Mary has been funded by Mother Eugenia Ravasco in Genoa. Afterwards, the religious order spreaded in other parts of Italy, opening a Roman headquarter in 1966.

Nowadays nuns of different nationalities and ages are living inside the Roman community. These women have to learn how to live together, providing a high level of adaption and understadings. The choice of a life dedicated to faith can be hard and often challenging. Their personal spirituality and being part of a community in which everyone is supported are the keys to their own strength.

From 2015 I started photographing the Ravasco sisters with the aim of depicting a portrait of their dailylife activities inside and outside the convent. Generally, little information is known about nuns’ routine and outsiders usually idealize or mystify ecclesiastic life.

Photos

Saint Peter's view from the last floor of the Ravasco Convent.

Sister Francesca is allowing herself a lonely moment of praying.

Two nuns are visiting the wooden village of Maurzysce in Poland.

Sister Marta is originally from Colombia. She has just been moved from Bogotà to Rome. Next August

Nuns are playing basketball with a group of young Catholics. Sometimes they practice sports among th

Sister Olga during the Festival of the Cultures in Rome, May 2018.

The Italian Catholic community is celebrating a holy mess in Lowicz (Poland) during the World Cathol

Sister Odilla shows some of her pictures from the late 70s. She joined the ecclesiastic life when sh

A detail from the first floor of the Ravasco Convent.

6th of April 2015. Sister Beatriz is celebrating her 30th birthday. The nuns organized a small party

Sister Erminia and Sister Pina are using the community car in Rome.

A group of nuns us going back to the Convent after a Monday expedition to take care of the homeless