Missioners
Sister Norma Angel
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Sister Norma has skills to bring people together at the present moment whatever it is." |
Sister Norma Angel was born in Curacao and was educated mostly in the Netherlands. Before entering the Maryknoll Sisters, she received two years of teacher training in Suriname before earning a Master's degree in sociology in the Netherlands. She is fluent in Dutch, English, Spanish, Papiamento (Curacao's lingua franca), Sranangtonga (the language of Suriname, her mother's birthplace), Swahili, and Bari, a language of the Sudan.
Before being assigned to the Tanzania Region in 1986, Sister Norma worked with young people at Children's Village in Dobb's Ferry, N.Y., where she did individual and group counseling. After arriving in Tanzania, she continued in her work with youth. She tutored students, coordinated dance, drama, gymnastics and debating clubs, and served as a youth counselor. She facilitated educational alternatives in Tanzania, especially for girls, and encouraged them to go to secondary and vocational school.
In 2004, Sister Norma received her Ph.D. in Human and Organizational Systems from the Fielding Institute in Santa Barbara, CA. She designed diversity training workshops for people in evaluative and decision-making positions in their religious communities. These workshops were offered to religious congregations in Kenya and Tanzania.
Sister Norma remains a member of the Maryknoll Sisters' Tanzania Region, with residence in Washington D.C. She shares her expertise several times a year in workshops she conducts in Africa as well as in the United States. Sister Norma's seminars have drawn high praise. As one religious said, Sister Norma has the skills needed "to bring people together."
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