About HDR Sisters

We are an indigenous Catholic Women Religious Congregation based in Ghana, and was founded by the late Bishop Joseph Oliver Bowers, Divine Word Missionary, (SVD) in 1957. Currently we are a community of 125 members, originating from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds with diverse professional careers.

Our Vision

We the Handmaids of the Divine Redeemer of Accra live and work in imitation of the Obedience of Christ the Divine ...

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Our Mission

In joyful service we teach and care for the sick, poor, aged and orphans and undertake ministerial works ...

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Values

Humility, Dedicated Life Of Prayer, Love, Simplicity, Justice.

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Our Founder

Bishop J. O Bowers, SVD

Founder

“Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. May the Lord bless you from Zion and may His face shine upon you, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit”. These were Bishop Joseph Oliver Bowers, SVD famous invocation to God the Father whenever he gave his blessing. Those words were his...

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