Horizons - As a religious sister, I'm not a traditional parishioner. But while I may not have a parish home in the way I once knew, I do have many "homes" that are places of prayer.

Catholic sisters have encouraged vertical sack gardening across many of Nairobi's slums. They also oversee food plantations and greenhouse production in the area.

A Sister of St. Joseph of Philadelphia, Welch's work has been focused on urban revitalization, particularly on the adaptive reuse of church property, both before and after entering the order. "How do we steward those properties to serve the Gospel?"