Daughters of the Holy Spirit
We are an international Catholic religious congregation, moved by the Spirit of Jesus at work in the world.
As a spiritual family and with others, we seek to respond to the needs of the peoples among whom we live.
The congregation has committed to a policy for the prevention of abuse of minors and vulnerable persons.
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CAILLY Odile
Name of the nun: Sister Marie-Suzanne Born in Frênes (61) Age: 91 years Year of religious profession: 1954 Date and place of death: Sunday, November 30 in Sées, EHPAD 'La Miséricorde' The funeral will take place in Briouze, on Thursday, December 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM Its...
CAILLY Odile
Name of the nun: Sister Marie-Suzanne Born in Frênes (61) Age: 91 years Year of religious profession: 1954 Date and place of death: Sunday, November 30 in Sées, EHPAD 'La Miséricorde' The funeral will take place in Briouze, on Thursday, December 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM Its main obediences were La Beuvrière - Briouze - Flers In Briouze, Communauté Mère Olivier, since 1999 May God welcome her into his...
INGLE Dede
Associate She was a Consecrated Secular from 2003-2019 t hen returned to the Associates. Date of Birth/Age: May 9, 1945 age 80 Date of Covenant: December 12, 1992 Date of Death: November 8, 2025 Place of Death: West Sacramento, CA Date and Time of Funeral: Wednesday,...
INGLE Dede
Associate She was a Consecrated Secular from 2003-2019 t hen returned to the Associates. Date of Birth/Age: May 9, 1945 age 80 Date of Covenant: December 12, 1992 Date of Death: November 8, 2025 Place of Death: West Sacramento, CA Date and Time of Funeral: Wednesday, December 3rd at 10 a.m. Place of Funeral: Our Lady of Grace, West Sacramento, CA It will be live streamed via You Tube. Search...
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In Spiritual Family
News from the Spiritual Family
Supported and accompanied by Him…
Myriam, of Burkinabé origin, after 2 years of postulancy, could not continue her training and enter the novitiate in Cameroon, due to her mother’s illness; having just spent a whole year near her, she has joined the current group of novices for a few weeks. She...
Joy of a great moment!
On November 8, 2025, in Flers -commune in the Normandy region, France-, Claudine and Valérie committed themselves as Lay Associates to the spiritual Family Daughters of the Holy Spirit The celebration took place during the Sunday mass, at St Michel chapel, in a...
‘Here I am…’
‘Here I am, in response to the Spirit who has led me here.’On Saturday, 27 September 2025, the Daughters of the Holy Spirit of the Vice-Province of Burkina Faso had the immense joy of celebrating the perpetual vows of Sister MEDA Nitogra Ida. The Eucharistic...
Justice and solidarity
In connection with the charism of the congregation, find our main actions “Justice and solidarity”.
Jubilee of the Detainees
On the occasion of the jubilee of the inmates, this Sunday, November 16, 2025, what a joy to take part in the Eucharistic celebration at the central prison of Ngaoundéré -CAMEROON-!This Sunday was not like any other for us, from the community of Marza: as one of its...
KENYA, day of Mazingira
In KENYA, we, Daughters of the Holy Spirit, encourage environmental protection and we are delighted to take advantage of every opportunity: on October 10, 2025, the day of Mazingira* provided us with one of those beautiful opportunities! We had left to plant trees...
… Lazare
‘This is an important day for our community,’ said Father Pierre yesterday, 28 September, in Ngaoundéré, Cameroon, at the beginning of his homily, ‘because it is the start of the catechetical year for the students, but also the day of the sacraments of initiation into...
Into the World
The congregation listens to the “cry of the earth and the poor”
Witnesses of the faith of the first Sisters…
Since I arrived in the community at Plérin, a commune near the city of Saint-Brieuc, FRANCE, I have been teaching catechism to children aged 8, 9. This catechesis course is entitled "Promise of God. God walks with us". To inaugurate the time of Advent, children are...
Revolution… solar
Our novitiate of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit is located on the outskirts of N'Gaoundéré -CAMEROON- in a new neighborhood where a transformer station could not ensure the necessary intensity for all the new constructions. Despite the steps taken with the...
Welcome of the ‘Virgin Pilgrim’
October, missionary month,month of the rosary, month dedicated to Mary! In the atmosphere of this missionary month, the community of the "Foyer Marie Balavenne", in Diébougou, BURKINA FASO, had the joy of welcoming the 'Pilgrim Virgin' within its walls, on October 25,...
Partnerships and projects
DHS Solidarity Projects
What we cannot do alone, we are able to do together. Thank you for being there.
DHS Solidarity Projects
DHS Solidarity Projects - 2025 “Whenever you did it to one of these little ones who are my brothers and sisters, you did it to me.” (Mt 25:40) The year 2024 has enriched us with the testimonies of various commitments, but it has also marked us with numerous trials and...
PERU
LATIN AMERICA News from the Huaura Community Center - Peru Thank you to our donors and to all the people of good will who do everything to help and support others. The money we had for food aid or the local canteen, to support women in their activities and the...
NIGERIA
Grant application for the purchase of ocular equipment for paediatric eye examinations at the Holy Spirit Clinic, Iree, Osun State. The Congregation of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit in Nigeria has been ministering in Iree and its suburbs for over 15 years. Their...
CAMEROON
Dormitory equipment project at the Catholic Mission’s Vocational Training Center for Youth and Women in Touroua. The Center for the professional formation of Youth and Women in Sainte Monique parish, Touroua, was created in 2001. It is a vocational establishment....
BURKINA FASO
Project to help internally displaced people. Over the years, Burkina Faso has been plagued by insecurity, with armed groups appearing throughout the country, especially in the East and North. These groups sow terror, attacking villages and burning everything in sight:...
Laudato Si – 4 oct. 2025
Laudato Si’ – CHILE-PERU
For more social and environmental justice On October 4th, the DHS unit Chile-Peru (religious, secular branch and associates) celebrated the Eucharist "For more social and environmental justice in the world". The Eucharist was presided over by Fr. Santiago Vallebuona,...
Laudato Si’ – UNITED STATES
Happy Birthday Laudato Si “Praise be.” This is how St. Francis of Assisi began his Canticle of the Creatures 800 years ago and also how Pope Francis began his encyclical 10 years ago on the Care for Earth, our “common home”. St. Francis' canticle was groundbreaking in...
Laudato Si’ – CAMEROON
"Better take change by the hand before it takes us by the throat." said Winston Churchill From October 3 to 4, 2025, the Daughters of the Holy Spirit and the associates of the Vice Province of Cameroon met at the ‘Renée Burel” reception center in Maroua-Galdima, to...
Laudato Si’- ENGLAND and IRELAND
The DHS Family of England and Ireland “Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Pope Francis’ Encyclical Laudato Si’” The Feast of St Francis of Assisi, Saturday 4th October 2025, Olney On 4th October 2025, a blustery but dry day, Sisters and Associates met in the Church...
Laudato Si’ – BURKINA FASO
Caring for the earth means caring for ourselves, future generations, and our relationship with God. It was with this conviction of Pope Francis, of venerable memory, that we spent a day of prayer, reflection, sharing and awareness-raising as we celebrated the 10th...
Laudato Si‘ – NIGERIA
On 3 October 2025, activists from the Daughters of the Holy Spirit's Laudato Si campaign organised an awareness-raising tour in the village of Ilogbo, in Ogun State, to mark the 10th anniversary of the project launched by His Holiness Pope Francis in 2015. This...
Laudato Si’ – FRANCE-BELGIUM
Invited on 4 October 2024 to travel to Ile Blanche to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Laudato Si, some 120 members of the DHS spiritual family arrive there.A very warm welcome awaits us, thanks to the long and meticulous preparation of the day by the ‘Laudato Si’...
In memory of …
YANNOU Mauricette
of the Secular Branch of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit - Europe Region Age: 91 years Date and place of birth: 22 September in Plomodiern Date of death: November 24, 2025 Date and place of the funeral: Friday, November 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM, in Plomodiern commune of...
PERRON Jeanne
Name of the nun: Sister Jeanne de Saint-Amet Year of religious profession: 1951 Place of birth: Nizon (29) Date and place of death: Monday, November 24 in Sainte-Anne d'Auray, Community Retirement Home Age: 95 years Date and place of the funeral: Friday, November 28,...
OLIVIER Louise
of the Secular Branch of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit - Europe Region Age: 95 years Date and place of birth: June 24, 1930 in Nevez Date of death: Sunday, November 16, 2025 Date and place of the funeral: Saturday, November 22, 2025 at 10:30 AM in Névez, commune of...