World Disability Day

World Disability Day

3 December is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. This year, 2024, a celebration was held for us on that day at St Mary’s Rehabilitation and Development Centre in Ipetumodu, Nigeria, under the leadership of the owner of the noble institution,...
KRODEL Patricia

KRODEL Patricia

Associate of the United States Province Date of naissance: July 8, 1947, age 77 Date of appointment as Associate: May 14, 2011 Date and place of death: December 9, 2024 in Plainfield, CT Date and place of funeral: Saturday, December 14, 2024 at All Hallows Church,...
A new cross

A new cross

We’ve been waiting for it. We’ve wanted it ever since we ordered it from a goldsmith: Monsieur Antoine Chevillard 1. That was at the end of January 2024. We asked him to make a glorious cross for the chapel on the Ile Blanche, a cross that would affirm the...
Towards a more synodal Church

Towards a more synodal Church

Shortly after the end of the Synod of Bishops in Rome on 24 October 2024, a meeting1 on the theme of Synodality was held at Ile Blanche in Brittany, France. Led by Fr Charles Delhez2, a Belgian Jesuit, journalist, sociologist and parish priest, the meeting was...
Advent pilgrimage 2024

Advent pilgrimage 2024

At the weekend marking the start of the Advent season, the diocesan church of Koudougou in Burkina Faso held its customary pilgrimage on the first Sunday of Advent, to the hill of Sabisgo. Hundreds of faithful Christians from all the parishes and non-Christians...