With young people: glimpses of commitments
Marie-Madeleine and I, Juliette, both from the community of Noisy-le-Grand, a town about twenty kilometres from Paris, were invited to take part on 24 and 25 June in two days organised by the Ensemble Scolaire Françoise Cabrini, a private Catholic school under...
“To our dear neighbours
When we received the post that day, an address caught our eye: "To our dear neighbours"! We could immediately guess where it was coming from: it was the "Ecole Catholique Chanteclair", in Trégueux, a commune near the town of Saint-Brieuc, in the Brittany region of...
With the people of Chad, reread…
To mark the 70th anniversary of the presence of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit in Cameroon, several activities are planned, including a return to all the communities and parishes where they have lived. With this in mind, sisters Simone, Alice, myself, Julienne, and...
Huelgoat: the departure of the Sisters
On 1 June 2024, the eve of the Feast of the Blessed Sacrament, the parish community gathered for a Eucharist of thanks and goodbye to the Sisters of Huelgoat - a French commune in the Finistère department in the Brittany region-. A number of Daughters of the Holy...
Nigeria. Pentecost rally for young people
From 17 to 18 May 2024, the Catholic Diocese of Osogbo, Nigeria, organised a Pentecost Rally and Youth Day for all the young people of the diocese, on the theme: The Holy Spirit, strength of youth. The programme included a procession, recitation of the rosary, a...
In Briouze: Residence Notre-Dame
The 4 days I spent in Briouze, at the rue des Joncherets Community -see previous article: "Festive celebration in Briouze"- enabled me to witness the daily life and share in prayer with the 3 sisters currently at the Notre-Dame residence: Irène, Angèle and Bernadette;...
Cameroon: 70 years of the presence of the DHS
April 1954-April 2024: 70 years of the presence of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit in Cameroon. "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me... he has sent me to bring good news to the poor..." (Luke 4:18).On Sunday 14 April 2024, to mark these years of life given and received...
Sowers of hope and peace
It's a tradition for the Church: for over half a century, the fourth Sunday after Easter has been dedicated to praying for vocations (married, consecrated and clerics).In his message for the sixty-first World Day of Prayer for Vocations, Pope Francis invited us all to...
Nigeria: 60 years of DHS presence
The history of the Congregation of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit in Nigeria dates back to 1964, when four Sisters of the Holy Spirit from England, Sister Yvonne, Sister Albertine, Sister Thérèse PATTY and Sister Veronica HARAHAN, accompanied by Mother BRENDAN from...
In Cameroon, meetings of young sisters
We, the young sisters of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit, are very grateful to the Congregation for all the moments of formation that it gives us the opportunity to experience among ourselves and with other consecrated persons from the ecclesiastical province of...