Justice and solidarity
The CHASKA Institution and its activities
CHASKA is a community education centre that trains parents and young people in a number of areas: animal husbandry, agriculture and life skills. CHASKA also provides educational support for children. This year, we were visited by young volunteers from France who, with...
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, Bishop...
The ballad of words…
A look at the friendly Secours Catholique group in Flers - a French town in the Normandy region where I am involved - which decided to change its activity: instead of ‘reupholstering furniture’, it wanted to do theatre! It took us the whole year... The group is Eric,...
To each his own… My share has come!
Closing the end of the year full of hope and expectation: that was both the feeling and the conviction we felt when we received the sewing machines on 3 July 2024! These gifts from Codas-Caritas of the Diocese of Maroua-Mokolo in Cameroon are a concrete expression of...
Promotion of young women
Friday 31 May 2024 was a day of celebration at the Centre de Promotion de la Jeune Fille (CPJF) in Touloum, a town in Cameroon's Far North region: we were delighted to celebrate the completion of several girls' training by holding a ceremony to award them their...
Recognition and gratitude
As part of the jubilee year marking 70 years of the presence of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit in Cameroon, a pilgrimage and a Mass of thanksgiving were organised on Thursday 30 May in honour of Sister Anne-Marie VOLANT and of all the missionary Daughters of the...
A special day with children
Cameroon. On 25 May 2024, together with other people of goodwill, we organised a day of friendship with disabled children, nursery school children and children from Group II primary school in Touloum -Touloum is a commune in Cameroon's Far North region-. The theme of...
Prison: a place of rebirth
On Sunday 28 April 2024, we, the novices of the Congregation of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit and the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, went to visit the inmates of the central prison in the town of Ngaoundéré, Cameroon. Knowing their difficult living...
Closer to the most vulnerable…
On Ash Wednesday 2024, for the Lenten season leading up to Easter, I asked for the grace to be closer to those who suffer, to those in need: the sick, the homeless, the voiceless, the poor who live in misery every day, to be more aware of this category of people whom...
With street children
Street children are usually left to fend for themselves. With no one to look after them, they often have to do odd jobs to get the meal of the day, beg or steal in order to eat. Sometimes they go for days on end without having anything to eat. At night, these poor...
Our projects
DHS Solidarity Projects
What we cannot do alone, we are able to do together. Thank you for being there.
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:...
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Presentation of the title of chieftainess
Despite the rains that poured on the morning of Saturday, June 7, 2025, the atmosphere in Ilogbo, Ogun State in Nigeria, was filled with excitement and reverence. The palace of His Royal Majesty, Oba Samuel Ojugbele, the Onilogbo of Ilogbo, was the venue for this...
Days of the African Child
‘Let the little children come to me, do not hinder them...’. Mark 10, 14From 12 to 15 June 2025, the 3rd Provincial Days of the African Child (JPEA) took place in Maroua, the capital of Cameroon's Far North region. Every two years, one of Cameroon's dioceses hosts...
Proud of their training…
On Saturday, June 7, 2025, the end-of-year ceremony was held at the Vocational Training Center for Youth and Women of the Catholic Mission of Touroua, in the Archdiocese of Garoua, in northern Cameroon. On that day, five “learners” received their training completion...
Community and missionary experience
"During her novitiate, the novice experiences being sent on mission to another local community. She discovers in a concrete way what it means to consent to the real and humble conditions of the mission, the calls of the Spirit at the heart of this reality, and the...
SMITH Eileen
Name in Religion: Sister Mary Joseph Date of Birth/Age: December 31, 1921 age 103 years Date of Profession: August 20, 1945 Date of Death: June 17, 2025 Place of Death: St Joseph Living Center, Windham, CT Date and Time of Funeral: Tuesday July 1, 2025 11:00 Place of...
Centre d’Eveil et d’Education Saint-Esprit
The Centre d'Eveil et d'Education Saint-Esprit in Koudougou, Burkina Faso, celebrated the end of the school year on 31 May 2025 with joy and pride. First and foremost, we gave thanks for a successful school year. The children, dressed in their most beautiful outfits,...
The Associates of Nigeria
Every year in Nigeria, Associates from different areas and dioceses meet to reflect together on their experiences in their services, in relation to the charism and spirituality of the Congregation of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit. This year, in preparation for the...
Tremendous joy at the Touloum CPJF
On 30 May 2025, the girls in the 23rd year of the ‘Centre de Promotion de la Jeune Fille’ (CPJF) in Touloum, Cameroon, received their certificates of completion. In a festive and emotional atmosphere, many people came to support them and celebrate the achievements of...
Through children, values of hope!
I would like to link the positive attitudes observed among my pupils to the theme that the Holy Catholic Church has launched for this year 2025: ‘A Year of Hope’. Pupils at Maryland Catholic Nursery and Primary School, Ogbomoso, Nigeria, have moved rapidly towards a...
My great teaching experience
I have been privileged to associate with some sets of DHS Postulants in Nigeria for a few years now through the teaching of a particular subject ‘English Language’. My experiences so far have offered me a good reason to keep cherishing teaching profession, not for any...