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.
Marie Balavenne
In Burkina Faso: New year assembly
From Saturday 8 to Sunday 10 September 2023, the Bagane community in Diébougou, Burkina Faso, held its first assembly of the year. We began this time of searching for our orientation for the pastoral year with a prayer of adoration followed by the opening words of...
In Cameroon: Foi et Justice
FOI ET JUSTICE is an association that promotes ecology and the preservation of creation. Food security, the protection of natural resources and the fight against land grabbing are all part of its field of action. The members of this association in the Diocese of...
Peru. Time for Creation” celebration
On Saturday 16 September 2023, for the second year running, the "Time for Creation" celebration was held -September 1 to October 4, 2023-. We were joined by associates from various congregations in the diocese of Callao/Lima: the associates of the Daughters of the...
In Spiritual Family
News from the Spirutal Family
In Burkina Faso: New year assembly
From Saturday 8 to Sunday 10 September 2023, the Bagane community in Diébougou, Burkina Faso, held its first assembly of the year. We began this time of searching for our orientation for the pastoral year with a prayer of adoration followed by the opening words of...
The joy of following Christ
On Saturday 2 September 2023, in the chapel of the Vice-Provincial House of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit in Cameroon, two young people, Serlette GAOBAWAÏ, from the parish of Mandaka in the diocese of Maroua-Mokolo and Christine MAÏDOKLE, from the parish of...
60 years of religious life: thanksgiving
30 August 2023 marked exactly 60 years of religious life for Sister Juliette Houdemont. Juliette was professed on 30 August 1963, along with Paulette, Marie, Sophie and Paule Agnès. A Mass of thanksgiving was celebrated in the church of Saint Martin du Champy in...
In memory of …
COPY Marie-Thérèse
Name of religious sister: Marie Joseph du Divin Coeur Year of religious profession: 1961 Birthplace: Plouguin (29) Age: 93 ans Date and place of her funeral: Thursday 21 September 2023 at 2.30pm, in Plestin-les-Grèves, His main obediences were: Saint-Meen -...
Guacolda Cifuentes Hernández
On Saturday, September 9th at 12:00 noon, our dear Guacolda Herminia Cifuentes Hernandez, left us, to go to the House of God our Father. She was born on March 1st 1939. She made her covenant as an associate in 2002. From 2009 to 2023, she was a Consecrated Laywoman....
SIMON Yvette-Marie
Name of religious sister: Anna Madeleine Year of religious profession : 1943 Birthplace: Plounéventer (29) Age: 99 ans Date and place of her funeral: Thursday 10 August 2023 at 14h30, in Plestin-les-Grèves, His main obediences were: Locquirec, Ile Blanche -...
Justice and solidarity
In connection with the charism of the congregation, find our main actions “Justice and solidarity”.
In Cameroon: Foi et Justice
FOI ET JUSTICE is an association that promotes ecology and the preservation of creation. Food security, the protection of natural resources and the fight against land grabbing are all part of its field of action. The members of this association in the Diocese of...
Solidarity with Burkina Faso
For several years now, our country, Burkina Faso, has been experiencing a security and humanitarian crisis. This is the case in a number of places, including our diocese of Koudougou. The Church has made it its mission, alongside the new government, which is calling...
Just a glimmer of hope for the future
How can we not rejoice on this May 24, 2023, with these young prizewinners who are all happy to have reached the end of their 3-year training course at the Centre de Promotion de la Jeune Fille (CPJF)de Touloum, a town in CAMEROON'S Far North region. They are now...
Partnerships and projects
DHS Solidarity Projects
What we cannot do alone, we are able to do together. Thank you for being there.
BURKINA FASO
Improving study and housing conditions for young girls at the Foyer Marie Balavenne in Diébougou The Girls' Hostel "Marie Balavenne" is under the tutelage of the Congregation of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit in Burkina Faso. It is located in Diébougou where several...
CAMEROON
Aid for the financing of studies for poor young pupils or students in the Far North region The Congregation of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit has been established in Far North of Cameroon since 1954. This region of the Far North is, both, one of the most populated...
NIGERIA
Purchase of equipment for the Catholic Clinic of the Trinity in Irée The Congregation of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit is committed to providing good care services to the poor of Irée and its surroundings. The poverty rate has increased in Nigeria due to the...
PERU
Aid to two "comedores populares" by Tupac Amaru, Huaura The "comedores populares" or "communal kitchens" in Peru are self-help organizations in which women from different families collectively prepare food that is then consumed in their homes. These collective...
Into the World
The congregation listens to the “cry of the earth and the poor”
Peru. Time for Creation” celebration
On Saturday 16 September 2023, for the second year running, the "Time for Creation" celebration was held -September 1 to October 4, 2023-. We were joined by associates from various congregations in the diocese of Callao/Lima: the associates of the Daughters of the...
Memories
A Chilean associate suffered the full consequences of the military coup d'état of 11 September 1973 in Chile. I cannot let this fact go unnoticed in the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of this event, which saddened many Chileans at the time. At a preparatory...
Juliet and Theresa in Elven
Bye! Bye! Kenavo! Kenavo! It was with these words that the stay of our two Nigerian sisters ended (with regret) in our medium-sized community of Elven -a French town located in the Morbihan department in the Brittany region-. For three days, we had the joy of sharing...