Justice and solidarity
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...
The “Solidarity Christmas Special” 2023
Listening to "both the clamour of the earth and the clamour of the poor" is the very expression of Pope Francis in his 2015 encyclical letter "Laudato Si'" (no. 49), on safeguarding the common home. It was with this in mind that we once again considered our "Christmas...
First experience of Mission
"The first Daughters of the Holy Spirit wanted to live together to serve the poor, the sick and children. They recognised in them the person of Jesus Christ and had great respect for all" Rule of Life, art 1. On 4 September 2023, I began my very first mission in the...
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...
“Move your planet”
Every year, the chaplaincies of the middle schools of the city of Noisy le Grand -France- live a strong time with the CCFD-Terre Solidaire, "Move your planet". This year, we focused our reflection on respect for the common home with extracts from the encyclical...
In a displacement camp: Christmas
Christmas is a special time for every child, because it is the time for them to receive gifts, new clothes, toys and to eat "festive food". But, alas, this joy is not given to all ... such as children from displaced families! For these, last year, the "Friends of the...
Julienne… History and testimony
Julienne was born in a village about 1.5 km from Touloum, a town in the Far North region of Cameroon where the Daughters of the Holy Spirit run a Centre for the Promotion of Young Girls (CPJF).From a polygamous family, she is the oldest child of her mother, her...
Our projects
DHS Solidarity Projects
What we cannot do alone, we are able to do together. Thank you for being there.
PERU
Help with activities at a community center in Huaura - Peru. A Huaura community center regularly welcomes elderly people to spend time together and engage in income-generating activities: making bags or purses, woolen flowers, dolls, shawls and scarves... The Huaura...
NIGERIA
Purchase of a knitting machine for the Renée BUREL Center in Ilesa The Congregation of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit in Nigeria is committed to providing training services to the poor in and around Ilesa. After the closure of the Stephen Social Center, Ilaje,...
CAMEROON
Support for displaced families in Far North Cameroon For some years now, the Koza pastoral zone in Cameroon’s Far North has been plagued by violence of all kinds. With the repeated attacks of Boko Haram, the precariousness of the populations is very visible....
BURKINA FASO
Project for the partial renovation of the Postulate henhouse in Diébougou The Postulate of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit in Burkina Faso is located in Diébougou, in the southwest of the country. It is a formation center for young girls seeking to give meaning to...
JNVIC
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...
COHIC Valentine
Name of religious: Sister Anne Joseph de la Croix Year of religious profession: 1953 Birth place: Pluneret (56) Date of death: 22 April 2024 Age: 92 years Date and place of funeral: Thursday 25 April at 2.30pm in Sainte-Anne-d'Auray. Its main obediences were: Angers...
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...
A journey like no other!
On 16 November 2023, three Cameroonian Daughters of the Holy Spirit took the flight from Yaoundé to France: Sr Judith MBOUNGOUL, for the mission to the General Council of the Congregation, Marcelline and myself, Monique, for health reasons. As soon as we landed in...
Flash info April 2024
THE SECULAR BRANCH “Daughters of the Holy Spirit” of the Région Europe will hold its regional assembly on 27 and 28 April at the Mother House. Saint Brieuc. France. Deepening the focus set at the 2022 Annual General Meeting: What does the word communion mean to me? in...
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...
Reborn
When I arrived in Elven, a French commune in the Morbihan department in the Brittany region, I expressed my desire to do the "Renaitre" course at the Penboc'h Spirituality Centre. What a gift for me, for my life as a religious Daughter of the Holy Spirit! This...
GREAGHTY Margaret Mary
Name of religious: Sister Mary Assumpta Year of religious profession: 1954 Date and place of Birh: 09 11 34 - West, Co Mayo, Ireland Age: 90 years Date and place of Death: 12 April 2024 - Milton Keynes, Hospital Date and place of Funeral: Date to be arranged - place:...