“Service Above Self”
A three-day district conference was held at the Digital Bridge Institute in Lagos, Nigeria, on leadership *: Rotarians (adult Rotary members), Interactors (young Rotary members). Special guests from various schools and communities were also present. One of the main...
A time of grace!
Since 5 May 2025, 950 Superiors General from 90 countries on 5 continents and 75 nationalities have gathered in Rome for the International Assembly of Superiors General, held every 3 years. This year it was the 60th anniversary of the UISG (International Union of...
A few flowers as symbols…
It was a wonderful initiative on the part of the catechetical accompanier, Sister Cynthia Azughara, DHS, to plant, with her 47 candidates for the sacraments of Baptism, First Communion and Confirmation, a few flowers as symbols of love and joy. This beautiful gesture...
A great opportunity to learn!
As part of the practical agricultural courses given in Nigerian secondary schools - such as Collège Marie-Balavenne, a school run by the Daughters of the Holy Spirit - the pupils, guided by their teachers, learn how to grow certain useful plants and transform them...
We go further together
‘Alone we go faster. Together, we go further.’ African proverb Linked to each other, we are in the movement of letting ourselves be guided by the Spirit of Pentecost to build together our house of Charity in the town of Phariyago, in Burkina Faso. We are four sisters...
You have opened a passage for me…
For my husband and I, coming to the Ile Blanche * - a guest house in Locquirec, France - to experience the Pascal Triduum has become an eagerly awaited event.. This year it is Gilles Rebêche, a deacon from the diocese of Toulon, co-founder of the Diaconie du Var *,...
Living a time of grace
‘Welcoming and living the grace of the jubilee’: this was the subject of reflection for the bishops of the ecclesiastical province of Garoua (Yagoua, Maroua-Mokolo, Ngaoundéré and the archdiocese of Garoua), at their annual meeting from 31 March to 3 April 2025 in...
Sustainability/simple life style
Pope Francis has issued an encyclical Dilexit nos : On human and Divine love from the heart of Jesus. This encyclical reveal that Jesus loved us (Rm 8, 37); "We have recognized God's love for us and have believed in it" (Jn 4 ,16) Laudato Si gives another way of...
Ecological Spirituality
The Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica was opened by Pope Francis on Christmas Eve to begin the Jubilee Year of 2025. We enter the Jubilee Year as Pilgrims of Hope. In his Christmas Day message, Pope Francis recalled, “the door of God’s heart is always open; let us...
Mother’s Day celebration
On Sunday 30 April 2025, the parishioners of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Parish, Maryland Ogbomoso, Nigeria, celebrated the feast day of all the mothers in the parish with resounding joy! It was a day to remember. The celebration commenced with the Holy Mass at 9:00...