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...
“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...
So close to everyone
One month after the death of our dear Father Andrés Besinet Grollier in France at the age of 93, a mass was celebrated in Huaura, Peru, which was attended by his grateful friends and acquaintances, followed by a sharing. Father André is a French missionary "Fidei...
Young people in search of consecrated religious life
From 20 to 25 July 2022, in the community of Koudougou, BURKINA FASO, 17 girls from the 3rd to the final year of secondary school met to reflect and exchange on: "Hearing the cry of the poor and responding to God's call". They were accompanied by sisters Fatoumata DA,...
Making the cry our own…
"We must hear the cry of the poor and make it our own...." This is one of the Orientations of our recent General Chapter. So when the Mayor of Le Conquet - a town in Finistère, Brittany, France - came to ask us to welcome a Ukrainian family to our holiday Guest House,...
A certificate that opens up a future…
How do you make a young girl who is in the process of growing up and seeking to develop outside her family environment happy? How can we make her hope for a better future when she has not had the chance, in this world today, to finish primary school? The Centre de...
Our 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...
JNVIC
100 years old!
Today, 16 November 2023, at the Filles du Saint-Esprit retirement home in Saint-Brieuc, France, we are celebrating the 100th birthday of Sister Léontine Audet -Sister Angèle, in religion-. Father Jean Le Rétif joyfully celebrated the Eucharist, basing his homily on...
MERCIER Marie Alice.
A member of the Secular Branch of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit since its foundation in 2003, Marie Alice entered eternal life on Monday 13 November 2023. Marie Alice was born in Plainfield, Connecticut, on 30 January 1927. She attended local primary schools and...
All the Associates of the Congregations of Peru
On Sunday 5 November 2023, we had a wonderful meeting of all the Associates of the religious Congregations of Peru, in Lima. The theme was: "The spirituality of the laity in difficult times and in synodality". Father Raul Pariamachi and Juan Miguel Espinoza, a layman,...
Latin American partners. Renewal
On Saturday 21 October 2023, we had our meeting, which was pleasant and full of joy.We were accompanied by Sister Isabel Larrondo, who spoke to us about the International Directives, which allow us to know: the history, the quality of its members, the orientation, the...
POULOUIN Noëlle
Name of religious: sister Pierre Anne-Marie Year of religious profession: 1952 Birth place: Tréguidel (22) Age: 90 years Date and place of death: Thursday 2 November 2023 at the Maison-Mère Retirement Home Community in Saint-Brieuc Date and place of funeral: Monday 6...
Islamo-Christian encounter
Mary/Myriam... A light for today. A woman who inspires us. This was the theme of the 2nd Islamo-Christian Meeting held on the Ile Blanche on 28 and 29 October 2023.Not a conference for specialists, but a meeting of believers. Each participant, Muslim or Christian, was...
Tenderness for Green Spaces
A great commission, whether assigned or unassigned, has the tendency to have a palpable effect on the surrounding. It is with this regard that I bring forth an article which has a personal observation from an eye-witness, Dr Ombiru Motunga, Classmate and colleague to...
Cameroon. Vice-Provincial meeting
From the evening of Thursday 19 October to midday on Sunday 22 October, we met in Vice-Province to look at what our choices should be and to commit ourselves in community with "those whom God has associated with us", for the year 2023-2024. The Assembly opened on...
Entrance to the novitiate
On Wednesday 18 October 2023, in the chapel of the vice-provincial house in Galdima-Maroua, Cameroon, the 4 novices of the first year officially entered the novitiate. The novices were: Yvette, Marie, Edith and Nina. Present at the celebration were the sisters of the...
THETIOT Anne-Marie
Name of religious sister: Anne Thérèse Year of religious profession: 1950 Birth place: Ruffiac (56) Age: 93 years Date and place of death: Sunday 22 October 2023 at the Maison de Retraite Ker-Anna/Lann Eol in Sainte-Anne d'Auray Date and place of funeral: Thursday 26...