Justice and solidarity

Justice and solidarity

With street children

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

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

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

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

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

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”

“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

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… 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

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...

Our projects

DHS Solidarity Projects

What we cannot do alone, we are able to do together. Thank you for being there.

PERU

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

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

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

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

Costly but also saving…

Costly but also saving…

From 24 to 27 March 2024, we, the young religious sisters of the vice-province of BURKINA FASO, had our second session of the year on Christian and religious obedience, led by Sister Christine DIDJA, head of the postulancy in Diébougou. The session, lived in a climate...

RICHARD Geneviève

RICHARD Geneviève

- Name of religious:  Sister Marie Renée des Anges - Year of religious profession: 1953 - Birth place Ruffiac (56) - Date of death: 19 March 2024 - Age: 91 years - Date and place of funeral: Saturday 23 March at 2.30 pm in Sainte-Anne-d'Auray. - Its main obediences...

Catholic Sisters Week

Catholic Sisters Week

Every year at this time, the world is invited to celebrate Catholic Sisters Week from around the world who have dedicated their lives to serving others by living out the charisms of their various congregations. The Daughters of the Holy Spirit of the Putnam Province...

An afternoon of “Sport and Faith”

An afternoon of “Sport and Faith”

Everyone knows that in 2024, the Olympic and Paralympic Games will be held in France, and for the most part in Seine-Saint-Denis, a department bordering Paris.  On Saturday 9 March 2024, the secondary school chaplaincies and the CCFD (Catholic Committee against Hunger...

BODENES Marie-Joséphine

BODENES Marie-Joséphine

- Name of religious:  Sister Noël de l'Immaculée - Year of religious profession: 1951 - Birth place: Plouguerneau (29) - Age: 94 years - Date and place of funeral: Saturday 16 March at 3pm   in Sainte-Anne-d'Auray. - Its main obediences were: Le Guilvinec - Ile de...

POQUET Hélène

POQUET Hélène

- Name of religious:  Sister Marie Hélène du Calvaire - Year of religious profession: 1955 - Birth place Plomodiern (29) - Age: 92 years - Date and place of funeral: Thursday 14 March at 2.30pm, in Sainte-Anne-d'Auray. - Its main obediences were in BELGIUM: Strépy -...

Adore – Serve

Adore – Serve

After a warmly shared meal, we held our intercommunity meeting on 23 February 2024 in Noisy Le Grand, near Paris.There were 11 of us, Daughters of the Holy Spirit, and we decided to undertake our reflection as a large group, because the theme chosen from the...

Meeting of the Peru-Chile Associates

Meeting of the Peru-Chile Associates

From 2 to 4 February 2024, the meeting of the "Daughters of the Holy Spirit" Associates of the Peru-Chile Unit was held at the San Francisco Solano Retirement Home in Lima-Peru. The meeting had been prepared by the Coordination Team of Associates of the Peru-Chile...

LEBEAU Cecile

LEBEAU Cecile

- Name in Religion: Sister Cécile Irene - Date of Birth/Age: January 19, 1930 age 94 years - Date of Profession: August 23, 1952 - Date of Death: February 26, 2024 - Place of Death: St. Joseph Living Center, Windham, CT - Date and Time of Funeral: March 5, 2024 11:00...

MOYSAN Alexandrine

MOYSAN Alexandrine

- Name of religious:  Sister Anne Joseph du Saint-Esprit - Year of religious profession: 1951 - Birth place: Trégarantec (29) - Age:93 years - Date and place of funeral: Friday 1 March at 2.30pm, Plestin-les-Grèves - Her main obediences were: Tredion - Brec'h -...