Justice and solidarity
The CHASKA Institution and its activities
CHASKA is a community education centre that trains parents and young people in a number of areas: animal husbandry, agriculture and life skills. CHASKA also provides educational support for children. This year, we were visited by young volunteers from France who, with...
World Disability Day
3 December is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. This year, 2024, a celebration was held for us on that day at St Mary's Rehabilitation and Development Centre in Ipetumodu, Nigeria, under the leadership of the owner of the noble institution, Bishop...
The ballad of words…
A look at the friendly Secours Catholique group in Flers - a French town in the Normandy region where I am involved - which decided to change its activity: instead of ‘reupholstering furniture’, it wanted to do theatre! It took us the whole year... The group is Eric,...
To each his own… My share has come!
Closing the end of the year full of hope and expectation: that was both the feeling and the conviction we felt when we received the sewing machines on 3 July 2024! These gifts from Codas-Caritas of the Diocese of Maroua-Mokolo in Cameroon are a concrete expression of...
Promotion of young women
Friday 31 May 2024 was a day of celebration at the Centre de Promotion de la Jeune Fille (CPJF) in Touloum, a town in Cameroon's Far North region: we were delighted to celebrate the completion of several girls' training by holding a ceremony to award them their...
Recognition and gratitude
As part of the jubilee year marking 70 years of the presence of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit in Cameroon, a pilgrimage and a Mass of thanksgiving were organised on Thursday 30 May in honour of Sister Anne-Marie VOLANT and of all the missionary Daughters of the...
A special day with children
Cameroon. On 25 May 2024, together with other people of goodwill, we organised a day of friendship with disabled children, nursery school children and children from Group II primary school in Touloum -Touloum is a commune in Cameroon's Far North region-. The theme of...
Prison: a place of rebirth
On Sunday 28 April 2024, we, the novices of the Congregation of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit and the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, went to visit the inmates of the central prison in the town of Ngaoundéré, Cameroon. Knowing their difficult living...
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...
Our projects
DHS Solidarity Projects
What we cannot do alone, we are able to do together. Thank you for being there.
CAMEROON
Dormitory equipment project at the Catholic Mission’s Vocational Training Center for Youth and Women in Touroua. The Center for the professional formation of Youth and Women in Sainte Monique parish, Touroua, was created in 2001. It is a vocational establishment....
BURKINA FASO
Project to help internally displaced people. Over the years, Burkina Faso has been plagued by insecurity, with armed groups appearing throughout the country, especially in the East and North. These groups sow terror, attacking villages and burning everything in sight:...
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JNVIC
Vocational camp
A vocational camp was held from 20 to 25 July 2025 at the postulancy community in Diébougou, Burkina Faso. We, aspiring to religious life, came from different dioceses, including Manga, Koudougou, Diébougou, and the Archdiocese of Ouagadougou. On the afternoon of 20...
GUENOLE Marguerite
Religious name: Sister Xavier des Anges Year of religious profession: 1944 Age: 100 years old Born in Ploudaniel (29) Date of death: 29 July 2025 Date and place of funeral: The funeral will take place in Plestin-les-Grèves, Maison Notre-Dame, on Friday 1 August 2025...
100th anniversary celebration!
The sun broke through the clouds and in our hearts and on our lips along the corridors of the Notre-Dame de Plestin-les-Grèves nursing home in France, the good news was shared: today, 2 July, we are celebrating the 100th birthday of Marguerite GUENOLE -Sister Xavier...
BLAIS Priscilla
Name in Religion: Sister Constance Joseph Date of Birth/Age: January 14, 1930 age 95 years Date of Profession: May 30, 1966 Date of Death: July 21, 2025 Place of Death: St Joseph Living Center, Windham, CT Date and Time of Funeral: Monday July 28, 2025 11:00 AM Place...
Commitment to the ‘Secular Branch’
Sylvie DANIEL committed herself to the consecrated lay life in 2021 by taking temporary vows. During this period, she continued her formation, focusing mainly on the meaning of commitment and her desire to respond to the call that the Lord had placed in her heart to...
Nigeria. Joyful commitment of nine new sisters
Every great journey begins with taking a leap of faith. Our journey together for the past four years in response to God’s initiative in our calling into religious life was like yesterday as the psalmist says “a thousand years are like a day before God” during...
HENGOAT Laurence
Name of religious sister: Sister Saint Teresa Year of religious profession: 1953 Place of birth: Plouha (22) Age: 93 Date and place of death: 17 July 2025 in Saint-Brieuc Date and place of funeral: Monday 21 July 2025 at 2.30pm, in Saint-Brieuc, Maison-Mère, followed...
KOZA Training Centre
During the 2024–2025 academic year, the"RENÉE BUREL" Training Centre in Koza, CAMEROON, welcomed 89 female learners (single mothers, displaced girls and vulnerable indigenous girls) from the districts of Far North Cameroon - Mayo-Moskota Koza. Although the cost of...
LE BORGNE Anne-Marie
Year of religious profession: 1938 Place and year of birth: Limerzel (56), in 1919 Date and place of death: 7 July 2025 in Sainte-Anne d'Auray Communauté Maison de Retraite Ker-Anna/Lann Eol Age: 106 Date and place of funeral: Thursday 10 July at 2.30pm in Sainte-Anne...
JAFFREDOU Yvette
Name of religious: sister François-Pascal Year of religious profession: 1956 Age: 94 Born in Lambézellec (29) Date of death: 7 July 2025 Date and place of funeral: Thursday 10 July at 2.30pm, in Plestin-les-Grèves, Maison Notre-Dame, followed by burial in the...