Justice and solidarity
Echoes of visits…
Nancy, Mercedes, Rosita, María, Violeta, Lucy… : these are names that are always in our emotions and our memories of a shared life of welcome, meeting and joy; names we repeat and repetitions that unite us. Because of forced absences for health or other reasons, as...
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...
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
… Lazare
‘This is an important day for our community,’ said Father Pierre yesterday, 28 September, in Ngaoundéré, Cameroon, at the beginning of his homily, ‘because it is the start of the catechetical year for the students, but also the day of the sacraments of initiation into...
‘Here I am…’
‘Here I am, in response to the Spirit who has led me here.’On Saturday, 27 September 2025, the Daughters of the Holy Spirit of the Vice-Province of Burkina Faso had the immense joy of celebrating the perpetual vows of Sister MEDA Nitogra Ida. The Eucharistic...
In Cameroon, D-Day
What an unforgettable day, 22 September 2025! Who could imagine what we, Alphonsine, Charlène, Irène, Félicité and Emilienne, really felt? It all began five days before D-Day, with a retreat during which each of us took the time to listen to and talk with God. We were...
They put God first
On Sunday evening, 28 September 2025, a large crowd gathered at Saint-Malo Church in Dinan, Côtes d'Armor, France, in response to an invitation extended to friends of Claude Toussaint de la Garaye and Marguerite Picquet de la Motte. There, their story was dramatised...
Nigeria. Final Profession and silver Jubilee
It was a joyful day for the entire Daughters of the Holy Spirit in the Vice -Province of Nigeria as Six of their sisters committed themselves perpetually in the Congregation, and two sisters marked their 25th Profession Anniversary (Silver Jubilee). These remarkable...
Sainte Anne d’Auray…
Did you know that this corner of Brittany, France, once known as Ker Anna, is said to be the only place in the world where Saint Anne appeared? And that this jubilee year, Sainte Anne d'Auray celebrated the jubilee of the Apparitions with the installation of a...
KENYA. Sent in Joy
On 2nd September 2025, we, the Daughters of the Holy Spirit, in Nigeria, arrived at Nairobi International Airport, Kenya, to begin a new chapter of mission in Eldama Ravine, within the Diocese of Nakuru. This step marks a significant moment in our congregation’s...
PINÇON Marie-Thérèse
Religious name: Sister Marie-Thérèse PascalYear of religious profession: 1965Place of birth: La Gouesnière (35)Age: 89 years oldDate and place of death: Monday, 22 September at the Retirement Home Community - Mother HouseDate and place of funeral: Thursday, 25...
Gathered by the same Spirit
From Friday 5 to Monday 8 September 2025, in Diébougou, Burkina Faso, ‘Gathered by the same Spirit’, we experienced our early-year assembly with great enthusiasm and hope. All the sisters responded favourably to this customary meeting. In the chapel, through a...
Four new sisters
‘The Spirit leads believers in faith and love to make them new beings in Jesus Christ’ (Rule of Life No. 39) The liturgical celebration of our first religious profession took place on Saturday, 30 August 2025, in the chapel of the Vice-Province in Galdima-Maroua,...