Justice and solidarity
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...
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
"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
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...
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« Welcome Days 2025 »
Called to come from Cameroon to France for the service at the general commissary, I had the grace to participate in the session "Welcome Days 2025", a meeting organized each year by the CORREF (Conference of Religious and Sisters of France) to allow foreign...
Laudato Si’ – UNITED STATES
Happy Birthday Laudato Si “Praise be.” This is how St. Francis of Assisi began his Canticle of the Creatures 800 years ago and also how Pope Francis began his encyclical 10 years ago on the Care for Earth, our “common home”. St. Francis' canticle was groundbreaking in...
On the way… for loss to turn into gain
"The path of FEDEAR* is part of our lives" said the president, Marie-Lise MILHE in her welcome message for this last Congress. We were 137 gathered at the "Bon Pasteur" of Angers -France-, coming from all regions and 38 religious congregations. The host was...
‘Laudato Si’ – Asamblea CAMERÚN
«Mejor tomar el cambio por la mano antes de que nos tome por la garganta», decía Winston Churchill Del 3 al 4 de octubre de 2025, las Hijas del Espíritu Santo y los asociados de la Viceprovincia de Camerún se reunieron en el centro de acogida 'Renée Burel' en...
Laudato Si’ – CAMEROON
"Better take change by the hand before it takes us by the throat." said Winston Churchill From October 3 to 4, 2025, the Daughters of the Holy Spirit and the associates of the Vice Province of Cameroon met at the ‘Renée Burel” reception center in Maroua-Galdima, to...
Laudato Si’- ENGLAND and IRELAND
The DHS Family of England and Ireland “Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Pope Francis’ Encyclical Laudato Si’” The Feast of St Francis of Assisi, Saturday 4th October 2025, Olney On 4th October 2025, a blustery but dry day, Sisters and Associates met in the Church...
Laudato Si’ – BURKINA FASO
Caring for the earth means caring for ourselves, future generations, and our relationship with God. It was with this conviction of Pope Francis, of venerable memory, that we spent a day of prayer, reflection, sharing and awareness-raising as we celebrated the 10th...
Laudato Si‘ – NIGERIA
On 3 October 2025, activists from the Daughters of the Holy Spirit's Laudato Si campaign organised an awareness-raising tour in the village of Ilogbo, in Ogun State, to mark the 10th anniversary of the project launched by His Holiness Pope Francis in 2015. This...
Laudato Si’ – FRANCE-BELGIUM
Invited on 4 October 2024 to travel to Ile Blanche to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Laudato Si, some 120 members of the DHS spiritual family arrive there.A very warm welcome awaits us, thanks to the long and meticulous preparation of the day by the ‘Laudato Si’...
JEANNE Marie-Thérèse
Religious name: Sister Marie-Françoise Year of religious profession: 1949 Place of birth: Compiègne (60) Age: 98 Date and place of death: Wednesday, 8 October 2025 at the Retirement Home - Mother House community. Saint-Brieuc, Date and place of funeral: Wednesday, 15...