Encouraging communication

Encouraging communication

‘Everyday life is our first place of formation. The Spirit educates us and guides us through the realities of life. He forms us through the life of the human and Christian communities to which we belong, particularly through our involvement with others’. Rule of Life...
Blessing of a Marian grotto

Blessing of a Marian grotto

25th March 2025 marked a very significant milestone for the school community within ‘Marie Balavenne’ Catholic College, Ilogbo, Nigeria, as the statue of the Blessed Virgin newly installed was blessed with the opening of the Marian Grotto. This very special event...
Ecological education

Ecological education

Ecology is a collective asset, a heritage of humanity for which we are all responsible. Earth, which is not only our home but also God’s, must be defended as holy ground. That’s why we need to build a common project against the threats to our environment....
Burkina Faso, 8 March…

Burkina Faso, 8 March…

As part of its annual activities, including the ‘Spiritual Exercises,’ the Aspirat des Filles du Saint Esprit in Diébougou, Burkina Faso, marked 8 March, International Women’s Day, in the spirit of this liturgical season of Lent. As women, the Aspirants, old and...
First religious profession

First religious profession

Ever since the announcement of the admission of novice Béatrice COMPAORE to take her first vows in the Congregation of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit, and even more so in the novitiate chapel in Marza-Ngaoundéré, Cameroon, everyone was overjoyed!  For the whole...
One people, great nation

One people, great nation

On the 16th of March 2025, ‘Marie Balavenne’ Catholic College in Nigeria, celebrated her 8th Annual Cultural Day Festival. The event started with the celebration of the Holy Mass at 10am. The mass was celebrated by Rev Fr Francis Koshofa, SJ, with Rev Fr Matthew...
Ecological education

Ecological Economics

It’s a Jubilee Year of Hope! In his “Spes non confundit”, Pope Francis recognizes “a true ‘ecological debt’ exists especially between the global North and South, connected to commercial imbalances with effects on the environment…”  “We...
ENEZ Marie-Denise

ENEZ Marie-Denise

Name of religious: Sister Marie Denise de Jésus Year of religious profession: 1954 Age: 90 Born in Tréflaouénan (29)) Date and place of funeral: Thursday 20 March 2025 at 2.30pm in Plestin-les-Grèves.. Her main obediences were: Angers – Landerneau –...
Ecological education

The cry of the Poor

“I have come that they may have life and have it to the full.” (Jn 10:10) Today, personally and together, ‘We must listen to the cry of the poor, make it our own, find out what it is in our society that causes injustice and poverty, and confront our awareness with the...