{"id":17954,"date":"2025-04-17T07:17:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T05:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fillesstesprit.org\/?p=17954"},"modified":"2025-04-17T07:48:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T05:48:28","slug":"living-a-time-of-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fillesstesprit.org\/en\/living-a-time-of-grace\/","title":{"rendered":"Living a time of grace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u2018Welcoming and living the grace of the jubilee\u2019: this was the subject of reflection for the bishops of the ecclesiastical province of Garoua (Yagoua, Maroua-Mokolo, Ngaound\u00e9r\u00e9 and the archdiocese of Garoua), at their annual meeting from 31 March to 3 April 2025 in Ngaound\u00e9r\u00e9, CAMEROON<\/strong>.<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Tuesday 1 April 2025, prelates, priests, religious and lay people from the four dioceses met at the Centre Pastoral Jean Pasquier in Ngaound\u00e9r\u00e9 to celebrate the launch of the Jubilee of Hope. 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Our entire novitiate community was present.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After Pope Francis opened the Jubilee Year in Rome last December, several dioceses also opened it in their own churches. <strong>We really hope to benefit from the graces of this Jubilee Year, graces to ask for and gifts to receive: may the Lord grant them according to his will for his greater glory and the good of us all.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"reference\"><strong><em>Sister Vedette NDAOKA\u00cf, Ngaound\u00e9r\u00e9-Marza novitiate community.<\/em><\/strong> <em>Published on 17 April 2025<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"reference\"><strong>Photos 1 and 2<\/strong>.\u00a0 Pilgrim walk with rosary meditation<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"reference\"><strong>Photo 3. <\/strong>The bishops of the ecclesiastical province of Garoua.<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"reference\">From right to left: Mgr Barth\u00e9lemy (Yagoua), Mgr Antoine (archbishop emeritus of Garoua), Mgr Faustin (archbishop of Garoua), Mgr Emmanuel (Ngaound\u00e9r\u00e9) and Mgr Bruno (Maroua-Mokolo)<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"reference\"><strong>Photo 4.<\/strong> All the bishops and religious sisters present, including 5 Daughters of the Holy Spirit<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"reference\"><strong>Photo 5.<\/strong> All the participants at the launch of the Jubilee Year<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery gallery_ids=&#8221;17938,17941,17944,17947,17950&#8243; posts_number=&#8221;20&#8243; show_title_and_caption=&#8221;off&#8221; show_pagination=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_gallery][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Welcoming and living the grace of the jubilee\u2019: this was the subject of reflection for the bishops of the ecclesiastical province of Garoua (Yagoua, Maroua-Mokolo, Ngaound\u00e9r\u00e9 and the archdiocese of Garoua), at their annual meeting from 31 March to 3 April 2025 in Ngaound\u00e9r\u00e9, CAMEROON. 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Our entire novitiate community was present.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After Pope Francis opened the Jubilee Year in Rome last December, several dioceses also opened it in their own churches. <strong>We really hope to benefit from the graces of this Jubilee Year, graces to ask for and gifts to receive: may the Lord grant them according to his will for his greater glory and the good of us all.<\/strong><\/p><p><span class=\"reference\"><strong><em>Sister Vedette NDAOKA\u00cf, Ngaound\u00e9r\u00e9-Marza novitiate community.<\/em><\/strong> <em>Published on 17 April 2025<\/em><\/span><\/p><p><br \/><span class=\"reference\"><strong>Photos 1 and 2<\/strong>.\u00a0 Pilgrim walk with rosary meditation<\/span><br \/><span class=\"reference\"><strong>Photo 3. <\/strong>The bishops of the ecclesiastical province of Garoua.<\/span><br \/><span class=\"reference\">From right to left: Mgr Barth\u00e9lemy (Yagoua), Mgr Antoine (archbishop emeritus of Garoua), Mgr Faustin (archbishop of Garoua), Mgr Emmanuel (Ngaound\u00e9r\u00e9) and Mgr Bruno (Maroua-Mokolo)<\/span><br \/><span class=\"reference\"><strong>Photo 4.<\/strong> All the bishops and religious sisters present, including 5 Daughters of the Holy Spirit<\/span><br \/><span class=\"reference\"><strong>Photo 5.<\/strong> All the participants at the launch of the Jubilee Year<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-into-the-world"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fillesstesprit.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fillesstesprit.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fillesstesprit.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fillesstesprit.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fillesstesprit.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17954"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.fillesstesprit.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17963,"href":"https:\/\/www.fillesstesprit.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17954\/revisions\/17963"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fillesstesprit.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fillesstesprit.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fillesstesprit.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fillesstesprit.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}