Justice and solidarity
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...
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...
Our projects
DHS Solidarity Projects
What we cannot do alone, we are able to do together. Thank you for being there.
PERU
Help with activities at a community center in Huaura - Peru. A Huaura community center regularly welcomes elderly people to spend time together and engage in income-generating activities: making bags or purses, woolen flowers, dolls, shawls and scarves... The Huaura...
NIGERIA
Purchase of a knitting machine for the Renée BUREL Center in Ilesa The Congregation of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit in Nigeria is committed to providing training services to the poor in and around Ilesa. After the closure of the Stephen Social Center, Ilaje,...
CAMEROON
Support for displaced families in Far North Cameroon For some years now, the Koza pastoral zone in Cameroon’s Far North has been plagued by violence of all kinds. With the repeated attacks of Boko Haram, the precariousness of the populations is very visible....
BURKINA FASO
Project for the partial renovation of the Postulate henhouse in Diébougou The Postulate of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit in Burkina Faso is located in Diébougou, in the southwest of the country. It is a formation center for young girls seeking to give meaning to...
JNVIC
Christmas Carols 2024
At Maryland Catholic Nursery and Primary School in Ogbomoso, Nigeria, it is traditional to celebrate Christmas with carols before the holidays. The children were very excited to start rehearsing the different carols, supported by their teachers. Everything was...
TOURNELLE Lucie
Year of religious profession: 1962 Place of birth: Saint-Germain de Coulamer (53) Date and place of death: Wednesday 18 December at Saint-Brieuc, Maison-Mère. Age: 85 years Date and place of funeral: Friday 20 December at 14h30, in Saint-Brieuc, Maison-Mère Her main...
Perpetual profession in Burkina Faso
The Daughters of the Holy Sacrament in Burkina Faso joyfully celebrated the perpetual profession of Sister Amélie Zougmore on Saturday 14 December 2024 in the parish of Saint Joseph Moukassa in Koudougou. The Eucharistic celebration was presided over by the local...
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...
KRODEL Patricia
Associate of the United States Province Date of naissance: July 8, 1947, age 77 Date of appointment as Associate: May 14, 2011 Date and place of death: December 9, 2024 in Plainfield, CT Date and place of funeral: Saturday, December 14, 2024 at All Hallows Church,...
A new cross
We've been waiting for it. We've wanted it ever since we ordered it from a goldsmith: Monsieur Antoine Chevillard 1. That was at the end of January 2024. We asked him to make a glorious cross for the chapel on the Ile Blanche, a cross that would affirm the strength of...
Towards a more synodal Church
Shortly after the end of the Synod of Bishops in Rome on 24 October 2024, a meeting1 on the theme of Synodality was held at Ile Blanche in Brittany, France. Led by Fr Charles Delhez2, a Belgian Jesuit, journalist, sociologist and parish priest, the meeting was...
Advent pilgrimage 2024
At the weekend marking the start of the Advent season, the diocesan church of Koudougou in Burkina Faso held its customary pilgrimage on the first Sunday of Advent, to the hill of Sabisgo. Hundreds of faithful Christians from all the parishes and non-Christians...
Peru: the Secular Branch
The Secular Branch is pleased to announce the first commitment of Mery MUNOZ SUAREZ and Maria LARA MONTALBANAIS on 28 November 2024 in CALLAO province of LIMA, thus opening the Secular Branch of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit in Peru. Moderator Christiane RANNOU and...
Religious Life, Sentinel of Hope
Religious Life in Latin America and the Caribbean met in Cordoba (Argentina) from 22 to 24 November to reflect on and share the Hopes that strengthen the path of Religious Life and the despairs that challenge the vocation to be ‘Sentinels of Hope’. With over 1000...