Justice and solidarity

Justice and solidarity

… Lazare

… 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...

KOZA Training Centre

KOZA Training Centre

During the 2024–2025 academic year, the"RENÉE BUREL" Training Centre in Koza, CAMEROON, welcomed 89 female learners (single mothers, displaced girls and vulnerable indigenous girls) from the districts of Far North Cameroon - Mayo-Moskota Koza. Although the cost of...

Days of the African Child

Days of the African Child

‘Let the little children come to me, do not hinder them...’. Mark 10, 14From 12 to 15 June 2025, the 3rd Provincial Days of the African Child (JPEA) took place in Maroua, the capital of Cameroon's Far North region.  Every two years, one of Cameroon's dioceses hosts...

Proud of their training…

Proud of their training…

On Saturday, June 7, 2025, the end-of-year ceremony was held at the Vocational Training Center for Youth and Women of the Catholic Mission of Touroua, in the Archdiocese of Garoua, in northern Cameroon. On that day, five “learners” received their training completion...

Tremendous joy at the Touloum CPJF

Tremendous joy at the Touloum CPJF

On 30 May 2025, the girls in the 23rd year of the ‘Centre de Promotion de la Jeune Fille’ (CPJF) in Touloum, Cameroon, received their certificates of completion. In a festive and emotional atmosphere, many people came to support them and celebrate the achievements of...

Chaska community education centre

Chaska community education centre

The CHASKA school, in PERU, is organising an inter-age tutoring programme to promote collaborative learning, with teenagers helping children with their homework. The aim of this initiative is to develop socio-emotional skills, strengthen leadership, camaraderie, trust...

‘Hope does not disappoint’

‘Hope does not disappoint’

We are only in the first half of the year, and heaven never ceases to give us concrete opportunities to give thanks to God for the charity of our hearts. ‘Hope does not disappoint’ said St Paul (Rom 5:1-2.5): Pope Francis reminded us of this when he opened the Holy...

Daily solidarity and fraternity

Daily solidarity and fraternity

Because we are all linked to each other in the mission, the visit to Touroua - a town in the North Region of Cameroon - of Sister Angèle SILIKAM HARANGA, the person most responsible for the vitality of our charism in this country, gave us the opportunity, from 24 to...

Training in psychosocial support

Training in psychosocial support

In agreement with the National Conference of Major Superiors of Cameroon, the Association Foi et Justice organised a training session for religious and lay people from the ecclesiastical province of Garoua with a view to strengthening their capacities in psychosocial...

Children in distress and… celebration!

Children in distress and… celebration!

In the town of Maroua, capital of Cameroon's Far North region, the number of children living on the streets is rising sharply. There are several reasons for this. In addition to difficult family situations - children fleeing violence and ill-treatment by their...

Our projects

DHS Solidarity Projects

What we cannot do alone, we are able to do together. Thank you for being there.

PERU

PERU

LATIN AMERICA News from the Huaura Community Center - Peru Thank you to our donors and to all the people of good will who do everything to help and support others. The money we had for food aid or the local canteen, to support women in their activities and the...

NIGERIA

NIGERIA

Grant application for the purchase of ocular equipment for paediatric eye examinations at the Holy Spirit Clinic, Iree, Osun State. The Congregation of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit in Nigeria has been ministering in Iree and its suburbs for over 15 years. Their...

CAMEROON

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

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:...

JNVIC

Burkina Faso Faso – “Everything is connected”

Burkina Faso Faso – “Everything is connected”

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...

Nigeria – 10th anniversary of the Laudato Si‘

Nigeria – 10th anniversary of the Laudato Si‘

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...

France-Belgium – ‘Time of Creation’

France-Belgium – ‘Time of Creation’

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

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...

… Lazare

… 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…’

‘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

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

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

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…

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...