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Pilgrimage to Pontmain

Thursday, September 8, a bus with 68 persons from the parish community of Bains-sur-Oust, left on pilgrimage to Pontmain (Mayenne) to celebrate the birth of the Virgin Mary. At the beginning of the trip, Sr. Émilienne entrusted our day to the Virgin Mary. “Today, we celebrate the Virgin Mary by going to visit her in Pontmain! She is waiting for us. We entrust to her all our prayer intentions, plans, joys and difficulties: ours and those that have been confided to us; do not forget our world,…

An experience in the Philippines

The IFRS, where I study in Quezon City, offers us religious education and theology courses with such an organization, that the student can open up to various fields, based on four pillars: contextual, integrative, inclusive and transformational. To help the student situate himself in the realities that the poor and marginalized areas of the Philippines face, and to provide him with the context for his theological studies, the IFRS holds "special days" every year in early August. All students are required to participate in these days. We…

From Cameroon to Madagascar

At the beginning of September, Sr. Josephine Naya, directress of postulants, and Viviane, a young Cameroonian from Poli, left for Madagascar. They will join the other young Malagasy women who will soon begin their postulancy.

August celebrations in Cameroon

Cameroon Region of Saint Theresa, … celebration after celebration! On August 26, the new Regional Council was installed. On August 27, the Region of Saint Theresa of the Infant Jesus gained a new Sister of the Sacred Heart of Jesus with Monicah Muremba Gakuha, originally from Kenya. Because her parents weren’t able to travel all the way from Kenya a couple, who are Associates, chose to adopt her as their daughter. On the same day, Sr Victoire Chande Waking made her…