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Every day is Christmas!

“It is Christmas every day on earth, because Christmas, my brother, is Love!” This Christmas, we are guided and accompanied by the Midnight Gospel, and by this text written by Father Michel LATERAS (Limoges) In Bethlehem, two thousand years ago, House and Bread were going concerns! Mary and Joseph were a couple like others. They had set out from Nazareth to Bethlehem to obey Empereur Augustus’ decree to go and be part of the census. There was a need to know how many people lived in the…

Regional Assembly in Cameroon

From December 26 (evening) to 28 (noon), we had our Regional assembly. To further their action plans the different commissions had meetings in the days that followed. Theme: “Let yourselves be transformed by the Spirit!” The agenda: Feedback from the Council of Congregation Report from the different commissions touching on the life of the Region with the goal of building a future based on local realities. Pastoral of vocations Formation Internationality Associates Finances Patrimony 3. Implementation of the Orientation of the year for a new missionary and…

Secondary and Superior Institute of Agriculture – Technology (ISSAT)

It was there … and stood proudly since 1965 for the school section, 1969 for the whole thing … but I.S.S.A.T.’s last wall fell on Tuesday November 28, 2023! So many memories! It was initiated by the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus as Our Lady of Nazareth School in 1948; private courses for sewing in 1949 were given in classrooms in the Mother House. June 20, 1954 saw the birth of the Family Association for Professional Agricultural Training. There were 160 boarders and about 160…

Don’t feel inferior!

“God doesn’t choose only those who are able but enables those he chooses.” My name is Marie-Madeleine Tremblay, from St Vincent-sur-Oust. I have 3 children and 8 grand children, of which 2 are foster children. I have been a widow for 8 years. I have been involved in different activities: foster parenting while I raised my own children, and most importantly, my work at the Yves Rocher cosmetic factory for 32 years. Retired for the last several years, I have worked as a secretary for the Peillac…