Personal stories

At the beginning of February this year, I was accepted to study at Holy Trinity Teachers’ College as a primary school teacher. I left for my studies in mid-February. After 4 weeks of formal classes, we received a notice announcing a confirmed case of COVID-19 in the country. On the 22nd of March, the Prime Minister announced a state of emergency for two weeks throughout the country. We were sent home the following day. This was the first of its kind for Papua New Guineans to experience.…

It is with joy that I share with you what the postulant community, here in Antsirabe, is living during lockdown. Lockdown started on March 22, 2020, when our President of the Republic announced that there were people who were carriers of covid-19. Like everyone else in the world, we are not allowed to attend mass. So together, in our chapel, we celebrate Sunday prayer every Sunday. Each of us actively participates in facilitating the prayer, just as we did for the Pascal Triduum and Easter. We have…

MARCH 2020 Be on the alert! It is over here, it is over there; I won't go out. Bye, bye, wicked virus; You won't get me! (Sr. Rachelle Bonneville) A little microscopic thing called Coronavirus has turned the planet upside down. Everything is different and we have to learn how to do things in another way. It is a worldwide health emergency. Everybody is in lockdown. An unprecedented situation where everything seems to vacillate. The streets are empty, the stores are closed and the churches are locked.…

At the beginning of April we received an article from Anne Chapell –General Superior- in the middle of a lockdown caused by a coronavirus that has attacked and upset the whole world. The article lead us to reflect on certain elements that stood out for us and gave meaning to what we are living during this pandemic. This inspirational article enlightens and questions us. Yes, COVID-19 has brought chaos to our lives and especially to our schedules. We realised that it is no longer time to be…