2020 – Page 3 – Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Take the time to give thanks

60 years of fidelity to God! What a joy it was for the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Segonzac and Jonzac, their associates and the parish assembly, to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Sister Marie-Yvonne Tendron on Sunday October 25, 2020. 60 years of faithfulness to God in the service of others, spending 37 of them in Africa. And working devotedly with her sisters in the Segonzac parish for the last 10 years! As she said modestly in her word of thanks, she is…

My Mission at 49 rue Mutchmore

Just finished helping a man in my building to register on-line for a family Doctor. He said he didn’t have the patience to do it himself. It is these kinds of things that I find myself doing in the building where I live. Sometimes it is as simple as picking up a few groceries or changing a light bulb. Other times it involves doing a bit of pastoral ministry and talking about forgiveness with a man who spent most of his life working on merchant ships. For…

Fed by light

Chlorophyll allows light energy to be transformed into glucose from carbon monoxide (CO) and water. So, in a way, plants are nourished by light. Human beings are also called to be nourished by light. And the light has been given to us in Christ. Christ himself is nourished by the will of his Father, “My food is to do the will of the one who sent me” Jn. 4:34. However, we need to make a real effort to let the light nourish us- because in today’s world…

Harvesting peanuts in Gouna

The Sisters of the Sacred Heart have acquired a plot of land in Gouna: a sector in the parish of Poli, 110 km from Garoua in the direction of Ngaoundéré. It is here that they are happily harvesting peanuts. Sister Annie-Aurore,sscj Cameroon