February 2022 – Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Echoes of the visit to Madagascar

On the 15 December Anne and I finally boarded the plane for Madagascar. We really thought the trip would never happen – it had been postponed several times, so it was almost like a dream when we landed on Madagascan soil. There were health and administrative restrictions to challenge us, as well as a period of isolation in a hotel in Tanà. However, when the results of our test showed we were negative, we were allowed to leave and Dorothée was waiting for us in front of…

In solidarity with our missions

The Mission Awareness Office of the Archdiocese of San Antonio, TX invited our congregation to participate in the Mission Cooperative Plan. I submitted the application for our new Cameroon Health Center. I was assigned nine parishes: three large parishes in San Antonio, two parishes at the San Antonio Missions and four parishes out-of-town. I contacted the pastors and scheduled parish visits from mid-June to the end of August. Before each Sunday, I prayed to Angélique for protection from Covid since I would be interacting with many…

Meeting of associates at the Kremlin Bicêtre

Jean-Claude Foubert and Marie-Annick Hervieux, both ASCJ, accompanied by Béatrice Brocard, reference person for SSCJ-France, met with a small group of Friends ASCJ from Kremlin Bicêtre and from Paris, at the Holy Family of Kremlin Parish (Val de Marne). Objectives for the meeting: * get to know each other better, * support and encourage the Kremlin group to continue their mission following the departure of the sisters during the summer, * reflect more broadly on future perspectives for the ASCJ movement in France, * identify what is…

Entrance to the postulancy in Cameroon

While congregations in northern countries are hit hard with aging and struggle to renew themselves, southern countries welcome young people who have plans to consecrate their lives to God within Religious Life. The Region of Cameroon has welcomed a new postulant whose name is Viviane. Viviane encircled by first year novices. We wish that, in the footsteps of Angélique le Sourd, “this time of formation, discernment and increase in the knowledge of the congregation may go well” and we assure her of our prayers. Sr. Annie-Aurore