Session for councils and formators – N’Gaoundere

It was a first in the history of the Congregation. At the beginning of July, the councils and formators from the Southern Entities: Cameroun, Madagascar, and Papua New Guinea, gathered to reflect on, “Synodal governance for religious life in transformation” and “The challenges of formation for religious life in transformation”. The session provided an opportunity to envisage “a common vision” for meeting the challenges of the future together. Even though the history and reality of each entity are different, each of the participants carry with themselves the…

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Celebrating a 100 years!

Gathered around Sr. Germaine Provost  On January 24, 2024! For quite some time we have been talking about this and finally the day has arrived! It is not every day that we celebrate a 100th birthday at the Mother House. Germaine is in great form, mind you a bit nervous, she doesn’t like being the centre of attention, but for this there is no escape! During the Eucharist, celebrated by our chaplain, Father Bernard Noyer, and at his request, between the 2 readings we sang the song…

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Regional Assembly in Madagascar

At the end of December 2023, Sr Roselys (General Councillor) and Sr Dorothée (Regional Superior) gathered all the sisters of the Region of Madagascar in Antsirabe to give them feedback from the Council of Congregation, which was held the last 2 weeks of October 2023 in St Jacut-les-Pins. Reflections on worksheets were done in small groups. Each of the sisters actively participated in these reflections. The objective was to envision the future of our Congregation. After the results from the different workshops were put together, appropriate measures…

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Four youth from Trappes met Pope Francis on January 4th.

Following last summer’s riots, a peace accord was signed by Jewish, Muslim religious leaders and the Trappes parish priest encouraging everyone, especially youth, to reflect and enter into a discussion with their peers.  At the same time, at the initiative of Father Patrice Gaudin, the parish priest of Bondy, the Missionary Fraternity of Cities asked to have a meeting of 12 young Christians from different neighbourhoods with Pope Francis. Four youth from Trappe, accompanied by Father Etienne and Father Vincent, also had the opportunity to meet Pope…

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