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First professions in Cameroon

My soul magnifies the Lord, Alléluia, Alléluia My spirit rejoices in God my Saviour, Alléluia, Alléluia From left to right: Christiana, Cordelia, (Nigeria) Célestine (Cameroon) On the day after the feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, the Region of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus of North Cameroon had the joy of welcoming Christiana NKPE EBEGIM and Cordelia YEMATSE DENNIS, and Célestine MASSING. For us, it is the first group of novices formed in the Francophone Novitiate in Paris to make profession. Mgr. Faustin Ambassa-Ndjodo…

Jubilees and final professions in Madagascar

It is with joy that we share with you in these few lines what we lived during the August 20 and 21, 2021 celebrations, marked by PRAYER and lots of JOY. On August 20, 2021, Sister Marie and Sister Jacqueline celebrated 25 years of religious life at the Regional chapel. Their co-sisters and the members of their families gathered around them. Father SOLOFO (Trinitarian) presided over the Eucharist, accompanied by two priests from the parish. During the Eucharistic celebration, each of the two sisters witnessed to what…

World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation

Since 2015, September 1st, the World day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, has been proposed to all Christion Churches. The Holy Father wrote, “The annual World day of Prayer for the Care of Creation offers to believers and communities a precious opportunity to renew their personal commitment to their vocation as guardians of creation by giving thanks to God and asking for his help…and his mercy for sins committed against the world in which we live”. After his initial message with the Patriarch Bartholomew in…

Alleluia! Easter!

A cry of joy and gladness springs from the encounter with the Risen Christ. This joy is not just the relief from finding Him who was put to death. It is also the joy of knowing and realizing that beyond the finiteness of human life that was embraced by Christ, there springs eternal life. This knowledge that the disciples have is not intellectual, it is existential. This knowledge actually transformed their existence. So, Peter, after meeting the Risen Christ, whom he had denied out of fear, becomes…