27th May 2025 with Cardinal Lavigerie
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Learning a people’s language and culture
Sr. Alice Yirabo Koné, at the right, with other students of the Arabic language From Sr Alice Yirabo Koné, Hydra, Algeria “Through obedience, all work, all functions, all life are inserted into the field of the apostolate and, whatever one does and wherever one is, one is sent.” I was enlightened by this assertion of Maurice Zundel throughout my first mission in Tunisia. Indeed, after my novitiate and my first profession in Bobo-Dioulasso, I was sent to the community of La Marsa in Tunisia, to learn the Arabic language and culture. As soon as I arrived, I was welcomed, initiated and integrated into the community by my sisters. Sisters Maria and Mélika in particular helped me take my first steps in learning the language through the courses they gave me. It was after this experience that I joined the Bourguiba School of Modern Languages to begin classes. …