The mission never ends
Our sister Joanna Dekkers shares her experience of Africa with young Lotte, studying social work in the Netherlands. After 40 years in Africa sister Joanna retired in Boxtel, where she is still working with homeless people.
We weren’t alone during the quarantine
The Hydra community in Algeria share their experience in the shadow of the Coronavirus, following the themes of our last chapter: “Bearers of hope listening to the voice of the Spirit, moving forward together towards the peripheries”
A missionary has to let herself be evangelized…
Interview with Sr. Magdalena Orczykowska, Missionary Sister of Our Lady of Africa. She comes from Poland and currently works in Uganda in East Africa.
Newsletter JPIC ED April 2020
The unity of differences. This month we have stories of ecumencial and interreligious meetings. We also touch other aspects of our charism: the fight against trafficking and the care for the environment.
Talitha Kum comes of age in Burkina
“We realize that we are all living with victims or people vulnerable to trafficking and the question was: How best can each one play her/his role to save our brothers and sisters through words and deeds?” Sr. Angela Kapitingana
Bringing Polish children to love Africa
In 2019, in the celebrations for the 150 years jubilee of our congregations, the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa – White Sisters and the Missionaries of Africa – White Fathers, we organised an exhibition at the Youth Cultural Center in Lublin, Poland.
The tree planting project in Nouakchott
Yahya with the Children of the Sun learning about plants. July 11 was the launch of tree planting by the Islamic-Christian group (ICG), in collaboration with the Association ‘Children of the Sun’ in the suburbs of Arafat. Sr.Celina, who is the initiator of the « One tree per family » project, is also the head of the Islamic-Christian group. On the first day of the tree planting, Sr Celina with Victorine, Fr Victor the chaplain of the group, Sr.Marie Jesus, Daughter of Charity, four other members and a young Christian man joined the ‘Children of the Sun’ group to participate in the work of land preparation. They dug holes one meter deep and one meter in diameter. Then the holes were half filled with sand and manure. The first day they dug 8 holes because it was more difficult than expected. We had to organize ourselves for the work that everyone was doing for…
Celebrating 150 years: our origin, our charism, our mission
Le jubilé de 150 ans de notre existence est une occasion de regarder notre passé avec gratitude, notre présent avec passion et notre avenir avec espérance. Les trois vidéos nous entrainent dans un voyage passionnant en nous faisant redécouvrir nos origines, notre charisme, notre mission et nous présentant la situation actuelle de nos sœurs au Canada.