Sign the Declaration « Africa, Remember Who You Are »
Our Africa Liberation Day 2020 Call to Action Let us Unite to Liberate Ourselves! – The Future is Ours! Greetings and peace to you! Please find below a Declaration from the Coalition for Africa’s Liberation and Restoration (CALAR), urging Africans on the continent, in the diasporas, and friends of Africa, as we mark Africa’s Liberation Day on May 25 to wake up and claim their rights and dignity and protect their heritage from organized criminal agents. It calls on all to work to put an end to practices that bleeds Africa, and subjects Africans to all forms of indignities at home and abroad over the past five hundred years, while their heritage is turned over to strangers. This petition will be delivered to the African Union and national governments across the continent. CALAR is a collaborative initiative of numerous groups on the continent and in the diasporas. We invite faith-based groups, civil society organizations,…
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.
JPIC ED Newsletter January 2020
JPIC ED Newsletter January 2020
Read about the activities of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa for the cause of protection of the environment and their commitments to combat human trafficking.
CHILDREN’S PILGRIMAGE TO WORLDHOUSE
On February 17th 2020 several school classes visited the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa in the Worldhouse in Boxtel, Netherlands.
Saint Josephine Bahita and Human Trafficking
Saint Josephine Bahita and Human Trafficking
February 8 is the feast day of St. Josephine Bakhita, a Sudanese who was kidnapped as a child and sold into slavery. It is the International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking.
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…
Among Malian women, in a predominantly Muslim country – missionary testimony of Sr Brigitte Zawadi
Among Malian women, in a predominantly Muslim country – missionary testimony of Sr Brigitte Zawadi
