Missionary Month: the beauty of Malian women according to Sr. Marie Vincente Brouca
Missionary Month: the beauty of Malian women according to Sr. Marie Vincente Brouca As part of the Extraordinary Missionary Month we invite you to discover missionary witnesses. Sister Marie Vincente Brouca is French and worked as a missionary in Mali. She tells us about the beauty of Malian women and missionaries-initiators.
Missionary Month: the testimony of Sr Marcelle Gaborit
Pope Francis has proclaimed October 2019 an Extraordinary Missionary Month under the theme ‘Baptised and sent: Christ’s Church on mission in the world’. It invites all the baptised to live this time in four dimensions: encounter with Jesus, missionary witness, missionary formation and missionary solidarity. Throughout this month, we invite you to discover some of the missionary testimonies of the Missionary Sisters of Notre Dame d’Afrique. Today we present the missionary testimony of Sr Marcelle Gaborit, who worked as a teacher in Burkina Faso. She died on 26 September 2019, three days after giving us this interview.
Missionary Month: Sr. Marie André du Sacré Coeur
Pope Francis proclaimed an Extraordinary Missionary Month in October 2019 and placed it under the theme Baptized and sent: the Church of Christ in mission in the world”. He invites all the baptized to live this time in four dimensions: the encounter with Jesus, missionary witness, formation in mission and missionary solidarity. Throughout this month we invite you to discover some missionary testimonies of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa. Today, we present to you the portrait of Sr. Marie André du Sacré Coeur (1899-1988) who lived her missionary life as a woman apostle for the defense of women’s rights. Sister Marie André du Sacré Cœur had a doctorate in law when she entered our Congregation in 1922. Thinking that her studies in law would not be useful in Africa, how wrong she was! Just after her perpetual vows, she was sent to help the Missionaries of Africa understand…
Know how to stay, know how to leave – our missionary presence in Mexico
After a few years of presence of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa in Mexico, the time to leave this country has arrived and the sisters who lived there share with us their experience.
Taking care of the Earth – practical tips
Amazonian forests – “lungs of the Earth” are in fire, more and more fires are burning across central Africa… We have reached a real climate crisis whose reason is our own irresponsible activity.
Tunisia: from different cultures and religions, we came together to serve others!
From July 14 to 28, 2019, young Tunisians from the city of Kef welcomed young people from Germany, France and a Burkinabe student in Tunisia with sister Valérie Kaboré (from Algiers) and sister Cécile Dilé (from Marsa) . The goal of this vacation time was to allow all these students from different cultures and religions to serve others together. This project is a result of the presence of the White Sisters at Kef, for nearly 40 years.
JPIC ED Newsletter July 2019
Read about the first international day of street children in Tamale, Ghana; about our commitments for justice and peace in Spain and Canada and the islamo-christian marian day at Our Lady of Africa Basilica in Algeria.
Meeting of the “Our Lady of Africa Family”
On Saturday, May 11th, 2019, when the Plenary Assembly of the UISG (International Union of Superiors General) was finished, the community of Rome welcomed twenty Superiors General of the ‘Family of Our Lady of Africa’. They spent the day working with the General Council, focusing on various points of common interest. Looking back on the UISG meeting, which had as its theme ‘Sowers of Prophetic Hope’, many highlighted the awareness they had gained and the concrete commitments already made. Through these, we were equipped to raise awareness on how we can either take care of the environment or destroy it. Some examples of actions were cited: planting trees and reforestation; educate children in our schools to respect and care for creation; make people aware of how to improve their environment, especially regarding forests; support the projects of those who are working for the same cause and collaborate with them. Dialogue…
