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. …
26th May 2025 with Cardinal Lavigerie
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25th May 2025 with Cardinal Lavigerie
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24th May 2025 with Cardinal Lavigerie
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23rd May 2025 with Cardinal Lavigerie
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50 years of MSOLA presence in Mauritania!
A photo from 2018, with the community celebrating the 150th Jubilee, with a poster of all the sisters who were in Mauritania Our first sisters arrived in Mauritania in November 1975. They forged good relationships with the Mauritanians. They visited, cared for, fed, taught, and supported them in self-care. Thus, on January 31, 2025, we invited the Mauritanians who collaborated with our first sisters to gather their testimonies. Many emphasized their “attitude of reaching out…”, of speaking their language, as well as their contribution to improving the living conditions of the people. They challenged themselves to follow in our sisters’ footsteps by doing good to one another and developing themselves further. It was emphasized that previously, our sisters gave them things, but today we speak more of mutual collaboration. Mauritanians are no longer here to receive. We find ourselves in a place of sharing experiences, pooling our…
22nd May 2025 with Cardinal Lavigerie
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21st May 2025 with Cardinal Lavigerie
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20th May 2025 with Cardinal Lavigerie
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