Missionary Month: all to all in daily life by Sr. Anafrida Biro
Missionary Month: all to all in daily life by Sr. Anafrida Biro
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…
Final commitment of Sr Marcelline Nemeyitora
“There is no greater love than to give your life for those you love”
These words of the gospel in Jn 15:13 inspired our sister Marcelline Nemeyitora to make her perpetual vows. She pronounced her total and radical YES to Jesus in order to give her life like Him, for the mission to announce the Good News of his love for everyone, in our congregation, the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa.
To be a Missionary Sister of Africa? Why not me?
To be a Missionary Sister of Africa? Why not me?
Vocation Weekend with the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa (MSOLA)
from 30th AUGUST to 1st SEPTEMBER 2019 in Poland
Final Commitment of Sr. Bernadette Djekoye
“Fear nothing, for I have redeemed you, I have called you by your name: you are mine, if you cross the waters, I will be with you …” Isaiah 43: 1b -2 a.
Sowing with the Lord – testimony of an associate member
Càrol Garcia Murillo, Spanish, entered the Congregation in 2001. She had to interrupt her formation because of a serious lung disease. In spirit, Càrol never ceased to be part of our religious missionary family and in February 2012 she pronounced her missionary commitment as an associate member of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa.
Final Commitment of Sr. Georgette Ouedraogo
On April 27, 2019, Sister Georgette Ouedraogo from Burkina Faso made her final commitment in the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa and was appointed to Lilongwe, Malawi. “The Lord has done marvels for me, Holy is his name.” Let us all give thanks to the Lord for the gift of his grace, the grace of his presence and his concern for our Congregation, for each member and especially for me today. I thank the whole family of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa for welcoming me so that together we can be bearers of hope. What joy and what grace! May the name of the Lord be praised! Celebration! an opportunity to strengthen ties It was a great joy that our sisters from Mali, Bobo and Ghana joined the cathedral community to accompany me on April 27 in my final commitment at…
“Be bold and decisive in seeking God’s plan for your life!”
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
FOR THE 2019 WORLD DAY OF VOCATIONS
The courage to take a risk for God’s promise