The senoufo language and the wisdom of Nyanyogo
Sister Nicole Robion : What I have learned from the wisdom of a woman of the traditional religion :
The missionary heart has no boundaries, sister Monique Bonami
AFRICA…and then what? Sister Monique, Belgian Missionary Sister of Our Lady of Africa, returned from Burkina Faso several years ago.
Message of Pope Francis for the 90th world mission sunday 2016
MESSAGE OF POPE FRANCIS FOR the 90th WORLD MISSION SUNDAY 2016 23 October 2015 Missionary Church, Witness of Mercy Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “Today, on the occasion of Pentecost, my Message for World Mission Day, which is celebrated every year in October is published. May the Holy Spirit give strength to all the missionaries ad gentes and support the mission of the Church throughout the world. And may the Holy Spirit give us strong young people – boys and girls, who want to go and preach the Gospel. This is what today we ask the Holy Spirit”. On Sunday, 15 May, on the Solemnity of Pentecost, the Holy Father announced the publication of his Message for the 90th World Mission Day, which will be celebrated on Sunday, October 23. Below is the full text of the Pope’s Message. Dear Brothers and Sisters, The Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, which the…
25 years of the Lord’s faithfulness, Srs Gisela Schreyer and Marie-Alice Terrettaz
On September 17, 2016, Sr. Gisela Schreyer and Sr. Marie-Alice Terrettaz celebrated their silver jubilee of religious missionary life in the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa.
Sister Celine Alie, pilgrim in Canada
What is this pilgrimage Marie Reine de la Paix?
So That Life Might Prevail, by Sister Bibiane Cattin
Sisterr Bibiane Cattin
Born in 1940 in Switzerland Bibiane Cattin is a member of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa.
Beauty and feminine identity by Lucienne Brousse
“The art of tattooing as an attribute of feminine beauty was once the prerogative of North African women. As in all millennial civilizations, this pageantry which embellished the features of the face, the limbs or certain parts of the body formed the adornment of the woman following the example of its current practice in European countries with piercing, a new contemporary form inherited Hindo-Asian civilizations which today attracts casual and rebellious young people. The work which has just been published by Dar El Khattab editions looks with a corpus of signs, symbols drawn on the origins of Berber female tattoos in the regions of Biskra and Touggourt, spreading a little more in the regions of Kabylie, to provide a modest study that attempts an ethnographic understanding of the original symbolism of tattoos, often referring to testimonies of women who practiced it: “It is moreover the great merit of Lucienne Brousse…
Experiences of solidarity with African world this summer 2016
Two beautiful experiences of solidarity with the African world
Sister Madeleine Allain and her passion for the study of language Kabyle
Sister Madeleine Allain
