19th April 2025 with Cardinal Lavigerie
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18th April 2025 with Cardinal Lavigerie
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The impact of who we are and what we do
“Our personal encounter with the Risen Lord empowers us to be sent and to live as witnesses.” (Capitular Acts 2023, page 24) Shared by Sr. Redempta Kabahweza, Malindi Community Kenya Malindi Community celebrates 10 years of existence this year 2025. Through these years, we have witnessed God at work in us and around us. Living at the Pope Francis Rescue Center with children who have been sexually abused has been a challenge to us and sometimes we feel helpless and overpowered by the situation. However, just being present to the suffering, even sometimes in silence, means a lot and changes situations. For example, we have had a number of cases where the girls are sexually abused by their own fathers and end up with child. Such girls go through a lot of emotional pain which sometimes leads them to have unpleasant behaviors, for example, rudeness, refusing to eat,…
17th April 2025 with Cardinal Lavigerie
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16th April with Cardinal Lavigerie
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15th April 2025 with Cardinal Lavigerie
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The history of the statue of Our Lady of Africa
Before the feast of Our Lady of Africa on the 30th of April, we wanto to share the history of the statue of Mary in the Basilica of Algiers. Her story starts in 1840… On 5 February 1840, Bishop Dupuch, since 1839 the first Bishop of Algiers went to France to find priests and resources for his new diocese. When he arrived in Paris, he visited the Sisters of the Sacred Heart and there he saw the statue of the Virgo Fidelis, by Edme Bouchardon, King Louis XV’s sculptor. He was immediately won over and asked for a copy. In July 1907, the Sisters of the Sacred Heart were expelled and went into exile. The property in Villeurbanne was divided up into lots. In 1937, the White Fathers were able to buy the lot which included the chapel and made it their procure. A copy of the statue was made thanks…
14th April 2025 with Cardinal Lavigerie
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13th April with Cardinal Lavigerie
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12th April 2025 with Cardinal Lavigerie
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