Launching of the Jubilee in different countries in pictures
As we wait for the official opening of the jubilee year in Tunisia on December 16, 2018, our sisters and brothers have already celebrated it locally in different countries. Here are some pictures!
Jubilee of 150 Years in Algeria – the Country of our Origins
A jubilee is a joy like a light that cannot be put under the bushel, a contagious joy, a thanksgiving, a communion. Here in Oran we are entering this contagious-joy.
Jubilee echoes across East Africa
The preparations for the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Missionaries of Africa and the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa began in the various places where our communities are located and numerous activities are being organized to invite others to join us in the joy of celebration!
Sharing 150 years of our history with families and friends
On Saturday September 8th the Missionaries of Africa in Namur, Belgium opened their doors to relatives and friends of the White Fathers and White Sisters from Wallonie and Brussels for a day of meeting and sharing.
Songs for the 150th Jubilee
On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the foundation of our Lavigerie Family, there was a contest for songs composed for the jubilee. Here are some of them.
The JPIC ED Newsletter October 2018
The initiatives for the care of the environment, the interreligious dialogue, our elderly sisters dedicated to the mission wherever they are, the work among the refugees and many other activities of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa in favour of justice, peace and the integrity of creation.
Celebrating our 150th anniversary in Winooski
Here we are on the threshold of our jubilee year…and Winooski community already had the joy of opening the celebrations! Looking at the past with gratitude, living the present with passion and the future with hope: This was our journey of the past three years towards our 150th anniversary!
Statues of Joseph and Mary Unveiled in Worldhouse
The Worldhouse received a gift from the sisters – statues of Joseph and Mary on August 24th, 2018 when the MSOLA celebrated their jubilees of religious profession. Worldhouse is the former Molenweide Care Home in Boxtel in the Netherlands, where a community of Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa has already been living for many decades, first with other religious, later including laypeople.
MSOLA network Justice, Peace, Integrity of Creation – Encounter and Dialogue
MSOLA in the JPIC-RD network Justice, Peace, Integrity of Creation – Encounter and Dialogue The JPIC network of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa was created in 2011 to help the sisters integrate the dimension of Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation (JPIC) into all their apostolic commitments. The network helps to intensify the sisters’ commitment to the service of Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation and make it the “common thread” that runs through all their missionary commitment. The network promotes communication and collaboration on JPIC issues at all levels of the congregation. In 2015 the JPIC Network also includes the dimension of Encounter and Dialogue with other religions and cultures, which has been lived in the congregation since the beginning and is an essential aspect of our charism. At our 2011 Chapter we reaffirmed that called to be ‘all things to all people, for…
100 years of life is worth celebrating!
Sr Thérèse Pagnac, Missionary Sister of Our Lady of Africa, was 100 years old in March 2018.