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Congratulations to Margaret Hosty SSL, who was recently awarded (by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Goiás, Brazil) the the title of Citizen of Goiás, for her 30 years of service to people living with HIV/AIDS. The AAVE Group, which she...

The second phase of the discernment process for the election of a new Leadership Team in Ghana took place last month at the Regional Assembly meeting at SVD Catholic Conference Centre, Adoagyiri. This followed on from the first phase of the...

Chinyere Okpara SSL is a prison chaplain at Fleury-Mérogis Prison, in the southern suburbs of Paris, France, which houses about 5,000 male and female prisoners. It is the largest prison in Europe. She visits the prison regularly where she interacts...

Last month, two young women were formally welcomed into the postulancy at the Thérèse Brek Community of the Sisters of St Louis in Pramso, Ghana. Welcome to Grace Owusu and Marcellina Victoria Seyram Kusi. To read more about their experience of...

For the students at St Louis schools in Nigeria, Ireland and Northern Ireland, February 26 was not just a date on the calendar; it was the day the world came knocking on their classroom doors. It was the day that the St Louis Schools’ Network...

Three Area Assemblies took place in Nigeria in January and February – Lagos/Ibadan, Akure and Gwagwalada. Almost all sisters across the Nigeria province attended one of the three assemblies and those who were unable to be present at their own Area...

Terry Dodge SSL and Bríd Long SSL from the California Community recently visited Christiana Arokoyo SSL and Dorothy Abuah SSL in Juilly. Terry focused on helping the sisters with practical things like replacing furniture and broken electrical...

The Institute Climate Justice Commission if the Sisters of St Louis recently suggested to sisters and associates to forgo their favourite addiction by refraining from the use of television, phone, and social media, and spend some extra time with...

Clara Azubuike SSL, Agnes Ewedeyi SSL, Carine Akobi SSL and others from the Bakhita St Louis Empowerment Network joined the global community on February 8 to celebrate the 12th World Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking. They...

Seven postulants - Faith Clement, Josephine Nwoba, Mary Aye, Pelagie Akobi, Rita Maichibi, Sharon Gyang, and Simone Zinsou - arrived at the Postulancy in Benin on February 22 to begin their formation journey. Soon after arriving, they attended a...

On March 4 the foundation was laid on a site on the Ondo Road, Akure, for the long-awaited retirement home for the elderly Sisters of St Louis in the Nigeria Province. The ground-breaking ceremony was attended by the Nigeria Provincial Leadership...

A Durbar was organized by St John’s Catholic Health Centre, Domeabra, Ghana on March 16 for the local community. Durbars in Ghana are often described as “a vibrant, traditional gathering where chiefs, queen mothers, and elders appear in ceremonial...