Louisville Girls High School, Ijebu-Itele celebrates 25th Foundation Day

LGHS Ijebu Itele 250x25028 FEBRUARY, 2023. Louisville Girls High School (LGHS), Ijebu-Itele, Nigeria, celebrated the 25th anniversary of its foundation day on January 11, 2023. A tree planting ceremony, Mass, and reception took place to mark the occasion and among those invited were sisters, religious, priests, PTA, and current and past students, staff, and parents.

Ghana Region receives two novices

ghana novices 250x25031 JANUARY, 2023. Two second year Ghanaian postulants, Adelaide Bemah Saahene and Clara Adwoa Konadu, were welcomed into the Novitiate in Kumasi, on December 8, 2022, in a ceremony that was attended by Beatrice Venyellu SSL (the postulant mistress), Patricia Mensah Sarpomaa SSL (the novice mistress), Louis Bautain Formation House community members, and sisters from other communities.

A look back on 10 years of the St Louis School’s Network

finola 2250x25031 JANUARY, 2023. Finola Cunnane SSL has been coordinator of the St Louis Schools' Network in its current form since 2013. In this article she reflects on the last 10 years of the network and how it has evolved and transformed and become a platform for transformative education and peer learning in Global Citizenship Education where students explore the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values necessary to become global citizens.

Year-long celebrations take place to mark 25th anniversary of St Louis Nursery and Primary School, Ikere-Ekiti, Nigeria

Ikere Ekiti 250x25031 JANUARY, 2023. St Louis Nursery and Primary School, Ikere-Ekiti, Nigeria, began its year-long celebrations of its silver jubilee in September 2021, by reminiscing on the past with gratitude, the present with enthusiasm and pride, and the future with assurance of more achievements and successes to come, by God’s grace. The final celebration took place last month with a Christmas Cantata.

Ghana Region celebrates jubilees of two sisters

georginaandmercy 250x25031 JANUARY, 2023. Congratulations to Georgina Edwine SSL and Mercy Boateng SSL, who recently celebrated their 50- and 30-year jubilees of religious vows respectively. They renewed their vows in a ceremony last month, at St Michael Catholic Church, Apromase, as a way of showing their gratitude to God.

Sisters in Monaghan, Ireland, support refugees and immigrants through conversational English classes

failte 250x25021 DECEMBER, 2022. Fáilte Isteach is a nationwide community project involving predominantly older volunteers welcoming migrants through conversational English classes. In 2016, the Monaghan branch was established by Anne Jordan SSL. There were classes twice weekly until 2019, when Covid-19 put a stop to all gatherings. Thankfully, classes resumed in September, this time under the umbrella of the Monaghan Migrant Support Centre, which was officially launched by Heather Humphries TD, Minister for Rural and Community Development and Minister for Social Protection, last month. Sr Anne spoke at the launch.