Meet our Community Nigeria – Ikere-Ekiti Community

ikere ekiti 250x25029 FEBRUARY, 2024. We are delighted for you to meet the eight sisters in the Ikere-Ekiti Community in southwestern Nigeria - Florence Akhimien SSL, Veronica Obi SSL, Lucia Adenle SSL, Rose Yero SSL, Francisca Faluru SSL, Martina Adekayero SSL, Francisca Ewuoso SSL, and Juliana Mabara SSL. Two of these sisters work at St Louis Grammar School, Ikere-Ekiti, four work at St Louis Nursery and Primary School, Ikere-Ekiti, one sister works with the local community on sustainable development projects, and one sister is studying to be a doctor. The sisters are also involved in pastoral activities in different parishes and youth activities.

My very positive first impressions as a postulant

mercy postulant 250x25029 FEBRUARY, 2024. Mercy Emmanuel from Kaduna State in the North of Nigeria was received as a postulant into the Institute of the Sisters of St Louis on February 2. She arrived at the postulancy in Dassa-Zoumé less than a month earlier, on January 11, and is happy to report that “having chosen to walk this way is the best decision of my life.”

Margaret Hosty SSL receives Human Rights Award

margarethosty award 250x25031 JANUARY, 2024. Congratulations to Margaret Hosty SSL who received a Human Rights Award at the Legislative Assembly of the State of Goiás, Brazil, on December 10, 2023. This award recognised the excellent work that Margaret has been doing since 1995 in Goiânia for people living with HIV/AIDS and their families.

St Louis Secondary School, Ondo, returns to the Sisters of St Louis after 40 years

stlouis grammarschool ondo 250x25031 JANUARY, 2024. St Louis Girls Secondary School, Ondo, Nigeria, was officially opened on January 25, 1954. The government took over ownership of the school in the early 1980s. It was returned to the Catholic Diocese of Ondo, the original owner, on May 5, 2022. Almost 70 years after the missioning of the first three sisters by Mother Columbanus, Christiana Kure SSL, the Nigeria Provincial Team Leader, missioned two sisters to Ondo in August 2022 - Laurencia Daniel SSL and Rachel Alonge SSL.

30th anniversary of Sisters of St Louis in Oku, Ghana

oku anniversary 250x25031 JANUARY, 2024. The Sisters of St Louis, Ghana Region celebrated the 30th anniversary of their presence in Oku, Afram Plains, Ashanti Region during 2023. The theme for the anniversary was “Celebrating 30 years of Rural Evangelization in Oku: The Impact of St Louis Sisters and their collaborators”. The anniversary celebrations began on March 30, and the climax of the celebrations took place on December 9.

Meet our Community Nigeria – Ebute-Metta Community

ebute metta 250x25031 JANUARY, 2024. We are delighted for you to meet the seven sisters from our Ebute-Metta community in Lagos, Nigeria. Five of the sisters - Christiana Ogundele SSL, Monica Ibrahim SSL, Mary Godwin SSL, Jacinta Otene SSL, Anastasia Agbo SSL - work in Marywood Girls College. Maria Ehikioya SSL is involved in the Samaritan Project and helps feed and provide toiletries, medical attention, and clothing to the 1,500 residents in Lagos State Government Social Welfare Rehabilitation and Training Centre, Majidun. Finally, Lucy Abuh SSL is doing her industry placement at the School of Music in Onikan, Lagos.