26 OCTOBER, 2023. The Bridge of Care Programme was established at Louisville Girls High School in Ijebu-Itele, Nigeria, more than 15 years ago, to support the school's immediate community and neighbouring areas. It began by helping indigenous students access education at the school and at primary and secondary levels within the Ijebu region, as well as supporting them at third level.

26 OCTOBER, 2023. September 27, 2023, was a gala day in St Louis Convent Rathmines, when four of our St Louis Sisters, Breda O’Hanrahan SSL, Vera McGrath SSL, Lucille Foley SSL and Mary Hayes SSL, each celebrated 70 years of dedicated ministry to our St Louis Institute.

26 OCTOBER, 2023. Sèlomè Pascaline Okpa SSL recently graduated from the Benin branch of the Pontifical Lateran John Paul II Institute in Rome, where she studied the “Science de l’Education”, specialising in School Psychology. As part of her programme, she had to conduct independent research and write a thesis. Her chosen topic was, “The impact of psychological support in school and family of adolescent mothers on their academic performance”. She successfully defended her thesis recently and graduated.

26 OCTOBER, 2023. The Ghana region hosted a retreat for aspirants from September 28 to October 1 at the Louis Bautain Formation Center in Apromase, Ghana. A total of 12 young women attended and in addition to the retreat, they heard talks on discipleship and the history of the Sisters of St Louis.

28 SEPTEMBER, 2023. Our last update from Ethiopia was in December 2022 (Issue 125) in which we reported that the convent and school in Dawhan had been completely looted the previous September due to the escalation in violence in the Civil War in the Tigray Region. In this news article, Perpetua Apo SSL gives a further update on the situation in Dawhan.

28 SEPTEMBER, 2023. Elizabeth Ogedengbe SSL works at the Clinique St Louis D'Akpassi, in the Republic of Benin, where she is the Acting Matron. She shares a day in her life with us - August 20, 2023.