Past Issues 2025

Read about… St Louis Widowhood Project in Lagos, Nigeria; the monitoring visit by Misean Cara to the remote schools near Oku, Ghana; AAVE’s celebration of World AIDS Day in Goiânia, Brazil; the Extended Leadership Meeting (ELM) debriefing in Ghana; the celebration of World Day for Disabilities Day in Ibadan, Nigeria; the vocation rally that the Sisters of St Louis attended at Stella Maris Catholic Church, Iruekpen, Nigeria; the twenty first in the series where we meet sisters from the Nigeria province – in this issue, the Gwagwalada Community; the usual updates from the St Louis School’s Forum, Out and About, WhatsUp and WaZoBia; and much more…

Read about… the tribute to Sinéad Beirne SSL- may she rest in peace; the closing of Iona House in Carrickmacross, Monaghan, Ireland and the transfer of the three sisters to communities in Dublin; the 30th anniversary of the AAVE Group in Goiânia, Brazil which was co-founded by Margaret Hosty SSL; the final profession of Francisca Ewuoso SSL in Nigeria; the Platinum Jubilee celebrations of seven sisters in the Irish Region; the Friends of St Louis Nigeria AGM; the honouring of the Sisters of St Louis at the 70th anniversary celebrations at St Anthony Claret Parish, Anaheim, Los Angeles, California;  the twentieth in the series where we meet sisters from the Nigeria province – in this issue, the Savé Community in the republic of Benin; the usual updates from the St Louis School’s Forum, Out and About, WhatsUp and WaZoBia; and much more…

Read about… the tribute to Anne Finegan SSL- may she rest in peace; the Mass to celebrate the 75th anniversary of St Louis Dundalk; Christie Udebor SSLs journey into Speech and Language therapy training; the visit of students and teachers from St Louis Grammar School, Ballymena, Northern Ireland, to Oku in Ghana; the National Jubilee of Consecrated Life celebration in Paris, France; the sisters involvement in anti-corruption protests in Brazil; a report from one of our schools in Ghana where the school attendance rates are on the increase; the IOM visit to the Bakhita Shelter in Lagos, Nigeria, for returned victims of Human Trafficking; the eighteenth in the series of articles, “A Day in the Life…” in which Martina Ariyo SSL shares a typical day for her as a nurse in in Louisville Girls Secondary School, Gwagwalada; the nineteenth in the series where we meet sisters from the Nigeria province – in this issue, the Uromi Community; the annual aspirants retreat in Ghana; the usual updates from the St Louis School’s Forum, Out and About, WhatsUp and WaZoBia; and much more…

Read about… the tribute to Maureen Redmond SSL- may she rest in peace; the Extended Leadership Meeting of the Sisters of St Louis that took place from September 9-18 in Larne, Northern Ireland; and update from Ethiopia; the first Profession of vows for three sisters in Nigeria; the reception of two novices in Ghana; an update from our Institute Development Coordinator; St Louis Day and Jubilee celebrations in California; the eighteenth in the series where we meet sisters from the Nigeria province – in this issue, the Abbé Louis Bautain Retreat Centre Community; the Annual Renewal Course for the 26 temporary professed Sisters of St Louis in Nigeria and Ghana; the usual updates from the St Louis School’s Forum, Out and About, WhatsUp and WaZoBia; and much more…

Read about… the tribute to Éilís Ní Thiarnaigh SSL – may she rest in peace; Congratulations to Evelyn Serwaa Adjei SSL who graduated on June 28 with a PhD in Public Health; the first ever matriculation and capping ceremony of Basic Nursing students at the College of Nursing Sciences, Zonkwa, Nigeria; the completion of the postulants pre-novitiate period in Dassa-Zoumé, Benin Republic; the first ever fashion show at the St Louis Fashion Centre, Accra, Ghana; the seventeenth in the series where we meet sisters from the Nigeria province – in this issue, the Bida Community; the usual updates from the St Louis School’s Forum, Out and About, WhatsUp and WaZoBia; and much more…

Read about… the tribute to Myra McPartland SSL – may she rest in peace; the 2025 Heritage Pilgrimage which followed in the footsteps of our Founder, Louis Bautain, and ancestors, Joseph Louis Colmar, Louise Humann, Thérèse Brek, and Mère Thérèse de Vaux; the 2025 UISG Plenary Meeting in Rome which was attended by our Institute Leader, Patricia Ojo SSL; the healthcare ministry in the Nigeria Province; the advocacy work in AAVE, Brazil; the altar bread making project in Kano, Nigeria; the sixteenth in the series where we meet sisters from the Nigeria province – in this issue, the Ondo Community; the 79th interview in the “Telling Our Story” series in which Michelle Ankrah SSL is interviewed; the usual updates from the St Louis School’s Forum, Out and About, WhatsUp and WaZoBia; and much more…

Read about… the special celebration for Maireád Hughes SSL who was honoured by the Jobstown community for her contribution to that community over four decades; the 80th birthday celebration of Patricia Ebegbulem SSL in Nigeria; the 2025 Ghana Regional Assembly; the fifteenth in the series where we meet sisters from the Nigeria province – in this issue, the Novitiate Community in Akure; the 78th interview in the “Telling Our Story” series in which Maireád Hughes SSL is interviewed; a look back at the 2024/25 academic year in the St Louis Schools’ Network; the usual updates from the St Louis School’s Forum and WaZoBia; and much more…

Read about… the special commemorative edition of Musings, remembering the Motherhouse in Monaghan after it has closed its doors for the final time on Friday, April 25, 2025, after 166 years.

Read about… the Mass of Thanksgiving marking the closure of the Motherhouse Convent in Monaghan; Jubilee Year celebrations in Ghana and France; a special visit to the St Louis Bakhita Empowerment Centre in Lagos; the launch of the first ever mobile school in Oku, Ghana; protecting vulnerable people in the AAVE group in Brazil from scammers; the acquisition of a new haematology machine for St John’s Health Centre in Domeabra, Ghana; the fourteenth in the series where we meet sisters from the Nigeria province – in this issue, the Ewulu Community; the 77th interview in the “Telling Our Story” series in which Jackline Adu Danso SSL is interviewed; the fifteenth in the series of articles, “A Day in the Life…” in which Augustine Faith Yakubu SSL shares a typical day for her at Stella Maris Girls College, Iruekpen, Edo State, Nigeria; and the usual updates from the St Louis School’s Forum, and Out and About in the Irish Region; and much more…

Read about… the tributes to Josephine Henry SSL and Bernarda Kelville SSL – may they rest in peace; the grand opening of the Bautain Rice Mill in Gwagwalada, Nigeria; the establishment of two new clubs in St Peters Primary and Junior High School, Wioso, Ghana, to reduce the dropout rate in girls; the 50th anniversary celebration of St Louis Nursery and Primary School, Akure, Nigeria; HIV/AIDS ministry in London in the mid-1990s; the thirteenth in the series where we meet sisters from the Nigeria province – in this issue, the Talitha Cum Community in Ipaja, Lagos; the 76th interview in the “Telling Our Story” series in which Naomi Nkrumah SSL is interviewed; the arrival of six postulants in the Republic of Benin; the thirteenth in the series of articles, “A Day in the Life…” in which Ann Amadi SSL shares a typical day for her at the Home of Mercy and Peace, Uromi, Nigeria; and the usual updates from the St Louis School’s Forum, Out and About in the Irish Region, WaZoBia and WhatsUp; and much more…

Read about…the tributes to Maura Flynn SSL, Angela Dolphin SSL, Marie Christine Colbert SSL, Rosalie Corish SSL, Carmel Donohue SSL – may they rest in peace; the First and Final Vows of sisters in Ghana; the 50th anniversary celebration of St Louis Girls National School on Park Road, Monaghan, Ireland; the 75th interview in the “Telling Our Story” series in which Benedicta Boakye-Yiadom SSL is interviewed; Clara Azubuike SSL’s first impressions of Bakhita St Louis Empowerment Centre, who support survivors of human trafficking; the thirteenth in the series of articles, “A Day in the Life…” in which Joan Dfiza Bosro SSL shares a typical day for her at Oku Basic School in Ghana; the “Catholics Caring” initiative in St Genevieve’s High School in Belfast, Northern Ireland; and the usual updates from the St Louis School’s Forum and Out and About in the Irish Region; and much more…