On the occasion of the Feast of Candlemas, Sister Viviana shares with us some accents to be privileged in the religious life of Latin America and the Caribbean. She speaks particularly of the option for life in community…
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Life with the young girls in the hostel
The Daughters of Jesus in community in Daoukro, Ivory Coast, run a hostel for 16 young girls, high school students from 6th to 12th grade. They share their experiences with us. A demanding life Life in…
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Go and drink at the source, search for your roots
During her internship in France, Sr Germaine Alouassa from Cameroon had the opportunity to experience a pilgrimage in the footsteps of the founders of the Daughters of Jesus, while discovering the insertion of some of our communities. The experience…
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Revitalizing leadership for a new structure of governance
The Daughters of Jesus of Latin America came together in March 2019 in the city of Tegucigalpa, Honduras for their first meeting of the year. They share what they received in the workshop on “Leadership for living this time…
Weaving bonds of community
The General Chapter of 2010 saw the Congregation deepen the Chapter Acts of 2004, by encouraging each Sister to find a new energy in her mission. Since then, two Sisters of the English Province, Sheelah Clarke and Winifred Crowther,…
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From Honduras to the Ivory Coast
On certain occasions, our young sisters, Daughters of Jesus, are given the opportunity and the joy to meet up and spend time together… a time of sharing and getting to know one another. Estelle shares her experience On…
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Return to the foundational source of our vocation
From December 13 to 23, 2018, eight young sisters, Daughters of Jesus, gathered in Cameroon for a session in view of their final commitment in the Congregation. Two of them tell us of their experience of returning to the foundational…
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Advance into deep water with the Lord
To mark their ten years of Religious Life, Estelle, Isabelle, Hélène, and Blandine, Daughters of Jesus in Africa, experienced the grace of living an Ignatian Retreat. It took place from 17 to 24 June 2018 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.…
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You are there at the heart of our lives
Our community of Tonneins, situated in the Vice-province South Loire, France, lives to the rhythm of programmed or spontaneous meetings. Depending on the months, that rhythm can sometimes be intense! The month of April was particularly rich. Our monthly…
“A Lent like no other”
Assaulted and jostled by a young man on a street in the city left me with a fractured hip. This event obliged me to walk a path I did not choose… “With serenity and confidence during this Holy Week,…
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