Our sisters from Schefferville, Martha Groffen and Lieve Bosmans leave the Canadian Great North… Some months afterwards, they recall their experience... In the valleys, protected from the harsh northern wind, grow larch trees and birches. During the month of October it is as if all the sunlight is... Read more
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07/01/2008
THANKSGIVING CELEBRATION FOR GOOD HARVEST India is a land of many religions and innumerable languages. It is more appropriate to describe India is a land of many festivals that signify her rich heritage and cultural past. Pongal is one such Indian festival that is celebrated with pomp and vigour... Read more
21/04/2007
In 2004 the Prioress of the Sisters Deaconesses, Sister Evangeline, expressed the following wish to the Major Women Superiors of France: “Wouldn’t it be yet another sign if some catholic religious joined us to live an ecumenical experience? Giving a common witness would be a fine sign of hope in... Read more
21/04/2007
On 27 th January 1997, three years after the terrible genocide five Holy Family Sisters arrived in Rwanda to found a community in Rushaki in the diocese of Byumba. They arrived amidst a people that had been decimated not only by the genocide but by the flight of so many to neighbouring countries,... Read more
21/04/2007
On 9 th April it will be two months since our sister Anaclet A’Kattar answered the call of the Father. Time has strengthened her presence among us. It is another kind of presence perhaps stronger than physical presence. This we can gather from some of the testimonies of those who were close to her... Read more