The OLA Blog
Stories, reflections, and updates from our mission and community life. Here we share reflections, insights and experiences, believing that the simple act of sharing can inspire, connect, and open hearts.
Care for Creation in a World of Destruction
The Season of Creation begins tomorrow with the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. Sr Paoula Mourad, missioned in Ireland and serving as Justice Coordinator for the Irish District, has recently returned from Cotonou, Benin, where she joined OLA...
OLA Justice Coordinators Gather in Benin
Our OLA Justice coordinators from across the Congregation are gathered in Cotonou, Benin, for an international formation session on Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation (JPIC) These Sisters do this work on their own most of the year, in their own countries, seeing...
A Bridge of Hearts Connecting Europe and Africa
In the July heat, a bridge of hearts stretched across France, from the streets of Lille and the fields around Chemy to the churches and steep hills of Lyon. They came from across west and north Africa, from the Rift Valley, from the Mediterranean coast, from Ireland...
200 Years Since the Birth of Augustine Planque
Since Thursday last week, our Sisters have been in Chemy, a small village in the north of France where three anniversaries come together: one hundred and seventy years since the founding of the Society of African Missions, one hundred and fifty years since the...
RIP Sr Eithne Mac Devitt OLA
Sr Eithne Mac Devitt OLA, died peacefully at Ardfoyle Convent on Friday 17 July 2026. We remember her with gratitude and share here the words spoken in remembrance of Sr Eithne, offering an opportunity to reflect on her life, her vocation and the many people...
Learning Beyond Borders: Nigerian Students Complete First Erasmus+ Exchange
Five students from Veritas University, Abuja, have returned home after a semester studying in Poland under the Erasmus+ exchange programme, completing the university's first participation in the initiative. The programme opens the door to future opportunities for...
What Ireland’s EU Presidency Means for Justice
Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union began yesterday, 1 July 2026. The Presidency rotates among the 27 member states every six months, giving each country the opportunity to help steer the Council's work, set meeting agendas and move...
OLA Remembrance Day 2026
On Saturday 27 June, families and friends gathered at Ardfoyle for our Remembrance Day and Blessing of the Graves, a service we hold every two years to remember our OLA Sisters who have gone before us. Since we last gathered in this way, four Sisters have died: Sr...
What the Machine Cannot Hold
A Reflection on Magnifica Humanitas and the deeper question There are conversations that take place at altitude. The air is thin, the view is long, and the language moves in ways that most of the world does not recognise. Sr Ilia Delio’s response to Pope Leo...
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