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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.
Generation Equality Stands Against Rape
The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an annual international campaign that kicks off on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs until 10 December, Human Rights Day. This year’s...
RIP Sr John Vianney Cosgrove
Farewell to Sr. John Vianney Cosgrove, 17th September 2019 Kathleen McGarvey OLA, Provincial Leader Good afternoon and welcome. We are gathered here today to thank God for the long and fruitful life of Sr John Vianney Cosgrove, our Sister, our aunt and our...
The Web of Life
The 2019 Season of Creation has begun and Pope Francis’s statement for the World Day of Prayer for Care of Creation calls for prayer, repentance, and conversion of life. It references the upcoming climate action summit at the U.N. and urges us to reflect on our...
Earth Overshoot Day (2019)
Earth Overshoot day this year is TODAY. Today is the day that we have used up nature’s budget for the whole of 2019! Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in...
First Profession for Mary Mark Mtui
Yesterday, 25th July 2019, Mary Mark Mtui from Tanzania made her First Profession at the SMA House of Formation in Bodija, Ibadan, Nigeria. Mary is from Moshi, Tanzania which is near to Mt Kilimanjaro. She entered the OLA Noviciate at Oke Maria in Ibadan,...
OLA Remembrance Day 2019
Remembering our departed Sisters The Irish Embassy in Nigeria recently shared this photo taken at the old Dutch Cemetery in Elmina, Ghana. The headstone is of Sr Perpetua OLA, born 1865, died 1890. The OLA Sisters opened a school for girls in Elmina way back...
Impact of Homeless Accommodation on Child Development
Child Development at Risk Living in Emergency Homeless Accommodation: Private Rental Market at the Root of the Crisis As the homelessness crisis in Ireland continues to worsen, especially family homelessness, children are facing serious negative consequences....
Invitation to Consultation on Protest
Protest plays a deeply important role in our democracy; it is both our right and our duty as citizens when faced with an injustice that the institutional democratic process, such as voting or contacting your representatives, has failed. There have been so many cases...
Elders for Earth – Supporting Climate Action
Some of our Sisters enjoying the talk by Elders for Earth Elders of the Earth is a membership network of adults who are concerned about the world we are leaving to the next generation. It was set up to allow people to join together to make their voices heard on...
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