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.
Africa Leads the World in Plastic Bag Ban!
Tanzania has joined the more than 30 sub-Saharan African nations, introducing legislation to ban plastic bags. The legislation came into effect on 1 June 2019 and prevents the import, export, manufacturing, sale, storage, supply, and use of plastic carrier bags...
Spreading Optimism: Earth Day 2019
Yesterday we celebrated Earth Day. While we are painfully aware that we are living on the brink of devastation due to Climate Change, pollution and a shortage of natural resources, we thought we’d examine some of the efforts that are being made to...
Exploiting Natural Resources – Trees
The Cork Environmental forum hosted François-Xavier Drouet’s insightful documentary, Le Tempts Des Forêts, as part of the Cork French Film Festival on 7 March 2019 in the Gate Cinema cork. Over 200 people were in attendance. Sisters Marie Treacy, Mary Usifoh and...
The Climate Strike 2019
The Climate Strike is taking place across the world today: school pupils will refuse to go to school and instead protest their parents’ inaction on climate change – a disaster that will affect the very children striking today! The strike is inspired by the Swedish...
Congratulations to Our March Jubilarians
From left : Sr Majella McCarron; Sr Kathleen Keohane; Sr Mary Catherine; Sr Eithna Synnott On Saturday 9th March the OLA sisters held Jubilee celebrations at Ardfoyle Convent for four of our wonderful sisters. Sr Eithna Synnotte and Sr Kathleen Keohane celebrated...
Congratulations to Our Leadership Team
Sr Marie Lee, Sr Kathleen McGarvey and Sr Maura Cranney The OLA Provincial Chapter has come to a close and we would like to offer our heartfelt congratulations to the Provincial Leadership Team, Sr Kathleen McGarvey who was re-elected as Provincial Leader, and Srs...
Grace Akpoguma – A Testament to Women’s Education
“Girl’s education is the single best investment that any society can make.” ~ Carol Bellamy Grace Etakibuebu Emoariojake Akpoguma attended of Our Lady of Apostles School in Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria in an era when the education of the girl child was virtually unheard of in...
Beatification of the Algerian Martyrs
On Saturday 8 December OLA Ireland hosted an African Artefacts Exhibition at Ardfoyle Convent, Ballintemple to mark the beatification of OLA Sisters Angèle-Marie Littlejohn and Bibiane Leclercq. Our sisters were beatified in Algeria on Saturday together with 17...
Undergoing Female Circumcision – Grace’s Story
“I think I became a nurse because I was so angry about what had happened to me. I wanted to be able to help other women. But once I qualified I just wanted to leave, to get away.” Grace is 37 years old. She was born in Botswana to a South African mother and...
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