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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.
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...
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...
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