In 1939 L.Sr. Magdeleine laid out the palm grove at the very first fraternity, in Touggourt, Algeria. She dreamed of soon being able to survive on the dates, plus asparagus and apricots…She wrote to her mother, “Since we talked about […]
Today we’re going to introduce you to the fraternity of Kabarondo, in eastern Rwanda. Welcome to our neighborhood, known as “the Hill of the Eternal,” “umusozi w’Uwiteka” in Kinyarwanda. It is on the edges of the city. Here people comfortably […]
Every first Sunday of the month we get up very early, load the last containers into our car and speed off to Campello sul Clitunno. Our destination is neither a parish, nor a local church but the flea market that […]
It was 70 years ago that two Little Sisters came to settle in Alice Springs, a small town in the heart of Australia. Two years earlier, L.Sr. Magdeleine had been on her tour of the world, and she had learned […]
My parents had already had four children before I was born, but three of them had died at an early age. Of those four children they had only one daughter left, my big sister. So, in order to protect me, […]
This year we are marking the 50th anniversary of the Fraternity’s presence in the Philippines. To celebrate this milestone, we have embarked on a journey—both inwardly and in a very concrete, physical way. Throughout the year, we have been revisiting […]
In our fraternity in Awka, Nigeria, several large trees stand on silent guard. We call them ukwa (African breadfruit trees). They are there, familiar, almost ordinary… and yet, they hold within them the promise of a celebration. Over here, when […]
