Feast of St. Julie Billiart

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St. Marie-Julie Billiart, Foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur

Today, the Congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur celebrate the Feast Day of her foundress, St. Marie-Julie Billiart. It is her feast since her canonisation in 1969.

The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur are grateful to the good God for the life of St. Julie Billiart. Her ejaculatory prayer has been the source of the beautiful lives of all Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur.

The Co-foundress of the Congregation, Françoise Blin de Bourdon wrote on St. Julie’s Feast Day, “My wish for you is that you may become a truly great saint; I ask for you a continual increase in grace, especially the gifts of counsel and fortitude and a perfect charity.”

Come join the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur celebrate this great saint, who abandoned her one and only life in the hands of our good God. “Ah! Qu’il est bon le bon Dieu”, has been St. Julie’s prayer all her life. The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur live their lives spreading the goodness of the good God wherever they find themselves with hearts as wide as the world

Happy for Easter Holidays

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Pupils of Saint Peter Nursery and Primary school, Ndeaboh, Enugu State

Some Basic six pupils of Saint Peter Nursery and Primary school were happy saying goodbye to school for the Easter holidays. They all passed their second term examination and that contributed to their joy.

Having worked hard for the term and were successful, they thanked God for the hard work and the achievements. Some of them will be spending the holidays with their family members they’ve not seen for a while. It will be a thing of joy to see them again, they said.

Easter is a season of joy, peace and love. They intend sharing the joy, peace and love of God with everyone. When they resume after the Easter break, they will share with the rest of their classmate how the spent their holidays. For now, school is over and they are ready to spend quality time with their families and friends.

HAPPY EASTER TO EVERYONE!

Book Launch: The Effect of Digital Culture on Consecrated Women

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Sr. Uche Onyekonwu, a sister of Notre Dame de Namur authored a book titled “The Effect of Digital Culture on Consecrated Women.

The book is a clarion call to the consecrated persons and indeed anyone else to beware of dangers of digital culture while enjoying the good things of modern life. It is a practical guide for self-growth, for mentoring and for the holistic formation of everyone.

The digital culture has come to stay because of its usefulness. Moreover, the addiction to social media, and any other form of internet sponsored gadget of communication is worrisome to the author.