Annual Mission Cooperative
The Daughters of the Holy Spirit – African Mission

Every summer it is our privilege to host and support the work of various Catholic missionaries who selflessly minister to those who are poor, sick, or in need. This year we would be welcoming the Daughters of the Holy Spirit to speak at Masses and to invite us to participate in their mission by means of our prayers and financial assistance, but unfortunately the coronavirus pandemic has made this unfeasible. Nonetheless,
the work of the mission must still go on and we are still able to help! Here’s a little more information about their mission:

The Daughters of the Holy Spirit is an international Religious Congregation of women founded in Brittany, France in 1706. Over the course of 325+ years, their missionary outreach has expanded over 5 continents: Africa, Asia, Europe, South America, and North America.

The Daughters began their Nigerian Mission in 1964. Today, there are 73 native Sisters serving in five different dioceses in Western Nigeria. Their mission is centered on providing quality education to children and youth who, in Nigeria, make up over 50% of its immense population (around 200 million people!) There, the Sisters manage multiple schools, run a hospital, provide health care in several clinics, do outreach to many of the surrounding villages, run a rehabilitation center and elderly care facility, offer adult literacy programs (especially for women), and make pastoral visits to the sick and the poor.

The coronavirus pandemic has brought on greater hardships for the Sisters and the people they serve. On behalf of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit, Sister Jeannine Legere, a former missionary in Nigeria, asks for our support to help them with their most urgent needs, such as:

• numerous poor who appeal at their doors daily;
• orphaned children with no financial support;
• youth with teenage pregnancies, hepatitis, and diabetes needing medical treatment;
• nutritional supplements and therapies for the aged;
• need for farm tools (tractors, bulldozers, etc.) to help youth prepare for agricultural jobs;
• training for widows and single women to support themselves financially.

If you would like to assist the Sisters in their mission, please go click on the link below and consider making a gift. Sister Jeannine assures us of the deep gratitude and prayers of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit. Thank you for your generosity!