Marie Balavenne and Rennee Burel were two ordinary women, sensitive to the distress of the poor in rural Brittany, France. In 1706, under the guidance of Jean Leuduger, a priest of the Breton missions, they formed the first small community of what was to become the Congregation of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit. Their mission to ‘the poor, the sick and the children’...
Marie Balavenne and Rennee Burel were two ordinary women, sensitive to the distress of the poor in rural Brittany, France. In 1706, under the guidance of Jean Leuduger, a priest of the Breton missions, they formed the first small community of what was to become the Congregation of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit. Their mission to ‘the poor, the sick and the children’...
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Our Beginnings
Marie Balavenne and Rennee Burel were two ordinary women, sensitive to the distress of the poor in rural Brittany, France. In 1706, under the guidance of Jean Leuduger, a priest of the Breton missions, they formed the first small community of what was to become the Congregation of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit.
Their mission to ‘the poor, the sick and the children’...
DHS STRUCTURE
GENERAL COUNCIL
RELIGIOUS FORMATION
THE VOWS
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Margaret Geraghty Name in religion: Sister Margaret Date of Death: 12.04.24 Milton Keynes Hospital Date of Funeral: 10.05.24 Place: Olney, UK May she rest in peace.
Hannah Mary Sullivan Name in religion: Sister Mary Ita Date of Death: 08.03.23 Hospital Operating Theater Date of Funeral: 05.04.23 Place: Olney, UK May she rest in peace.
Margaret Walsh Name in religion: Sister Margaret Date of Death: 29.01.23 Burlington Hall Woburn Sands Date of Funeral: 20.02.23 Place: Olney, UK May she rest in peace.
Catherine Scanlon Name in religion: Sister Catherine Date of Death: 06.12.22 Maryfield, Ireland Date of Funeral: 10.12.22 Place: Malahide Road May she rest in peace.
Henrietta Barrett Name in religion: Sister Carmel Joseph Date of Death: 13.06.22 Templemore Care Home Date of Funeral: 30.06.22 Place: Olney, UK May she rest in peace.
Teresa Buckley Name in religion : Sister Teresa Buckley Date of Death: 15.04.22 Burlington Hall Woburn Sands Date of funeral: 19.05.22 Place: Olney, UK May she rest in Peace.
Sheila West Name in religion : Sister Francis Mary Date of Death: 04.03.22 Burlington Hall Woburn Sands Date of funeral: 24.03.22 Place: Olney, UK May she rest in Peace.
Celebrating the success of DHS General Chapter 2021. Congratulations Sr. Anne Almodovar!!!
