The Congrégation de Notre-Dame is celebrating 50 years of presence in Cameroon
The Congrégation de Notre-Dame is celebrating 50 years of presence in Cameroon
Did you know that…?
24 CNDs who were missionaries in Cameroon or who were responsible for missionaries, have entered the house of the FATHER:
Sister Julienne Godin
Sister Lucienne Racette
Sister Marcelle Neiderer
Sister Cécile Poissant
Sister Jacqueline Dufour
Sister Imelda Auger
Sister Hélène Corriveau
Sister Jeanne d’Arc Lemay
Sister Yvette Moreau
Sister Yvette Michaud
Sister Juliette Forest
Sister Lucille Bernatchez
Sister Colette Ouellet
Sister Solange D’Amboise
Sister Gisèle Mathieu
Sister Madeleine Dumouchel
Sister Simone Vigneau
Sister Eliane Lapointe
Sister Angéline Reid
Sister Gisèle Laurin
Sister Fernande Dubé
Sister Jeanne Ponton
Sister Marguerite St-Hilaire (Missionary Services)
Sister Fernande Saint-Pierre (Missionary Services)
Let us give thanks to the Lord for their life given to the service of The mission
Among the sisters who have returned from Cameroon
Sister Pierrette Boissé, Sister Gervaise Deschênes and Sister Marie-L. Arsenault have been much appreciated occasional collaborators.
Sister Marthe Thériault is Leader of the Jeanne-Marguerite Community in Montréal.
In Québec, there are six sisters:
-At Accueil Marguerite-Bourgeoys: – At Résidence Bon-Secours:
Sister Pierrette Simard Sister Thelma Renaud
Sister Réjeanne Therrien Sister Yolande Tellier
Sister Monique Daigle Sister Louise Bouffard
Sister Pauline Asselin
-At Notre-Dame de Québec: Sister Madeleine Pelletier
Sister Fernande Cantin, Leader Sister Jeanne Beaudoin
Sister Gisèle Bourque Sister Michèle Lamoureux
Sister Julienne Paré Sister Nicole Pronovost
In Dorval, Sister Ange-Aimée Roy.
At the House of Prayer, Longueuil, Sister Gilberte Bussière.
Sister Sarah Leboeuf is at Maison du Sacré-Cœur and Sister Émilie Maddix, Provincial Councillor, lives at Résidence Notre-Dame-de-Grâce.
Many are in service in remote locations:
Sister Denise Gauthier, in Alma
Sister Sue Kidd, Sister Noreen MacDonald and Sister Marie-L. Arsenault, in PEI
Sister Catherine Molloy and Sister Louise Finn in New York and
Sister Marilyn von Zuben, in Toronto.
Three sisters who directed the Missionary Service are in Montréal:
Sister Thérèse Roy, at Résidence Jeanne-Marguerite
Sister Louise Bégin, at Résidence Notre-Dame-de-Grâc
Six Canadian STARS continue to shine in the Cameroonian sky?
Sister Solange Monfet, one of the foundresses of the mission,
Sister Gertrude Babineau and Sister Bernadette Breton are at our hospitality house in YAOUNDE.
Sister Cécile Buote works at the pre-novitiate in KUMBO and Sisters Yvette Dubois and Gisèle Provost are at the novitiate in NGAOUNDERE.
Sister Sophie MBOUGOUM, CND, of Cameroonian nationality accepted the mission of General Councillor at the mother house for 5 years.
We sing to her:
- Woman on the pathways of the Lord, in MONTRÉAL, she rejoices in serving Him. We thank her with all our heart.”
Six ladies, when they were CNDs, gave a proud helping hand to the mission in Cameroon in its beginnings.
They are:
Ms. Françoise Baril (Montréal)
Ms. Monique Gilbert (Longueuil) now an Associate
Ms. Juliette Bernier (St-François-Xavier, Sherbrooke)
Ms. Yvonne Lamonde (Saint-Augustin de Desmaures)
Ms. Bertha Richard (Summerside, PEI)
Ms. Louise Hébert (Asbestos)
A warm T H A N K Y O U to each and every one!
Ms. Chantal Tremblay, a retired teacher, devoted two years of her life to the young people of Ebolowa, and to the Justice, Peace and Development Commission of the Ebolowa-Kribi Diocese.
She founded a school library and computer room (room, computers, training).
THANK YOU, Mme Chantal!
Sister Louise Côté, Superior General, on official visit to the Region of Cameroon, meeting with the Regional Council at the time. From left to right:
Sister Solange Monfet, Regional Superior; Sister Louise Côté, visitor; Sister Lucienne Racette, (Makak), Regional Bursar; Sister Imelda Auger, (Otélé), Councillor; Sister Émilie Maddix, (Douvangar), Councillor; Sister Yolande Tellier, (Ébolowa), Councillor.
In December 2019, Sister Marie-Marcelle Desmarais facilitated a session with the Canadian sisters: Yvette Dubois, Cécile Buote, Gisèle Provost, Solange Monfet, Gertrude Babineau and the Cameroonian professed sisters, novices and candidates.
Names of our Cameroonian CND Sisters
