• 1 After Handover Ceremony
    Most of our Nigerian Sisters with some of our Associates
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    Our First Set of Nigerian Sisters
    Rev. Sr. Helena Ugorji DHS and Rev. Sr. Obembe DHS
  • 3 Handover Ceremony
    The Outgoing and Ingoing Officials
  • 3 A Community at Prayer
    Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at His disposition, and listening to His voice in the depth of our hearts.
  • 3 DHS Lay Associates
    If you like our spirituality as a lay person, you could join our associates...
  • 3 Our Apostolate in Education
    Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
  • 3 Profession of Vows
    The Radical Following of Christ is the Goal of the Religious life
  • 3 Our Apostolate in Education
    Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
  • 3 Our Apostolate in Education
    Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
  • 3 Our Apostolate in Health Sector
    A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier.
    Sub-Saharan Africa has 24 percent of the global disease burden, yet only three percent of the world’s health care workers.
  • 3 The Joy of Christ
    From various walks of Life, Gathered in the Holy Spirit, the Joy of Christ becomes ours in Faithfulness.
  • 3 Our Beginnings in Nigeria
    The First DHS Sisters who left for Nigeria
  • 3 Our Beginnings in Nigeria
    When the Sistes first arrived Nigeria
  • 3 Our Beginnings in Nigeria
  • 3 Our Beginnings in Nigeria
  • 3 Our Beginnings in Nigeria
 
Welcome! Bienvenue!

Veni, Creator Spiritus, mentes tuorum visita, imple superna gratia, quae tu creasti pectora.

On behalf of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit (DHS), Nigerian Vice-Province, I am glad to welcome you to our website to share with you who we are, how we live, and how we share in the mission of the Church.

In the Congregation, we have a Superior General, Sr Anne Marie Foucheur, DHS, and her Council and we form a Family with 3 branches, the Sisters, the Consecrated Seculars, and the Associates, each sharing in a unique way, this beautiful charism of love. We believe that the Spirit of God is present in all His creation, and is still creating, to bring all things into union, harmony, and wholeness with the love of the Trinity. 

“As a Congregation, we received the gift to live together in the Spirit of Pentecost and to participate with others in His mission of Love in our world.” - Rule of Life of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit. 
Community life, therefore, has a central place for us as Daughters of the Holy Spirit for it is from here we receive what we share with all to whom we are sent. For us there is no mission without adoration, our prayer-life nourishes our daily lives.

“The first Daughters of the Holy Spirit chose to live together to serve the poor the sick and the children recognizing in them the person of Jesus Christ. They had great respect for all. They did everything that lay in their power to enable all to witness together to that love which transforms the world” - Rule of Life of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit.
Still today,  we pay special attention to the less privileged, to the children, and to women, in keeping with our tradition of more than three hundred (300) years of the existence of our Congregation and we strive to be a sign of hope and to create a world where everyone is loved, accepted and cherished.
We joyfully live this mission through the three religious vows of poverty, chastity and obedience which we profess, a loving commitment that sets us free and enables us to love more and to daily enjoy the perfect peace, fullness of life and the richness of God's grace bestowed on us through our beautiful religious life.
We invite you to come and share in this mission of love. Feel free to come to the mission! Help us to fulfill God’s dream for His world.
Thank you and remain blessed.
 
Sr. Anthonia Ayeni, DHS.
Vice Provincial,
Daughters of the Holy Spirit, Nigerian Vice-Province.

 

You may also visit our International web site to learn more about our works and the latest news from many daughters of the Holy Spirit serving around the world.

Our History

The “God of surprises” has been and continues to be ever at our door and in our lives. The story of the Nigerian Vice-Province of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit unfolded as a gift from this “God of surprises”.

By the Breath of the Spirit, what had begun as a ten year missionary project for the old Oyo Diocese...
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Our Mission Statement

We, the Daughters of the Holy Spirit, (DHS), led by the Spirit, commit ourselves by the vows of religion to follow Christ. We pay special attention to the underprivileged wherever we are sent, especially in the education, health and social or community service sectors.
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