The Abbey of Étoile Notre-Dame, Benin: The Faces of Hope
A community of 40 nuns from different nationalities; a melting pot of faith and prayers, where priests, religious and lay people can find the Benedictine monastic spirituality embodied in the African culture. In 1960, seven French nuns of Notre-Dame des Gardes arrived at the Apostolic Prefecture of Parakou, which was founded in 1948 in the […]