Hospitality continues to take root and to flourish in the heart of Africa.

With deep gratitude and in a festive atmosphere, the Hospitaller Family celebrated in Yaoundé (Cameroon) the first religious profession of our sisters Anachelle Edith Razanamahenina and Marcelline Raherilalaina. This event is not only a decisive step in their lives, but also a moment of grace that renews the hope and missionary commitment of our Congregation on the African continent.

In a context marked by the living faith of the communities and close service to the most vulnerable, Sisters Anachelle Edith Razanamahenina and Marcelline Raherilalaina have responded to the Lord’s call with a generous and trusting “yes.” This profession of faith recalls the words of Christ:

“You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last” (John 15:16).

These words illuminate the deep meaning of the Hospitaller vocation: free women make a choice that is transformed into mission, service, and fruitfulness for their community.

From our Hospitaller spirituality, we also humbly and gratefully recognize that everything is a gift:

“When we review our life and the countless benefits with which we have been endowed, while at the same time acknowledging our fragility, we cannot but recognize the goodness of God and the fact that only his clemency and infinite mercy are the foundation of our hope and our joy.”

The profession of Anachelle and Marcelline is a gift for the Church and for the entire Hospitaller Family. Their youthful self-giving reminds us that vocation is always a response to a love that comes first, and that mission is born of a living relationship with the Lord, the Good Samaritan.

We give thanks to God for their lives and pray that, clothed with hearts of mercy, their service may be fruitful. May their hands be an extension of God’s healing for those most in need of care, consolation, and dignity in our beloved African land.