General Assembly with Elections of the La Famille Donum Dei Held in France in January and February
The General Assembly of La Famille Donum Dei, also known as Travailleuses Missionnaires de l'Eau Vive, was held in La Grâce-Dieu in the Archdiocese of Besançon, France. The meetings ran from January 27-February 11, 2025.
On February 11, 1950, the diocesan priest Marcel Roussel Galle established the Missionary Family “Donum Dei.” They took St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus as their patron. Three years after his death, on February 22, 1987, the Family Donum Dei, according to the will of its founder, joined the Carmelite Order as a secular Third Order. On December 8, 2020, they were erected as a Society of Apostolic Life with diocesan rights in the Archdiocese of Marseille in France. Now that Donum Dei has fulfilled the 5 year experimentum period and have communities in various countries, consultations will begin about the group becoming a Society of Apostolic Life with Pontifical Rights.
The missionary workers, present on all five continents, are dedicated to evangelization in many areas of society.
The following were elected to leadership:
Responsable Générale:
Marie-Michèle Manukula (Wallis)
Conseillère:
Geneviève Konsole (Burkina Faso)
Conseillère:
Anna Hong Nguyen
Conseillère:
Diana Focio Alarcon
