Articles populaires – Les foyers Saint-Jean-Baptiste et Saint-Joseph de Phnom Penh au Cambodge

18 octobre 2014

Praying time on Thursdays / Le temps de prière du jeudi soir

Every Thursday evenings, our youths are joining a praying time with father Bruno. On this photo, it was the first time of the year and the flowers were really beautiful. Tous les jeudi soir les jeunes se réunissent pour un temps de prière commun avec...

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29 octobre 2014

20th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between the Vatican and Cambodia

On October 29th, a big celebration took place in Psar Touch to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between the Vatican and Cambodia. The students of Saint John Baptist and Saint Joseph Center helped a lot… Thank you… Le 29 octobre...

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3 novembre 2014

Back to school... (1)

Our students ride their bikes to go to school every morning. It will take them around 10 minutes to get there. In their villages, the high schools can be very far from home, 10 or 20 km, and the roads are very often dirt tracks… Our center definitely...

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19 mars 2015

Our centers' management team / L’équipe d’encadrement des foyers

Here is the management team of Saint Joseph and Saint John Baptist centers. On the left hand side of father Bruno there is Polo, a 24 years old young Cambodian who just finished his Bachelor Degree in economics and on his right, Frederic, a French Volunteer...

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28 mars 2015

Presentation time / Le temps d’un exposé (3)

It’s presentation time for our grade 10 students. They talked about the evolution or the means of communication (phone, internet) in today’s Cambodia. They look very relaxed on the photo but the truth is that they were really stressed! La série des exposés...

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24 avril 2015

Taking care of the students' health / Chez l’ophtalmologiste

Today, we went to Takeo to examine the eyes of four of our students. As they live in the center, it is our duty to take care of them. Thanks to our donors’ generosity we can really make a change in these young people’s lives. We generally go to the Takeo...

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6 mai 2015

Teachers' Conference / Conseil de Classe

On that day a very important event took place: a teachers’ conference. Father Bruno, Polo an Frederic met all the teachers to evaluate each of our students. To help the boys with some difficulties, we decided to organize “clubs” where the strongest students...

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25 mai 2015

Cooking together / Cuisiner ensemble

Every day our students are following the schedule and take turn cooking. Each class cooks twice a week and it’s (nearly) always very good! On this photo we can see our grade 7 in action, and we can see that they are enjoying themselves. As a matter of...

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30 mai 2015

Price distribution at school (5) / Distribution des prix au lycée (5)

Once a year, Wat Phnom High school helps the poorer students. As our center exists to help poor students, 7 of our boys received 12 exercise books and a few pens. They are part of the 20 poorest students of the school. Chaque année, le lycée remet un...

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31 mai 2015

Our relationship with the school/Nos relations avec l’école

In order to have good relationships with the school, we often meet the teachers. On this photo, Polo is looking at the “stone” where the names of our two centers in “carved” because we made a donation to build a nice rest area for the students; again,...

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4 juin 2015

Visiting Saint-Paul Institute/ Visite à l’Institut Saint-Paul

In order to help our youth decide about their future studies, we organized a field trip to Saint-Paul Institute in the province of Takeo. In this catholic university founded by our Bishop Olivier, they can prepare a bachelor Degree in Agriculture, Telecommunication,...

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18 juin 2015

Outing in Udong / Sortie a Udoung

Oudong est un lieu très connu au Cambodge. Ancienne capitale du royaume ou aujourd’hui s’élève un beau stupa qui contient des reliques de Bouddha venues d’Inde en 1957 grâce au roi Sihanouk. À environ une heure de route de ce lieu se trouvent des cascades...

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26 juin 2015

Annual Priests’ retreat of the vicariate of Phnom Penh / Retraite annuelle des prêtres.

Five of our students served mass on this occasion. They were very impressed because it was there first time with our Bishop Olivier and because Father Bruno was absent: this very morning, another MEP priest, Father Vincent, had a motorcycle accident......

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8 août 2015

Field trip in Angkor Wat / Voyage d’étude à Angkor Wat

For the majority of our students, it was their first visit to the wonderful Angkor Wat temples. The heart of the Khmer culture and of the Khmer heart is there. You can easily guess how great our trip has been! Pour la plupart de nos jeunes c’était leur...

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1 septembre 2015

C’est la rentrée! / Beginning of the new school year

Cette année, nous avons décidé de changer d’école. Il y avait ce matin une ambiance de rentrée scolaire très agréable. Nos jeunes sont contents de leur nouvelle école... This year, our students are attending a new school called Sovannaphumi. This morning...

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1 septembre 2015

Enjoying dinner / Le temps du repas

Meal times are always a great time of the day, time to sit together, to talk... Furthermore, our boys cook themselves, and it is, nearly all the time, delicious. Se retrouver au moment des repas est un toujours un évènement important, d’échange... De...

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4 septembre 2015

Graduation ceremony / Cérémonie de remise de diplôme.

Our Grade 10 students received their diplomas from their new school during a very nice ceremony. They were really happy and proud. Good luck to all of them for this new school year. Nos étudiants de grade 10 (classe de première) ont reçu leur diplôme...

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3 septembre 2015

Our 4 new recruits / Nos 4 nouveaux étudiants pour 2015/2016

Veasna, Sambat, Chivy, and Vantha are surrounding father Bruno. They are our center’s 4 new recruits for this school year. We wish them a lot of success and happiness. Autour du père Bruno nous pouvons voir, de gauche à droite, Vaesna, Sambat, Chivy,...

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10 septembre 2015

La fête de départ du père Bruno / Father Bruno’s farewell party

Notre Père Bruno s’apprête à retourner en France pour 2 ans. En effet, avec deux autres prêtres du Cambodge, les pères Viney et Damien, il rejoint un monastère Bénédictin pour un noviciat. Son appel est de vivre la vie monastique au Cambodge. Il faudra...

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16 septembre 2015

À bientôt cher Père Bruno / See you soon dear Father

Les jeunes du foyer, notre Évêque, ainsi que beaucoup de paroissiens ont accompagné le père Bruno, et ses parents, à l’aéroport de Phnom Penh. Le Père Bruno part pour se former à la vie monastique Bénédictine pour environ deux ans. Le foyer est bien triste...

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18 septembre 2015

The new English course and exercise books / Nouveaux livres d’Anglais.

This year, we’ve decided that our students would join a good school of English. They are so happy to receive their new books! English is a very important language in today’s Cambodia and it’s becoming more and more important. Actually, with the opening...

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27 septembre 2015

Diocese feast for workers / La fête des ouvriers du Diocèse

Our students took an active part in a diocese program for workers, especially factory workers. It was organized by the Dioceses Committee for Workers. Our boys made a performance based on the workers’ difficult life, health problem, and road safety issues....

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4 octobre 2015

Sound of praise concert/ Louange œcuménique.

Temps de louange organisé par la Société Biblique du Cambodge, qui est un organisme œcuménique chargé, entre autre, de la traduction de la bible en Khmer. Cette atmosphère de concert pop, danse, louange et prière joyeuse a beaucoup plus à nos jeunes et...

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22 octobre 2015

First prayer with father Gustavo / Premier temps de prière avec le Père Gustavo

Father Gustavo is now in charge of our center. Tonight was his first evening with the students. We first had a meal together then father Gustavo received the “official T-shirt” of the center as a welcome present. Then we prayed together and he made a...

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26 novembre 2015

Donating blood for the poor / Donner son sang pour les plus pauvres

Through the Comity of Charity of the parish, we’re in touch with a family of beggars who live under a bridge. Today, the father of the family is in hospital waiting to be operated. He needs blood. Two of our youths, Narong and E both over 17, and Frederic...

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