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February 2, 2016

Canadian nun tells of spiritual experience while captive in Cameroon

Notre Dame Sister Gilberte Bussiere, 76, was kidnapped in April 2014 in northern Cameroon, where she had been a missionary since 1979. She was released after two months and now lives in Montreal.

MONTREAL - Notre Dame Sister Gilberte Bussiere, 76, was kidnapped in the middle of the night in April 2014, in Tchere, a small hamlet in northern Cameroon.

Published in Canada
June 2, 2014

Canadian sister released in Cameroon

Sr. Gilberte Bussiere, a member of the Sisters of the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal, was freed June 1 after nearly two months of captivity.

VATICAN CITY - From Montreal to the Vatican, Cameroon to northern Italy, statements expressing “great joy” accompanied the news that a Canadian sister of Notre-Dame and two Italian missionary priests were released unharmed almost two months after being kidnapped in northern Cameroon.

Published in Canada