Today marks the end of the ministerial presence of the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist at St Mary's and Missions. The sisters, Mother Marcia and Sr Naomi, have served with the friars for four years and four months, and this morning their Mother General and Vicar returned with them to Kingston - Manley Airport back to Meriden, CT, before they are re-missioned to the Holy Land.
Fabric of Life
I want to say something to all of you
Who have become a part
Of the fabric of my life
The color and texture
Which you have brought into
My being
Have become a song
And I want to sing it forever.
There is an energy in us
Which makes things happen
When the paths of other persons
Touch ours
And we have to be there
And let it happen.
When the time of our particular sunset comes
Our thing, our accomplishment
Won't really matter
A great deal.
But the clarity and care
With which we have loved others
Will speak with vitality
Of the great gift of life
We have been for each other.
Gregory Norbert, O.S.B.
Truly we have been blessed by the sisters presence . . . the feeding program, the learning centre, weekly sick calls, girls group and the Remand Centre . . . to name a few. May the sister know of our love, and each time they have something in their shoe, it's us; and we too will remember them by pebble in our shoes. They go with God!
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PS/ Vernon watches over the sisters' bags on last time - and the "limo" awaits the sisters . . . what happened to the days when the sisters travelled with one "grip"?
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I watched the TVJ Schools' Challenge Match via internet and
I'm so proud of the St. Mary's College School Challenge Team. Obviously, despite the mishaps in the buzzer section of the game, the St. M.C. students far outdid the students from the "top" school in Montego Bay in the match.
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