News

In this edition:

• ES.PE.RE Training: Haiti
• ST. CLARE’S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION
• NEWS FROM OUR SISTERS

In this edition:

• WASHINGTON SCHOOL FOR GIRLS - Graduation 2017
• WORLD REFUGEE DAY– June 20th
• InFORMATION ARTICLE
• NEW CANADIAN PROVINCIAL TEAM

Family, friends and colleagues gathered, last Sunday afternoon, at The View campus of the Washington School for Girls to thank Sr. Mary Bourdon, as she moves on after 20 years of visionary leadership.

The young woman in the photo is Suneeta Saleem. She is a Junior RJM and has recently passed, with honors, her studies for Masters in Finance. She was selected to represent her college, The University of Lahore, at a Research Symposium held in a University in Islamabad. Suneeta is from a family living in a Basti in Shadbagh, one of the most underdeveloped areas of Lahore. She is a graduate of the school we opened there in the early 90’s.

Once I was asked if I felt I had achieved anything worthwhile during my many years spent in Pakistan.

Our four sisters from Haiti and the Leadership Team spent an enjoyable and fruitful four days together last week. From May 3 to 6, in exchanges and discussions facilitated by Ms. Marisa Guerin, our missionaries shared information and concerns about their situations and projects in Gros Morne and Jean Rabel.

Together we studied our ministries in light of the values that can promote systemic change.

This study is a ‘work in progress,’ but we hope that these values can guide future planning for ministry in Haiti.

The 20th anniversary of the founding of Washington School for Girls was celebrated on April 10th. Below are students portraying the 3 “founding spirits,” whose values guide the mission and purpose of WSG: Sr. Claudine Thevenet, RJM, Mary McLeod Bethune and Sr. Cornelia Connelly, SHCJ.

In this issue:

• SR. PATRICIA SCANLON, RJM
• AN INVITATION TO Awareness of God’s Active Goodness in Our Lives
• REFLECTIONS given before the funeral of PATRICIA SCANLON, RJM
• FROM THE PROVINCE BUSINESS OFFICE - SCAM EMAIL WARNING
• EARTH DAY 2017 - April 22
• PRAYERS ARE REQUESTED FOR…

BICENTENARY OF THE FOUNDATION OF THE CONGREGATION OF THE RELIGIOUS OF JESUS AND MARY:

• Year of Celebration: October 6, 2017 – October 6, 2018;
• Opening of the Bicentenary: October 6, 2017;
• Place: Agra, India;
• Dates: October 5 – 15, 2017;
• Objective: To deepen the missionary spirit that has characterized us from the beginning and to live an inter-religious and inter-cultural experience.