Below is an excerpt from the next article in the Bicentenary Year series. The complete article is attached to the email accompanying this Bridges.
By Sofia Padilla, RJM (Province of Argentina)
Last week, WSG stood with students across the country in speaking out against gun violence in schools. Our participation in the 17-minute walkout was initiated by one of our 7th grade students. We are so proud of our students for standing up for what they believe in and for doing so with exceptional grace and maturity.
Geri Lanham, a 2nd year Quest-Volunteer for Haiti, brings to our consciousness that the ability to attend school is not something we should take for granted. Receiving an education in Haiti is “a lifeline for many families… Lekó Jezi-Mari started under a mango tree in 1998.” Little by little, the bird builds its nest…
Its name, Maison Bon Samaritain, "the House of the Good Samaritan," speaks to the fact that it is a place where the hands of others come to support and heal those who were broken. The hands of the four-person nursing staff act as the healing hands of God.
The church was filled with relatives, friends and parishioners. From Plainville Sisters Diane Dube, and Pauline Ayotte, from NY Sisters Norene Costa and Christine Carrigg, from Swansea Sr. Antoinette Gamache, from Lincoln, RI Sisters Mary and Jackie Crepeau came to join the St. Timothy community. There would have been five more, but the pouring rain (sleet farther north) prevented them from travelling.
CATHOLIC DAY OF ACTION FOR DREAMERS
Tuesday, February 27
10:30 am
The Capitol
"Attached is a photo of a rocking chair which has been in our family for a few generations. Reportedly, it was one of the many rocking chairs from "a long wooden porch" from the first RJM motherhouse in Fall River, MA..."
On February 2nd all of us gathered at 11:00 AM to celebrate our 200th Anniversary Mass with Bishop John Dolan, a dear friend of ours.
In honor of one of Washington School for Girls’ founding Spirits, Saint Claudine Thevenet, students participated in activities revolving around forgiveness on "Thevenet Tuesday".
The pillar is in Chicano Park under the Coronado Bridge. It depicts the immigrants who have worked in our fields to harvest the food on our table, immigrants who have constructed our buildings, immigrant children who have studied in our schools and religious education programs, immigrants who have died crossing the border through the desert to provide a better life for themselves and their families. The Border Angels have been a presence in the community and along the border wall extending love and compassion - "love has no borders".
