FR. KHALID REHMAT ORDAINED BISHOP IN PAKISTAN
In the January 15th Bridges was an article from the Union of Catholic Asian News regarding the election to Bishop of Fr. Khalid Rehmat, a past-pupil of the Jesus and Mary sister in Mariakhel, Pakistan where Sr. Mariam Norick RJM was his Principal from Nursery to Grade 6. Below is an update on his ordination.
POST-ASSEMBLY GATHERING - March 13
Joined by four 'companions in mission,' RJM's from throughout the province participated in a Post-Assembly Zoom Gathering on Saturday, March 13th. Sr. Cathy Bertrand, SSND facilitated the gathering, during which the participants reviewed the path from the JM Preferences of GC37 to last September's Province Assembly and the Commitment Statement that came from that meeting.
In the email excerpt below, forwarded by JPIC member Kathleen Scanlon, we're invited to consider whether we or anyone we know might address the housing needs of asylum seekers.
One of the outcomes of GC 37 was a mandate “to carry out the Global Reconfiguration of the Congregation.”
This past Sunday, February 28, many RJM’s from the USA- Haiti Province and several of our Companions in Mission came together on ZOOM at 6:15PM for a special Lenten Prayer Service.
While winter weather and the on-going pandemic have put restrictions on implementing the commitments of the Province Assembly, a combination of enthusiasm, creativity and technology has proved effective in finding a way forward.
When a large donation arrived from the Irish NGO, HAVEN, it was decided to invest it in a Water Project for one of the communities who suffer dreadfully from drought and have to travel long distances for water.
During the preparations for the feast of our holy patron, a phrase that was dear to Claudine set a rhythm in our heart and gave us strength during this whole time of uncertainties and difficulties: “God will Provide”.
Three years ago, the school community changed the school feast day to Feb. 3rd, St. Claudine's Feast Day.
Acting on the anti-racism commitment of the recent Province Assembly, the 8 members of the MD/DC region gathered on January 27 for a day-long workshop led by Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur Patricia Chappell and Ann-Louise Nadeau.
The events of January 6 are no doubt still vividly in our hearts and minds as we look toward the coming transition in government with a mixture of apprehension and hope.
Here is the mobile clinic team that has started this December in the Jean Rabel area.
Also in this edition: RJM Jubilarians for 2021.
Sr. Janice Farnham’s highly anticipated history of the Religious of Jesus and Mary in the USA takes its title from the story of RJM origins in Lyon, where Claudine Thévenet rescued girls from the chaos of revolutionary France and taught them the skill that offered a means of a secure livelihood.
TO HARVEST THE RAIN - Gros Morne, Haiti
“The sun took my corn, took my beans, my sweet potatoes, my plantains, my harvest!” laments farmer after farmer - meaning the rain didn’t come at the right time. How can farmers outwit the rain’s unpredictability with climate change accelerating it? How do they harvest the rain???
As you know, our project, Pas a Pas, came into being on February 3, 2020. We had wanted to start in September 2019, but events in Port-au-Prince -- the violence and continuous demonstrations in the streets which also caused the closure of schools and educational institutions -- didn't allow us to do so.
A long-planned Youth Day finally took place on Sunday, November 1st. It was impossible to hold the meeting until now, because of the situation in Port-au-Prince with demonstrations and violence and later COVID-19.
On November 3rd, the Province Leadership Team called together three representatives of the Province Post Assembly Committees.
When I moved to St. John’s convent in the Bronx in 2012, I was thrilled to find a course in watercolor offered by the New York City senior center.
The lives of some of our “companions in mission” intersect with ours only briefly. This is true of Betsy Kennedy, whose name no one would recognize as a former ‘companion,’ but whose contribution is familiar to many of us.