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Alumni, relatives, friends and benefactors of the Religious of Jesus and Mary are invited to pray and celebrate with us as we conclude our Bicentennial Year at the city of our first foundation in the US.

It was a simple and pleasant 80th Anniversary Celebration for the Joan of Arc Residence, in San Diego, CA on June 30!

Our country, our CA community of different faiths, different colors, different cultures, young and old from near and far - some from Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego - all gathered this Friday night and Saturday in various parts of San Diego to show solidarity and compassion with the immigrants especially the children.

SR. MARY BOURDON LEADERSHIP AWARD

Pamela Johnson, Chair of the Board of Directors, awarded the Sr. Mary Bourdon Leadership Award at the Washington School for Girls graduation ceremony, on Friday June 15th, saying:

As a co-founder of WSG and former Head of School, Sr. Mary Bourdon provided WSG with outstanding and steadfast leadership for twenty years. The Sr. Mary Bourdon Leadership Award honors a WSG graduate who best exemplifies Sr. Mary’s generosity of heart, determination, and tireless commitment to community.

At the recent General Conference in Rome (May 24-30), RJM from all parts of the Congregation met to discuss the Global Apostolic Plan.

At the Atelyer Thevenet, we do not work all the time. We also have some fun times!

Tee Shirts For Soccer Finals – Roger Jean, (aka Tiden), our friend and long-time main driver, unloaded the parish twinning program sea container yesterday and this morning the truck was unloaded here in Gros Morne and in Garcin. Our yearlong QUEST volunteer, Sofia Pascual, who started the after school sports program, brought the tee shirts to the boys' final games today.

Last week we had the feast to celebrate the end of this year in the women’s sewing workshop, Atelier Thevenet!

Claudine’s religious vocation was born in the midst of war, violence and persecution. My religious vocation emerged in a country where violence, in the name of religion, is an acceptable and commendable fact.

The Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) is deeply troubled by the decision of the Trump administration to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than 57,000 Hondurans.