Early next week, Srs. Marge, Rosemary and Rita will share a few of their “highlights” on the General Conference. Meanwhile, check the Congregational website, for updates and pictures of our General Conference taking place in Rome from October 4 - 14.
RJM’s GORGEOUS NEW WEBSITE: Our website, rjmusa.org has a new look, but it is still “a work in progress!” There are many sections that are not finished or finalized. But check out our new website and please feel free to send in pictures, news items, suggestions, and ideas to Sr. Rita.
On Sunday, August 28th, the RJMs of the New York region gathered at Cabrini Nursing Center to celebrate Sr. Anne Egan's 82nd birthday and 60th anniversary of vows.
ONE APOSTOLIC BODY - RJM in Pakistan: AT OUR REQUEST, MARIAM WROTE UP THIS ACCOUNT OF HER 50 YEARS IN PAKISTAN. IT’S WORTH NOTING THAT SHE IS THE FOUNDRESS OF THE MISSIONS SHE DESCRIBES IN ISLAMABAD, SHAD BAGH - LAHORE, AND TOBA TEK SINGH.
INTRODUCING OUR CAMP CLAUDINE 2016 VOLUNTEERS: Our four Camp Counselors are on their way to Gros Morne, Haiti, for the start of Camp Claudine which begins July 4th, and runs for four weeks until the end of July.
ES.PE.RE PROGRAM ARRIVES IN HAITI: On May 18 we welcomed Maria de la Paz Viniegra, RJM (Mari Paz) and Haydee Barrera, RJM (Chely) to Port-au-Prince. They are from the Province of Mexico and are assigned to Havana, Cuba. They came to offer a workshop on ESPERE and to prepare a small group that could then offer it here in Haiti.
PEACE WALK IN WARWICK, RI: Sisters Vivian Patenaude, RJM, and Doris Bissonnette, RJM, along with other St. Timothy parishioners, joined the group for the one o’clock start time. Flags were distributed along with song sheets and instructions at St. Timothy’s steps. We were encouraged to walk with someone from another parish whom we did not know, which created interesting conversation.
SYRIAN REFUGEES WELCOMED AS NEIGHBORS: Representatives from more than 20 different faith organizations came together on April 9, to welcome six refugee families from war-torn Syria who have relocated to Hyattsville, Riverdale Park and College Park, MD.
Refugee & Immigration Ministries, helped organize the welcome dinner as a part of a national “Refugees Welcome” campaign, since one of the needs the refugees have is to simply know their neighbors.
Jubilarian celebration - Jesus and Mary Center (Plainville, Massachusetts) on Saturday, April 11, 2015. "It is a time to marvel at God’s design, from all eternity, for each jubilarian. To the attentive eye and heart, it reveals that a loving God has been hard at work creating and drawing all things to Himself." - Margaret Perron, RJM, Jubilee Reflections
