A Guided Retreat is being offered at Our Lady of Hope Retreat Centre
67 Reid Road, RR#1, Stanley Bridge, PE
Jointly sponsored by CNDs and CSMs
Director: Maureen Wild, sc
Theme: Nurturing Christ-Presence with God's Good Earth and Cosmos
Date: June 19-26, 2018
Sister Maureen, a member of the Sisters of Charity of Halifax, is originally from the Northern Alberta. An educator, speaker and retreat guide, her primary focus is on themes of Spiritual Ecology.
The celebration began with a lovely service of praise and thanks for the many blessings granted to them during these fifty years of commitment. A sharing of the many ways they touched and enriched our lives over these years was also expressed.
Please register with Sister Joan Marie Chaisson, CND
email: jmchaisson@cnd-m.org
On Wednesday, September 20th, Sisters Nina Glinski, Eileen Roach and Mary Corbett joined the Sisters of Holy Redeemer Convent for a celebration in honour of their Golden Jubilee. Nina, Eileen and Mary entered the CND in 1965, the year the English Novitiate opened in Ottawa. Although they were joined by the senior Novices from the Motherhouse in Montreal, they were the first Novices to complete their full two year Novitiate in Ottawa.
This was followed by wine and cheese, picture-taking, and a presentation of cards and flowers, then to the dining room to enjoy a delicious lunch prepared by Coleen, our cook--and to top it off--a Jubilee cake! A joyful spirit prevailed throughout the afternoon.
Now into my second month of the novitiate, there have been many blogs formed on reflective walks, preserved in my journal and filed away in my heart. The need to publish the thoughts online has diminished, giving me the comfort of a strengthened relationship with God. Sometimes I find myself smiling, realizing we are inwardly sharing an inside joke only we understand, together squashing my extrovert tendency to immediately blurt it out loud, as my inner introvert develops.