Miramichi News…

Alcide and Gemma celebrated 40 years of Congregation de Notre-Dame Associates Relationship. Alcide said he believes he is the first man in Atlantic Canada to be an Associate. The Miramichi group also celebrated Alcide’s 90th birthday. A prayer service and intercessions were recited and the group celebrated the beauty of creation. The Congregation de Notre-Dame spirit is very active in the Miramichi group.

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The power of this woman

draws me like a magnet;

I cannot look away.

She lures me from the shelter

of false comforts

into the maelstrom

to set my face into the wind

and dare to follow

as she scatters

heartfuls of hope

in her wake.

Dolores McKinney, CND

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Letters to Juliet is a happy movie, a love story. In Italy, an elderly lady (Vanessa Redgrave) is hoping to find a long-lost love. Her grandson is helping her, along with a pretty and smart young journalist. The scenery is magnificent. The story is predictable, but I enjoyed this movie very much - no car crashes, no guns, no violence; only beauty, and hope, in a persistent search. Available on Netflix.

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