Associate Digest November 2009

Associate Digest November 2009

BY ELIZABETH COWPERTHWAITE On Oct 2nd and 3rd, the Associates held their Annual General Meeting. The event began with a Social Hour for Associates and Sisters. The Brockville Group, St. Vincent de Paul, began the evening with a beautiful prayer service based on an...
Save our Prison Farms

Save our Prison Farms

General Superior Sr. Pauline Lally speaks with a Corrections Canada official during a noon hour demonstration at Pittsburgh Institution. BY CHRISTINE ROSS Farmers, religious and social groups have formed a national campaign to try to prevent the closing of Canada’s...
Fall Equinox – time to reflect

Fall Equinox – time to reflect

Heirloom Gardener Cate Henderson hosts the Equinox celebration in the barn. Autumn officially arrived at 5:19 a.m. on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 — the autumnal equinox, or fall equinox. Technically speaking, an equinox is a day when the Sun will spend an equal amount...
Goodbye with gratitude & sadness

Goodbye with gratitude & sadness

General Superior Sister Pauline Lally General Superior Sister Pauline Lally delivered this farewell addressd during the special Thanksgiving Mass at St. John in Perth on Sunday, June 21st. When I was a young girl growing up in St. Michael’s Parish,Belleville, it...