Our
birthday
girl this
week is:
Anna Hainey 27 April
ST PAUL’S POST St Paul’s Province Weekly Newsletter: 172 27 April 2020
This crab apple tree is growing in our garden.
It is in full flower this springtime; the blossoms
have changed from delicate pink to this lovely
white. Sr Máire and I made crab apple jelly
one autumn. It was delicious and we enjoyed
it, so maybe this year we will make some more.
There is a wartime song 'Don't sit under the
apple tree with anyone else but me', which
reminds me that we are again waging a world-
wide war, this time against a hidden enemy,
the coronavirus. Enjoy the gardens and keep
safe everyone. Savio
Spring has sprung in Middleton!
MAKING A DIFFERENCE
IN THE LIVES OF OTHERS
Our Sisters:-
Nora Horan
Regina Boland
Una Vaughan
Rita McStay
Micheline Fitzpatrick
Relatives/friends of Sisters:-
Marguerita’s brother, Pat;
Eily May’s brothers, Tade & Jack, and her sister, Mary Philomena White;
Francis’ niece-in-law, Val McCartan;
Kay Doran’s niece-in-law, Kerry;
Martin Joseph’s sister, Julie;
Rita McStay’s niece-in-law, Michelle Reid;
Keighley Associate, Elaine Plunkett;
Sheila McNally’s brother, John McNally;
Brigid Murphy’s brother-in-law, Michael Clyne; Carmel Comerford’s sister, Clare;
Barbara Sexton’s brother, Denis, and his
wife, Breda; also their sister-in-law, Angela Sexton;
Margaret Travers’ sister, Mary McLean;
Annie McCambridge’s grandniece, Anna Kearns;
Dominic, brother to Ann Cotter (Chile).
Father Fernando CP, who worked for many years in
Botswana, has died after 13 years in a care home
suffering from Alzheimer’s. Our thoughts and prayers
are with his community, family and friends. May he
now be reaping his heavenly reward.
Sister Mary Sloan CP,
aged 97 years, died at 6.30
pm Saturday evening, 25
April. Sr Mary was in the
64th year of her religious
Profession. May she now
be reaping her heavenly
reward.
n spite of concerning news around the world about Covid-19 we could not let April 23rd pass
without celebrating St George’s Day. Our staff made sure of that and besides we wished to honour the three English Sisters in our Community - Cephas, Margaret Travers and Dominic Savio.
St George is nothing less than intriguing, principally because little is known about him and that little is a tentative mixture of fact and legend. We do know that George was a 4th Century Roman soldier, stationed in Palestine during the reign of the Emperor Diocletian. The latter had no fondness for the Christians of his day and so unsurprisingly George ended up being a martyr when he became one of them.
During the Middle Ages St George was repeatedly invoked during times of trial in society, usually disease or war. It would hardly come amiss to request his intercession now at this difficult time of the coronavirus pandemic?
From about the 15th Century St Georges Day became one of the most important feast days in the English calendar and St George was named Patron Saint of the country. So, in keeping with this tradition, we too celebrated his feast day in Lytham and true to form our staff made sure it was a pleasant and enjoyable occasion.
Eily May White
Here are the names of the Sisters in last week’s photo:
Brigid Murphy, Moira Garvey, Winifrede Mary Boyle, Amabilis Boland (?not sure this is correct...a few other names were suggested), Joseph Patrick Walsh and Evelyn Doran behind her. Not sure to whom she is speaking perhaps Anne Taylor??
Chapter 1982 Horsforth.
Everyone here should be identifiable??
Máire
With all that is happening in the world, let’s not forget to thank God for all the blessings of spring that surround us!