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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!