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Mariners Residence visits St. Jacut

Valérie (facilitator) and Christophe (health care aid) will go to great lengths to offer leisure activities for a few of the residents at the Mariners Long Term Health Care Facility (EHPAD), which is part of the Redon Hospital Center. Marie-Rose, Michel, Léone and Jeannine very much enjoyed having a picnic on the grounds of the Mother House. The fresh air increased their appetite. It also was an opportunity for them to discover the community of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Next was the visit…

Pilgrimage to Our Lady of the Sea

It is surprising! But if you take a map of the area you will search in vain for the seaside! But the river Seine flows into the sea… and all Christians are being invited to converge towards Mary, Star of the Sea! So it is therefore in a peaceful place, far from the commotion of the masses of the suburbs of Paris, where we, as a diocese, joyfully celebrated the feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. After a solemn mass at the church of…

Plant a tree

“Everything is connected” The year 2020 marks the fifth anniversary of the publication of ‘Laudato Si’. At this time, Catholic communities throughout the world and all believers are invited to celebrate “‘Laudato Si’ week” from May 16 to 24, 2020. Sr. Anne-Marie Mabon Delegated by the General Council for Justice/Peace/Environment SEGONZAC, June 10, 2020 C1, 2020 Justice/Peace/Environment Subject: at the request of Pope Francis, celebrate the Encyclical Laudato Si. My dear Sisters, The year 2020 marks the fifth anniversary of the publication of ‘Laudato…

Reflections on racism

Recently I read an article on “white privilege” which is defined by the Oxford Dictionary as the “inherent advantages possessed by a white person on the basis of their race in a society characterized by racial inequality and injustice.” As I read the article, several memories darted through my mind like sparks. My friend Dominga, whose family migrated from Texas to Michigan to pick crops, told me of "colored water.” Her parents told her that she could drink from that water and not the other, both were…