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On 26th September 2019 the District of Great Britain celebrated the Diamond Jubilee of Sr Janet Norman and Sr Claudette Amyotte. This was a celebration with a difference since we gathered in the Orchard Nursing Home, where Sr Janet is a resident. The Nursing home very kindly allowed us to use one of their small sitting rooms for the day. Our great friend Fr Lijo celebrated a beautiful mass of thanksgiving for us. We were able to take Sr Janet out in her wheelchair to a lovely…

...For the Extraordinary Missionary Month - October 2019   Heavenly Father, when your only begotten Son Jesus Christ rose from the dead, he commissioned his followers to “go and make disciples of all nations” and you remind us that through our Baptism we are made sharers in the mission of the Church. Empower us by the gifts of the Holy Spirit to be courageous and zealous in bearing witness to the Gospel, so that the mission entrusted to the Church, which is still very far from completion,…

On Sunday, September 22, 2019, the faculty and staff, along with parents, students and alumni honored the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the founding of Mount Sacred Heart School in San Antonio, Texas. It has students from Montessori to middle school. The school was initially founded in the sisters’ convent back in 1929 in response to demands from parents around the area.  The present school was built in 1940 as a boys’ military academy but returned to…

Sr. Mary Claude Gadd recently shared with us what the Archdiocese of Madang is doing in the area of early childhood development.  As of July 29, 2019, a monthly newsletter called IECD (Inclusive Early Childhood Development) Newsletter is being published to keep teachers abreast of what is going on in the Archdiocese with regards to this important area. “The Newsletter is meant to keep each of us informed on: what’s happening in IECD around the Archdiocese, and also what’s best to do to be a good IECD…