This article was first published by The Rhode Island Catholic
It was Holy Thursday Evening. The little boy wasn’t yet three years old. He was at the Mass of the Lord’s Supper with his grandmother. They are at Mass together almost every Sunday morning. As young as he is, he manages more or less to sit still during the Mass. Usually he and his grandmother sit on the outside aisle, but this time they were in the center aisle. The little boy had an unobstructed view of the main altar, which he seemed to enjoy as he was hanging off the pew looking at the sanctuary most of the time.
St. Marguerite Bourgeoys our founder calls us “to love our God and our neighbor as we love ourselves.” Such love is found in a reciprocity, a mutuality of love. In fidelity to our commitment to bearing public witness that is clear and direct, we seek to fashion God’s beloved community with our brothers and sisters. We join in support and solidarity with the statement of the Equal Justice Initiative (www.EJI.org) and their call to us currently. We continue to engage in and collaborate with their truth telling about racial injustice in this country.
Birthday Celebration in Sydney: Sr. Mary Cecilia MacDonald celebrated her 99th birthday at the CND Health Center on Wednesday, April 7th. She was celebrated with prayer, best wishes, song and cake.
Arlene Rutledge, coordinator
Follow-up: UN Convention on the Rights of Older Persons: Those of you who participated in the November 6, 2020, meeting of the Montréal Sisters and Associates with Margaret Gillis of the International Longevity Centre (ILC) will recall that she spoke extensively about how the COVID-19 pandemic revealed longstanding systemic issues related to long-term care, ageism, and ageing in general.