On Saturday, June 10, the Miramichi Associates gathered at St Mary’s Church for their annual Retreat. Sr. Eleanor McCloskey, CND, was the facilitator for the day. We enjoyed a delicious lunch. Our Journeying Candidate, Carol, will soon make her First Commitment. A cake was presented to Sr. Eleanor honouring her 60th anniversary of profession.
Creative Gifts of Miramichi Associates
Miramichi Associate Geraldine Gordon depicted her version of The Visitation in a quilted banner. She is an accomplished quilter having quilted numerous prizewinning quilts. She belongs to the Miramichi Quilters Guild and teaches quilting. Her banner is displayed at all our Associate meetings.
Twelve Associates from across Visitation Province will participate with the Sisters in the Province Chapter which begins on Monday, July 10 and ends on Sunday, July 16. During the week, the Associates and Sisters will get to know each other, participate in Group Prayer, share meaningful conversations that matter, make presentations and have some fun.
We ask you to remember the Sisters and Associates in your prayers during this time. During the Chapter, the Sisters will be selecting the Sisters who will lead this Province for the next 4 years. We Associates will work on other topics while the Sisters participate in the election process.
AREA GATHERINGS
WESTERN CANADA
Due to distances and our increased concerns about long distance driving this year we chose to locate the educational component of our area gathering in both Cache Creek and Cranbrook. We invited Alana Forrester, one of our Congrégation de Notre-Dame Associates from Ontario, to facilitate an introduction to the process of discernment in both places. Our associates used the discernment process to reflect on the General Chapter Orientation and look at the practical implications of “How then shall we live?