Posted in Uncategorized on June 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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TO RETURN to my Beloved Beautiful Refugee Children and their wonderful parents, in Mother’s ‘Second Village’, Tasovcici Camp, Capljina, Bosnia Hercegovina, just next door to Medjugorje, I want to tell you about my recent lovely surprise.
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I prayed as usual, for a return visit to the Camp, as we must keep giving our refugees hope and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Fiddleback vestment, Latin Mass, Resurrection, St. Patrick, Three in One, Three Persons in One God, Trinity on June 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MY FRIEND, Fr. Gerald, was ordained priest on Trinity Sunday, 15th June 1957. That was just over 50 years ago. The Faith is the same but there have been some changes. In those days he celebrated the Mass in Latin with his back to the people, in strange vestments called ‘fiddleback’ vestments. Whenever he sat [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Come!, Pentecost, Sacramentof Farewell, Whit Sunday on May 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
THE COMING DOWN
of the Holy Spirit on Our Lady and the Apostles happened 50 days after Easter and is called the Feast of Pentecost or Whit Sunday.
I am a Daughter of the Holy Spirit. Pentecost means a lot to us. Convents which are with easy distance of each other always come together for a celebratory [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged H.A.B., Housing Aid Bosnia, Miraculous Medal on May 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I JUST CAN’T WAIT to get back to my Bosnian refugees! A sudden and unexpected opportunity came last Saturday night and so with two wonderful friends, Anne and Ted, I fly out on Thursday (21st May). The refugees are in Tasovcici Camp only 8 miles from Our Lady’s Shrine in Medjugorje.
Sometimes they feel that [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Easter Bunnies, Easter Eggs on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
PIOUS LEGENDS
A pious legend among followers of Eastern Christianity says that Mary Magdalene was bringing cooked eggs to share with the other women at the tomb of Jesus, and the eggs in her basket miraculously turned brilliant red when she saw the risen Christ.
A different, but not necessarily conflicting, legend concerns Mary Magdalene’s efforts to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
OUR CHURCH never seems to get tired of wishing everyone a Very Happy Easter! Because the Easter Season is more than just Easter Sunday. We go and on singing Alleluia! Alleluia! We are an Easter People, and Alleluia is our song. We just can’t stop reminding ourselves that Jesus rose from the dead on Easter [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Refugee Camp Capljina Medjugorje on April 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Sr Helen and I are spending Holy Week in Medjugorje partly with the Refugees and the 24 very elderly who are absolutely delighted with their brand new bungalows.
We used the opportunity of being in Medjugorje to spend time attending the beautiful ceremonies of Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday and, wonderfully, Easter Sunday.
Just imagine being [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Dream came true as I told you last time, the week before Christmas, when we moved our 24 elderly people out of the refugee camp in
Capljina, into 12 beautiful little bungalows. What joy! It still lingers! Fifteen years in the camp without their own toilet! Terrible having only common loos! What would I have [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s a long time since I wrote to you BUT I might still make a go of it and write to you more often.
Greatest news for 2009 is that we moved 24 elderly people from the dreadful Tassovcici Refugee Camp, Capljina, Bosnia Hercegovina, to their new beautiful fully furnished Bungalows. The best news is they [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bosnia refugee camp Medjugorje hope on March 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We were priveleged to visit Tasovcici Camp near Medogorje, again 2008, and were able to give much hope to the forgotten elderly people, our beloved friends! Thanks to a beautiful anonymous donation into Housing Aid Bosnia Charity, we are able to build 12 small bungalows; 6 one bedroomed and 6 two bedroomed bungalows in a [...]
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