THANK YOU, SISTERS
I had two posts recently focusing on our local Sisters of Charity of Nazareth and the Little Sisters of the Poor. Today I want to focus on some Sisters down in the islands where I volunteer.
Another shipment of school supplies and snacks on their way to the Sisters today.
Thank God I had Fergal to help me pack, load and unload these ten boxes to take to the airport.
A FEW OF THE WOMEN DOING HEROIC SERVICE
in
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
CARMELITE SISTERS
(in brown)
SISTER ZITA
Administrator of Bread of Life Home for Children
SISTER NYRA ANNE
Administrator of Saint Benedict Day Nursery and Children's Home
The residents of Saint Benedict Home for Children are certainly proud of the toys we sent down last Christmas!
SISTER CARMEN
Second Grade Teacher at Saint Mary's School
and Liturgical Guitarist at Saint Benedict Parish
SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH OF CLUNY
(IN BLUE)
Catholic School Teachers
Some of the local Cluny Sisters at the Consecration of Bishop County in SVG
Sister Martha
Sister Jacinta
Sister Augustine
Some of their fellow Cluny Sisters celebrating their anniversaries in another diocese.
Pray for these heroic women, both in the islands, here at home and around the world.
They don't know what the word "retirement" means. Many of them are still working in their eighties and nineties! They just adjust to new jobs over and over again! They are amazing women! They inspire me to "keep on keeping on" in my own retirement.
I would like to dedicate one of my favorite quotes to them because it is really about them.
"This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little cod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy."
George Bernard Shaw
May God bless our Sisters, both near and far!
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