Easter Journey to Calcutta - April 2008
During the Easter Holidays, Fr. Dwayne travelled with a group of
Transition Year students and teachers from St. Patrick's Classical
School to Calcutta, India. The visit proved to be a very moving and
enriching experience for all involved. Among the highlights of the
visit was the time we spent each day as volunteers in an orphanage run
by the Missionaries of Charity. Another enriching experience was our
time with the students of a Loreto Day School founded and directed, by
an exemplary Irish nun, Sr. Cyril. Our visits to the Bridge
Foundation, which aims at educating street children, was particularly
moving. There we met Calcutta's poorest children who, despite their
daily hardship, were full of joy, good humour and excitement at our
visit.
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During our stay in Calcutta, we had the privilege of joining
the Missionaries of Charity in celebrating the Easter Triduum and
daily Mass. We also remembered the intentions of everyone at home
during Mass at the tomb of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta. We were also
very fortunate to have had the opportunity to meet and speak with Sr.
Nirmala, Mother Teresa's successor as Superior General of the
Missionaries of Charity (see photo above). We thank everyone from our
parish and beyond who contributed so generously to our Calcutta
Appeal. Through your generosity, many people, especially children and
young people will be given the chance to receive an education that
might never otherwise have been afforded them. |
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