Canadian tales

My dear Friends

I thought I must get cracking again after publishing the Christmas Newsletter-the response from round the world has been overwhelming! Thank you so much, The Little Sisters of Joy, thanks to modern technology, is beginning to feel more and more like one huge family!

I wanted to share with you something which is giving me so much pleasure and delight at the moment, while I am in the 'waiting zone' for Canada. When I tell some people about my plans, they open up and share with me some very beautiful experiences they have had in Canada over the years, usually on holiday, although one man worked for a while in native Canadian country and became familiar with their beautiful soapstone carvings.

Another friend said I must go to the 'Martyrs Shrine' - a place deep in the woods of Ontario, where some Jesuit priests had been killed some centureis ago and who are listed in the liturgical cycle of prayer in The Divine Office (collection of the Psalms as laid out for different days in the Catholic Church.) An elderly lady on the bus just this morning spoke of a week she would never forget in southern Ontario, miles from anywhere, where you hear the hoot hoot calls of those special birds(I forget the name) in the silence of the middle of the night.

I treasure these experiences: I know I will never get to all those places, but they are already forming a kind of memory bank in my own soul. It is all part of the preparation and is very exciting.

If any of you have your own memories of Canada or north America, do share them on the Blog or send an email.

For now, its getting late, I am in the Grad pad and have to make my way home...
Goodnight, Dreams of fine gold..
Sister Gila