A special day

My dear Friends
Today is actually the Jewish New Year for Trees and the 11th anniversary of the founding of The Little Sisters of Joy. I feel calm and relaxed after all the trouble of recent months ad look forward to the next 11 years!

When you open the Blog, you can see a picture of me and Benigna, which means 'kindly' in Italian, in the garden in Trumpington, Cambridge whre I lived for 16 years, and where The Little Sisters of Joy was born. On the bottom page you can see a picture of the little girl who is part of the Indian family now living with Benigna: she is standing outside the little building we used as a chapel for some time. Mass was said several times and different people also prayed there. A visitor once said it as a great place to come in from the cold.

Born as a religious community of women, whcih I still envisage one day,with the help of Maryvonne le Goanvic, The Little Sisters of Joy has grown into an international foundation for Peace and Reconciliation, with 600 Friends in 22 countries, who support the foundation in Friendship and Prayer. A Little Sister of Joy also has the meaning of someone from any religion or culture as long as she is joyful and shares the vision of peace,and of course there are Little Brothers of Joy in the foundation too.

I look forward to things moving on at God's pace and in His time, and in doing my little performance in Starbucks in ten days' time.

Joy and Shalom
on this happy day!
Sister Gila