HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1980-09-18, Page 5FIVE SISTERS TOUR EUROPE—On-their tr,avels are from left, Sister
Rose Theresa, Mount St. Joseph, London; Mrs. Mary Miller, Bradinton,
Florida; Mrs. Veronica Falconer, Owen Sound; Mrs. Agnes Conway,
Houston, Texas; Sister Caroline, Holy Rosary -Convent, Windsor.
by Sister Roe Theresa
On a 21 day teur of the eastern coantrie§,
the O'Connor sisters (formerly of Dublin),
Mrs. Mary /v1iller„ Bradenton, Florida;
Mrs. Agnes Conway, HoustOrn, Texas;
Mrs. Vony Falconer, Owen Sound; Sister
Caroline, Holy Rosary Convent, VViticisor;
Sister Rose 'Theresa, Mount St. Joseph,
London; and Mrs. Miller's daughter, Mrs.
Mary. Cathryn. Halter, Dens*, COleradot
travelled through NorWay, Sweden, itakY,
Greece, Egypt, Jordan, Israel and Ger.,
.!many.
,In Rtnne they visited many interesting
places, St. Peter's Basilica,. the Sistine
Chapel and other churches deeply enriched
by Michael Angelo's magnificent sculpture
and frescoes. Ruins of the early Roman
• days can still be seen. The coliseum where
Christians were thrown to the lions, where
—Hof Hurrah the charicit-race, the -square
where Mark Anthony gave Caesar's
funeral oration, are all well preserved.
They had a private audience with the Holy
Father, Pope John Paul II, who flew in a
helicopter from his summer home to
Vatican Square for the audience.
In Egypt, they visited outstanding
mosques and pyramids, Here, one of the,
most interesting roosqueS was Eli Allesdy,
where the Shah was buried a few days
before. Molems have very strict religious
rules. To be a truelvloslems, one must lax*
five times a day, 'in the early morning, at
noon, mid afternoon ,and earlyevening, ,
always facing east, He nitik give two and
one half percent of his earnings to, the
government Who in turn supports their
mosques, their centres of worship. He
must visit' the Holy Land once reyear.
strongly believe in Mohammedand must
not gamble or drink.
TIGHT SECURITY
Feelings of increasing unrest, uncertain-
ty and fear were strongly sensed as they
went through the Middle East. When
passing through Jordan to Israel, hours
were spent by the tour, group going
through customs: -
Tight security was evident everywhere
by'the military set-up, soldiers equipped
with machine guns patrolling cities, towns
and highways. From Tiberias, they took a
boat ride across the Sea for Galilee to
Capernaum, where a luscious fish dinner
was served thetn at St. Josephs Restaurant
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litif ROVES POSIT.„
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in memory of mkaeulons draught' of Fishes
which took place herein the time of Jesus
Going further east, they travelled the
Old Roman Road, that Jestis and His
Disciples had taken Many times on their
way dewn from Jertisalem to Jericho. In
Jerusalem they followed -the Via Dolorosa,
the way where Je$us carried His cross.
This rough, narrow road is filled with little
shops on either. side, selling every possible
kind of wares from meats hung in
the hot open air to, jewelry, leather, etc,
The merchants, dressed as in Bibicial
times, tried to haggle with the passersby to
buy their goods just as they did in Christ's
time, This seene closely resembled days
when Christ walkedthat way.Ari interestiu
area was the Judaean country, -a small strip
of land that is at present causing •much,
- —bickering between.Sadat and Begin.-Thisis -
" the exact place where Christ preached and
taught. "Love they neighbour as thyself".
In Germany they toured the Dachau
Concentration Camp, where soldiers in
World War 11, suffered the most extreme
pain in the torture chamber: afterwards
most of thefn were taken to the gas
sept m FF,1 181 now
chamber. This is a very depressing site In
1941, a Carmelite Convent for elialiferetr
Sisters was built, where the $istels pray in
reparation. ,
In )3erchtesgart en the Eagle's.Net
„
Hitler's summer residence, was nestled
high up in the beautiful Alps. The walls of
his home are still standing in this area that
W4S• completely demolished during the
war, but has since been rebuilt into a
delightfully pleasant site, One. - of the
highlights of the tour was the Passion Play
at Oberammergau, Germany4 which is
staged every ten years by the residents Of ,
this small, attractive town. They vie with
each other to be the main characters in the
play. It was a masterpiece.
.Munich, Germany, is a bseautiful city but
a very expensive place especially fot
tourists. During their stay in Germany,
they &if the rernarkable .contrast of this
progressive country as compared with
many of the eastern countries that have
stood still in time, and remain unchanged
throughout the centuries.
Returning home via New York and
Canada, all were happy to be back in their
own peaceful native land.
FABRICS
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McKillop
man in
hospital
A
BL1N
Mr. John Townson is in ..
the intensive care unit at .
Stratford Hospital. His an'
area. . news
neighbours and friends wish
him a speedy recovery. — ..,
St. Columban, St.
Pat's gain students
BY WILMA OKE
The Huron -Perth County Catholic
School board reports enrolment b down this
school term by 19 students or 0.7 per cent.
William Eckert, director of education with
the board. stated at last Monday's board
meeting that in the 19 schools in the system
there was an enrolment drop of 27 students
the 10 Huron schools and an increase of
eight students in the nine Perth schools.
On openineday on September 2 enrol-
ment was 2623. down from the 2642 students
who enrolled one year ago. Mr. Eckert called
is a moderate decline
In Perth. at St. Patrick's School, Dublin,
enrolment this year is 209, up 11 students
over 1979„ St. Patrick's1Kinkora. 134, down
one student; Holy Name of Mary, St. Marys,
188, up eight students: St. Mary's, Hesson.
102. down 12 students; Immaculate Concep-
tion. Stratford. 141; down one; St. Michael's
Stratford,' 166, down eight; St. Ambrose.
Stratford. 161, up 10 students,
Brodhagen
St. Joseph's Stratford, 116, up 17; St.
Aloysius, Stratford; 193, down 16.
In Huron, at St. Joseph's, ,Clinton,
enrolment is 122, up four students; St.
Columban, 671 up three; St. Joseph's,
Kingsbridge, 89, down one; Our Lady .of
Mount Carmel, 187, down 18; Ecole Ste,
Marie, Si. Joseph's, 48, down four; Precious
Blood, Exeter. 80, up three; St. James,
Seaforth, 143, down ,three; Sacred Heart,
Wingharn, 120, down three; St. Boniface,
Zurich. 168, down nine; St. Mary's
Goderich, 189, up one student.
Unable to hire a speech pathologist
this year, the board will hire a speech
correction teacher for the current school year
to maintain the board's special speech
program. The position became vacant when
Christine Kelly resigned in June to accept a
position in the Ottawa area. In spite of
extensive advertising no suitable applicant
responded as there are few trained speech
pathologists around, according to Mr.
Eckert.
Skit at Sunday School
Correspondent
MILS. HERMAN
LEONHARDT
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of the congregation and
Sunday school. was present-
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anniversary founding of the
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the service.
and birthday
cake were served in the
Sunday school room. The
Sunday school teachers plac-
eci flowers on the altar and a
potted yellow chrysanthe-
mum in memory of Edgar
Effigsen, who had been a
faithful and a long time
teacher and superintendent
of the Sunday School.
The*--sunday- School has
begun a congregational li-
brary; this was was dedica-
ted on Sunday at the morning
service.
Bill Vock is at present at
the Ontario Crippled Child-
ren Centre. Toronto. where
he is taking walking therapy.
We wish him well.
‘There was a bee hive of
activity in Brotigalien last
Wednesday at Buck's Gener-
al Store when the frozen
food trucks arrived that
morning.
EMI Ahrens, R.R. $ Mit-
dietl, was a patient in
University Hospital London,
and has now returned home.
We wish him a speedy
recovery.
Caroi Re of Stratford is
spending a week's holiday at
the home of her patents. Mr.
and Mrs. Carl, Rose, R.R. 1
Bornholm.
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