Jubilee Blessing

By Sr. Clarice Garvey, OLM
Summer 2000

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May our God of Jubilee bless us
with the
forgiveness of our Brother Jesus
wisdom of our Mother Mary
faith of our foremothers and forefathers
courage of Fr. Dan *
disposition to risk of Sr. Odelia *
and of Sr. Mary Ida *
humour of Penny *
generosity of the poor
fidelity of women
joy of children
fertility of the earth
freedom of nature
to accept our dying
and our rising

* Fr. Dan (Fr. Dan Macdonald); Sr. Odelia (Donalda O’Shea) and Sr. Mary Ida (Norah McCormick), both Sisters of St. Joseph; Penny (Sr. Penny MacIntosh, the only deceased member of Our Lady’s Missionaries).

50th ANNIVERSARY

On the occasion of Our Lady's Missionaries' Golden Jubilee...

“Being a native of St. Andrew’s, Ontario, we were very excited when dear Fr. Dan conceived the idea of establishing a new religious order. How Fr. Dan loved to show off his first group.”
Sr. Margaret Wheeler
Sisters of St. Joseph
Peterborough, Ontario

“What a privilege for me to have journeyed with so many of you during my years in Guelph.”
Frances MacDougall
Spiritual Director
Jesuit Retreat House
Guelph, Ontario

“May God keep you all well to continue the wonderful work you have been doing with His poor, sick, and under-privileged.”
Theresa Saunders

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