When news went out about Therese’s death last week, our friend and neighbor Fred Bayon told a story that he had filed away in his memory bank. It goes back to Therese’s high school days at Ravenhill in Philadelphia and, get this, her striking Grace Kelly with her field hockey stick.
June 2024 Here at the Prince of Peace school complex we are in the midst of end-of-school-year exams 2023-2024. We give thanks to God, who
Campus Ministry mourns the death yesterday evening (June 12) of our beloved Sister Therese Duross of the Religious of the Assumption Sisters.
In most organizations, the last day of a workshop is reserved for key orientations and a closing ceremony. This time, the PGC did not follow this logic by including in the day’s program a time of information on plans to open or close communities in the medium term, attentive to the ongoing reflections of the Provincial Councils.
The second PGC is drawing to a close. But the members are not yet thinking of resting. After the Eucharist on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, work continued as usual. They focused on the Development and Solidarity Bureau (BDS) and the opening and closing of communities.
The day’s agenda included reflection on the criteria for foundation in a new country, the approval of formators, and first apostolic appointments. An exchange with the President of Assumption University followed.
The apostle loves the One who sends him; he must also love the one to whom he is sent, for his mission is one of love and of mercy. To share the mind of Jesus Christ who said: “I wish to bring fire on the Earth, and how I wish it were blazing already.” (Lk 12:49) The only desire of my life is to enkindle souls with this Divine Fire.
