MIC mission news, 1 janvier 2003, Octobre - Décembre

OCTOBER - NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 2003 - ' (Contents ilLLlL Never like today have there been so many calls to solidarity.And there is a reason for this! In our booming, affluent world, countless people and even populations cannot obtain what is basic to.human life.That is to say, not only the impossibility to have access to material resources but even to live and be recognized in their dignity.When facing such needs that are so evident, a good number of men and women involve themselves to assist them; numerous orga nizations work to bring them the necessary assistance and to change their situation.Engaging oneself in solidarity supposes above all a great openness of heart and mind, a real desire to listen to others and a very strong determination to take one's place in the building of a fraternal world.To be in solidarity is to love.It is to consent to this weakness of the heart which makes us yield a part of our life to the service of others.This movement allows us to enter, without knowing it, into the mystery of God.Such solidarity is translated through services and a presence that transforms reality.Tod ay, in our society ÏÏ.Æ of rapid communication where all is linked, our actions of solidarity make up a jigsaw puzzle of exchanges that are extremely complex.This situation invites us to be in our place, to awaken consciences for a more just, more fraternal world.A sense of solidarity is not inborn; it is developed.The contributing writers for this issue bare out this experience.To forge strong, durable links with refugees, disabled youth, with students in precarious financial situation, with marginal peasants.demands hard work, special attention to reassert the place they can and must take in society.This implies as well an attitude that fosters life and opens up to the absolute value of the whole human being.Their testimony is also a living example of what God accomplishes with us when we decide to come to the aid of others.Does it not teach us that the miracle of five loaves and two fish can be repeated at will when we count on divine collaboration?Inasmuch as we keep in mind that we are not alone, that God collaborates with us, we have everything necessary to live the adventure of solidarity.fyciuA+r), i-c ¦ 0 Growing In By Céline Gauvin, AA.I.C.What is it that urges us to solidarity?Is it because others need us and that we also need them?Is it the preoccupation to help persons whose condition of life undermines their dignity, their happiness?Or is it because we recognize in the other, a sister, a brother to love as God loves them?These are important reasons.They do lend a face to our solidarity.The word solidarity calls forth a heart and largely open hands.It entails the capacity to create bonds beyond one's personal interests in order to render assistance to the others in difficulty.Solidarity gives one the drive to work with others in the building of a more just and fraternal world.We Become Solidarity Solidarity is learned first in the family where there are very strong bonds.It goes out of self.It is natural to share services, goods and affection with members of one's family.This experience of solidarity then extends itself to the people in one's neighbourhood, in one's workplace.Mutual aid also finds there its sphere of activity.Progress is made, therefore, by discovering what connects us to these people, with the conviction that we can convey well-being and happiness to them.The more we are in solidarity.the happier we are! This basic experience prepares us for a much wider field of solidarity: to help people who apparently have no bonds with us at all, with those to whom we owe nothing.This feeling of oneness is based on the awareness that these women and men, whoever they are in their social milieu, their cultural level, their race, are sharing with us the same aspirations for personal development and happiness.In this case we recognize at once their dignity as a person and the unity of the large human family.Then a bond of friendship and international solidarity is born from pole to pole.This experience is available not only for those who are more generous than others.Every human being is called to solidarity if one's humanity is taken seriously.Solidarity as a Project To the extent that various crisis are shaking our world in all domains, the solidarity that is close to home as well as abroad becomes more fragile.Solidarity among generations tends to weaken.In the workplace, the situation becomes more and more complex; sometimes indifference and even mistrust turn up in matters of making appeal for solidarity with people of other cultures, of other countries.In spite of everything, solidarity expresses itself very strongly more than ever, and gestures of mutual aid multiply in all places and on all levels: domestic, local, national, international.New realizations are coming to light.In face of inequalities between rich nations and poor nations, and in face of the increasing number of people confronted with poverty within each 0 ër3r 8" country, we cannot advocate a style of development that multiplies the number of those excluded.We feel invited to show concrete gestures aimed at changing models of production and of consumerism, structures and institutions, lifestyles creating impoverishment.In this sense several organizations are making an appeal to our solidarity.We understand better today the importance of associating development to that which helps individuals or people.The mutual aid programmes promote more the reciprocity and sharing of management with labor and emphasize their capacity to take charge of assuring a better future.The growing interdependence of countries and continents is stirring up solidarity.Individuals as well as societies confronted with dangers that are & Before leaving for Africa, Rosalie Raivomanana, M.I.C.(1st r.) invites her students of Tsaramasay to foster links with the Malawian youth.Search ways of a better understanding of situations of underdevelopment that fosters solidarity.Asuncion Camajalan, M.I.C.(3rd r.) is involved with tribal members in Baguio, Philippines.threatening their existence could no longer withdraw into themselves.They have to create new ways of solidarity to ensure a healthy environment, a lasting peace, equitable sharing of wealth in the context of globalization.Solidarity and Christian Faith A good number of Christians commit themselves with determination and generosity along the routes of solidarity, one that is inspired by Christ Himself: Z.ove the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.Love your neighbour as you love yourself (Mt.22,37-40).Jesus is not satisfied to just say: Love one another.He adds: as I have loved you (Jn.13, 34).And how did He love?In becoming one of us and living a life totally given for the well-being and happiness of everyone.Jesus likewise declared that all humans are all sisters and brothers with the same Father, God (Mt.23,8.9).These words bring into light the dignity and equality of every person and profound unity of the human family.This is why every Christian feels very particularly invited to solidarity.Enlightened by the Christian faith, solidarity tends to transcend itself and becomes a total gift, pardon, reconciliation.The Christian who is involved in a network of solidarity, is led to live out a love animated by the Spirit of the One who has loved them to the very end (Jn.13,1).A love in God's measure.* Photo : HCR/G.Lombard Prowfalntejratimii In collaboration with Danièle Miny The situation of refugees is rapidly evolving throughout the world.In fact, more rapidly than one can expect.Their number is increasing.In these movements of exodus, we find refugees, economic migrants and displaced people.Europe and North America have become poles of attraction for the disadvantaged people from the East, Southeast, and the South.This new situation has become a headache for the legislators, economists and politicians of the host countries.Organizations in these countries come to the aid of the new arrivals.PROMIS, an organism directed by Andrée Ménard, M.I.C., is a venue of resources and mutual aid in Montreal, Québec.rami's memories of a happy little girl have turned into a nightmare.Now 24 years old, she has surely forgotten the beautiful [PR0MK1 Every year a multiethnic office of PROMIS, installed at Cote-des-Neiges, Montreal, assists more than 10,000 refugees and immigrants from a hundred countries.house where she used to live with her family and the garden where she used to play with her friends in Somalia.But what will haunt her, no doubt, throughout her life is the death of her father killed in a massacre during the civil war and the exile that followed.Having no time to bring anything along, we had to flee in pajamas.3:25 % a Millions of refugees are taken in the torment of exile The entire population has to flee the country ravaged by war.Tfc t: ,rerrt a,;.fe», ¦ ÉÜÜÈs aiateül As to Layla, she felt very happy when she went to this small mosque where she could speak with God, alone and in peace.There were beautiful gilded windows through which she saw mountains and brooks.Layla s is thirteen years old.Born in exile in Iran, her J family having fled Afghanistan when this | country was thrown in chaos.Layla and her ^ family will not take the road to return.^ Fearing that Iran, their host country would § force them back to Afghanistan, the family ^ headed towards Europe to seek asylum.Many are the stories of this kind reported by the media for there are more than 50 million people who are uprooted from their homelands.Nearly half of them, around 20 million, are children and youngsters who, at this critical period of their growth should be preparing for their adult life.But they find themselves in a state of uncertainty and turmoil of exile, abandoned, exploited, condemned to a life where hope does not have its place.What is a Refugee?The Geneva Convention of 1951 defined a refugee as a person who fled his country and not willing to return from a well-founded fear of being persecuted for such reasons as race, religion, nationality, political opinions, or membership in a particular social group.However, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) now cares for 23 million people over the whole world, not just the refugees and those seeking asylum; there are also certain categories of displaced persons within the confines of their countries, of people affected by war, victims of mass expulsion, repatriates, of stateless persons and those denied asylum.One fourth of them are found in Europe, one third in Africa, and one third in Asia.PROMIS In Quebec, PROMIS (Promotion-Integration in the New Society) appears on the list of organizations where refugees and immigrants can find services and assistance to which they have the right.Located at Côte-des-Neiges, a multiethnic district of Montreal, this intercultural and multi-confessional organization was founded by Andrée Ménard, M.I.C.in October 1988.At the time of my return, I clearly saw that things had changed in Quebec; Montreal also had another, if not multiple faces.As well I saw the misery and problems linked to the displacement of the people moving to Canada.This led me to set up PROMIS.Andrée continues to devote herself entirely to the building of a better world through this organism.PROMIS pursues a mission of integration and adaptation among the new arrivals to Quebec society.Several institutions and organisms in the area operate in solidarity with PROMIS.Education, animation, meetings, workshops, conferences, food services, nurseries, language courses, human rights, etc., are offered to the refugees and immigrants.Employees and a hundred or so of volunteers contribute to the establishing of a new society in a multicultural ambience where all persons feel accepted, loved,and whose rights are respected.Among them we find persons like Juan José Fernandez who was obliged to leave Chile, his homeland, for opposing the regime of Pinochet, and seek refuge in Canada.Today, he is in charge The people of Quebec stand in solidarity with PROMIS through diverse bodies of mutual aid.PROMOTION Integration Société Photos : PROMIS Some of our Sisters are involved in the diverse projects of PROMIS.of the new arrivals and acts as a counsellor.There we also meet Victor Leguizamon Delgado, a human rights lawyer from Colombia where he had defended peasants and workers.A threat to his life obliged him to become a political refugee in Canada in 2002.Canadian Solidarity We can recall here the rich tradition of solidarity of the Canadians on behalf of refugees.From the end of World War II until the 70's,the immigrants from Eastern Europe and refugees fleeing the popular democracies were welcomed; in the 70's - 80's, refugees from the dictators of Latin America and boat people were favoured with a warm welcome «.•T, Sister Andrée Ménard is a recipient of several prizes, citations and medals.In 2002, the Hon.Martin Cauchon, Justice Minister and General Procurator of Canada presented her a Jubilee Medal of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.Mr.Pierre Dufour, president of the organization (r.) through twinning families.Since 1990, Canada victims of civil conflicts that replaced the wars among nations were allowed to reside in Canada.Canadian Programme The Canadian programme concerning refugees offers protection each year to thousands of persons, with respect to its humanitarian tradition and to its international obligations.Two facets are considered: to assist the refugees found outside of Canada and to protect refugees entering Canada and seeking asylum.While the request is under study, the refugee enjoys certain rights and can have access to Canadian services.In certain cases, the petitioners for asylum can ask for an authorization to work.The right to education is granted them while awaiting a decision in regard to their request.By the same token a temporary health programme is guaranteed to the asylum seekers who are financially deprived and to protégées, along with access to medical services and to emergency services to those who are not yet covered by the provincial government health care.Towards a Greater Solidarity The world is transforming itself.Wars continue to make victims and more and more cause displacements of people.Often, we hear that the planet is a global village where people begin to speak and know one another, but nothing prevents some individuals from perpetrating their oppression of people.However, if we put into practice the same values of solidarity and mutual aid that PROMIS fosters, we, too, can create bonds of friendship.^ a by André Beauchamp The celebrated passage of the Gospel of St.Matthew (25:31-46) that gives the account of the Last Judgment is, without doubt, known to you.The Son of Man will gather all the nations and will separate people, one from another, placing some at His right for salvation and another at His left for their damnation."For I was hungry and you gave me food; I was thirsty and you gave me drink." This text with its several titles is fascinating.Without going into long analysis, I would like to call your attention to four points.1) The account evokes very simple services: to give food, drink,to welcome, clothe and visit.Today, life appears quite complicated to us, because for each service rendered, authorization is to be obtained, forms to be filled out, a number of rules to consider, and advice to be sought from competent consultants.Whew! I know we risk ourselves of being lost in bureaucracy, or of taking refuge behind unavoidable exigencies, of preconcerted actions.Jesus seems to come back to what we would call the basics.A course in Humanities 101 is to love and serve in the most ordinary situations.2) Jesus calls to mind fragile social categories: prisoner, stranger, the hungry, the thirsty, the sick.He speaks, as well, of vulnerable people.He does not say: / was a minister, and you shook my hand; I was an actor, (celebrity) and you asked for my photo; a banker, and you entrusted your money to me; a parent, and you greeted me.These things come from the self.Here, Jesus implies that we do not become human when we break the range of gestures and suitable persons when we look for humanizing places, of the presence and service beyond frontiers of our milieu and our culture.3) The story allows us to hear that God knows what is human in his state of fragility, whatever may be his belief, the clan to which he belongs, or his spiritual state.God is present in every person.The story of creation says that God made man/woman in His image and likeness.The other is a sacrament of God.4) God does not allow Himself to be seen except through others.'W/ien did we come to You?""lt is to me that you have done it." Some do not find God except within themselves, in the experience of prayer.Prayer is a fascinating reality which I do not want to speak ill of.But the only way of validating our prayer, of assuring it is really God whom we encounter, and not just ourselves, is that of meeting Him in the service of others: to give food, to clothe, to visit.Encourage, defend, protest, support -all these small gestures that come out from our-2 selves and launch us in o £ adventure.It is not to flee away from the other, but to encounter him in God.The other would not know how to be a pretext for good works.But there is in the other a presence of the Lord who asks only to emerge so that the other will finally attain his proper stature.Each generation must reinvent the Gospel, rediscover the old texts and breathe life into them while putting them into practice.The episode of the Last Judgment is that of the present.It unveils the look we put on the other, our capacity to search while learning to become human.It does not matter where we are.What counts is the present.Every person is a brother, a sister to love.Every traveller, a friend to welcome.Every orphan, a child to bring up.¦liri v e?- z by Danièle /Winy Malagasy fishermen at the large Canal of Mozambique.An Interview with Nathalie Genest.Her vocation: God.Her passion: L'Arche.This young woman aged 30, admits candidly of her time: We, of our generation want to see everything, try everything, know everything.The sole stumbling block is a long term commitment.But what is it for Nathalie?The MIC Mission News: Tell us about yourself, Nathalie.I am from Saint-Eustache, a suburb of Montreal.I studied orthopedagogy, but presently I do not practice this profession.Today, I work and live at L'Arche founded by Jean Vanier in Montreal.Why did you change your career?I needed to find a meaning to my life.For several years, I had turned away from the Church.I have returned to the Church, thanks to someone I saw living an authentic life.That greatly inspired me.Then I decided to live also in an authentic way.How do you apply this philosophy to your life?When you search for life, you will find it.Initially, this led me to the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception.One of them related her missionary experience at the parish where I used to attend.I was impressed.It was the epoch when the youth left for adventure with their backpack.As for me, I wanted to know more about the mission experience.It was suggested that I meet a Sister in charge of a project for lay missionaries.She proposed that I attend a three-year formation programme to prepare for an eventual departure.I underwent this process while pursuing my university studies.This missionary formation was in line with what I had really wished: to leave for distant places, deepen my relationship with God.I began putting words in my faith and I moved on.Once I completed my studies, I filled out a teaching contract at a school in a remote area in the north of Quebec.I was not enthused over this work.The school director helped me recall the moments when I had been happy.I then remembered a lived experience as an animator in a camp for the autistic in Montreal.Upon reading a book on the history of the L'Arche of Jean Vanier, I was carried away by this community.I did not hesitate.Immediately I telephoned L'Arche, and then joined the community.I needed a group to live my spiritual quest because the weekly mass did not suffice for me.What did you discover at L'Arche?As you know L'Arche is a place where you share life with disabled persons.They taught me to take off my masks.They strongly resent these things.They are candid and Morondava: a city along the west coast of the island HP* true.You cannot but be simple and authentic while rubbing elbows with them day after day.Was your choice definite?No! Before committing myself totally to L'Arche, I wanted to validate this choice of life while going to the end of my missionary project.So, I left for Madagascar where I spent three years.A few religious communities have contributed to the realization of my project; it became a project of the Church, too.During my stint down in Madagascar, the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception welcomed me at Morondava.What was important for me was to choose a service Y» among the people according to my aspiration.The approach of L'Arche was in my mind and in my heart.Therefore, I began to work at a center for the mentally and physically disabled.This residence was directed by the nuns of the Community of Jeanne de Lanoue.I taught the children the basics of writing and counting.I also went to the villages to accompany those disabled who could not come to the center.Improve the life of children with disability, assist persons to consider themselves part of the whole - this was my mission in Madagascar.What was your approach with them?There was Patricia.After gaining the confidence of her family, I was able to take her out from the village to the marketplace.It is rather unusual to bring out the disabled persons to public places.At the beginning the people looked at us with curiosity, but later on friendly exchanges started.Patricia developed more self-confidence; she bloomed.Then it was the turn of Laurentia, of Sara.L'Arche is not established in Madagascar, but I felt I was the bearer of its spirit.After these first contacts, an organization was put in place to assist disabled persons as well as their parents to deal with the social integration of their children.One of my goals was to create a different mentality among the people who label persons with an impairment.And yet these are the very ones who have A stroll with Nathalie was a feast for Patricia and Nico.much to offer,mainly of what they are.What do you keep for yourself out of this experience and what are your projects?The experience enabled me to push to the maximum my encul-turation with the people of Madagascar.Knowledge of their language has been an important factor to easily communicate with them.I am likewise open to the other religions.I have Muslim friends.Equally this experience was a propitious time to grow through this immersion and to discover myself.After three years spent in mission, I returned to Montreal where I have had a culture shock.The pace of life goes fast.All is advanced technology.It took me time to react strongly against this modern rhythm.I have returned to L'Arche and I am now in the process of discerning in regard to a choice of my lifelong vocation.Is it L'Arche or is it a religious vocation?I need a longterm commitment, and I feel ready to live it.* %0i by Céline Gauvin, M.i.Nearly 350 women and men from different countries associated with our Institute share the spirituality of thanksgiving that is at the heart of our missionary life.Year after year, they weave strands of solidarity and belonging.It is an experience rich in savoury fruits as this article discloses.In 1980, a new project was started by a few Sisters and two lay persons.It was a matter of gathering people attracted by the spirit of thanksgiving of our Institute, and who wished to live out this spirit.A formation programme was proposed to accompany them in this experience.Thus began an association that has today become international.At the beginning of this enterprise, as Jocelyn Dallaire recounts, we did not really know where our dreams would lead us.We needed to set up this project, improve it in the course of the years, and choose a name for it: the ASM 1C (Associates of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception).We had to question ourselves, make adjustments, strengthen our roots, patiently drawing the sap.The journey we covered allowed us to deepen the spiritual experience and spirituality of Délia Tétreau ength-ened our commitment in places we live and in the projects more specifically related to the missionary reality of the M.I.C.Institute.Our bonds with this large family were affirmed.New fruitful branches have grown on the centennial tree.Today, after 23 years the ASM 1C groups have spread out in 11 countries around the world and are already bearing exemplary fruits.The Tree Grows.We have very encouraging echoes of the life and activities of ASMIC groups the world over.In October 2002 an initiative particularly marked the ASMIC in Québec.A few of their members went to discover the missionary life of our Sisters in Haiti.Huguette Poirier speaks enthusiastically of the unique experience of seeing with her own eyes the Sisters' involvement in the schools, dispensaries, missionary animation.They are dynamic, brave and happy.Viviane Perreault relates how the ASMICs of Haiti are in solidarity with their people, with the poor.Their spirit of sharing and ability to organize various fund raising projects to assist them are evident.They have also a deep sense of mission, and give support to the missionary activities of their church in different ways.Haiti.ASMICs of Quebec during their immersion in Haiti among the ASMICs of Port-au-Prince and a few of MICs.Viviane Perreault, president of the Coordinating Committee of ASMIC Canada (2nd row, 1st I.) Haiti.ASMICs of Quebec during their immersion in Haiti among the ASMICs of Port-au-Prince & LL In November 2003 the American continent will hold its Second Missionary Congress in Guatemala.The ASMIC groups of Canada, South America and Haiti feel quite challenged by this event and have studied with enthusiasm the themes that are to be presented at the Congress.Four ASMICs from Québec will participate in this gathering, the bearer of hope and the future.Taiwan.In Taipei, encounters help ASMICs go further in their family, professional and social solidarity.'•k Diverse Situations The socio-cultural and ecclesial context of each country is reflected in the ASMIC that has spread in many countries.Thus to be an ASMIC in Japan where the Catholics are only .04% of the population, is a real challenge.The persons who make up the ASMIC undertake a long preparation in faith, relates Monique Cloutier,M.I.C.and the group they are forming continues to sustain their spiritual journey.Their witnessing invites also the parents of our students to take interest in Bible courses and catechetics proposed by our schools.Moreover, thanks to their influence, certain schools and hospital establishments occasionally invite Sister Monique to share the Gospel values linked to the education of the youth and to the care of the sick.In Taipei, Taiwan, the faith and joy of the ASMICs radiate in their surroundings.One group member residing in Taipei regularly goes to Mainland China where she has bought a house.Her presence there facilitates the meeting and dialogue with the people.As well she receives in this house some of our ____I Sisters from Taipei who animate retreats and sessions each year in China.J A missionary spirit leads the ASMICs of Bolivia, of Peru and Chile along the roads of solidarity: social service in prisons, involvement with marginalized children, evangelization in the villages of the Andes, collaboration in catechetical work and in parish activities.In Ancud, Chile, a new project is taking shape: a travelling mission team composed of ASMICs and M.I.C.s collaborate in the integral development of remote rural communities.Peru.Young ASMICs committed to live the mission in the spirit of thanksgiving, in a Marian way Bolivia.On the way to celebrate Christmas with Chaparé countryfolks.Rosario Lujan, physiotherapist (2nd row, Is' r.), ASMICs and MICs In the Philippines, the ASMIC is progressively developing among our past students along with our close collaborators in our ministries.At present there are around 100 ASMIC members.Some are engaged in various social services: health care of the poor, scholarship programmes for underprivileged youth, fund raising for the benefit of the tribal minorities, etc.Since 2002, the ASMICs are involved in programmes assisting a village called Kasiglahan - a relocation area for thousands of people who used to live in slum areas around Manila.In this area, a group of ASMICs work with and for the people in order to improve their socio-economic conditions.Japan.Bible sharing for Tokyo ASMICs In Madagascar, more that 70 ASMICs are also actively engaged in ministries.Each week a few of them visit the prisoners who live in hard conditions.A visit where they could render small services and give treatments is greatly appreciated by the people.Several ASMICs catechize the children on Sundays since teaching religion is not offered in the public schools.The others travel to distant villages to assist in the evangelization of Christian communities in diverse ways.Madagascar.Recollection day for the young ASMICs of Ambohibary involved in their milieu and Christian community i, •s».V> * Missionary Training The dynamism of the spirituality of thanksgiving propels the ASMICs.After a mission formation, some of them have responded to the needs here and elsewhere.Madeleine Poulin left for Vancouver where for three years she will join a team engaged in assisting women who are in difficulty.Madeleine has experienced a missionary exposure for a few months in Haiti.Suzanne Beaupré has likewise worked with us for three years in a social assistance project in Haiti.Ana Saldana Gaviria from Pucallpa, Peru is actually a lay missionary in Brazil.This short report does not really give us an exhaustive picture of all the involvements of the ASMIC.They are doing much more than what is recorded here.It shows us, however, that the missionary projects are part and parcel of their lives.The ASMICs while being immersed in their milieu and in the Christian communities are living various forms of solidarity.It is the spirituality of thanksgiving that animates them and colours their commitment.In concrete, that is to say: to share the gifts received particularly the gift of faith, in Madeleine Poulin Philippines.Cora Mahilum (seated, I.), one of the Manila ASMIC doctors involved in the medical mission at Kasiglahan ,v*v Suzanne Beaupré-Génois Ana Saldana all God's gratuitousness.Again, this signifies in the family life, professional and social, to witness the spiritual values linked to thanksgiving: gratitude, missionary spirit, compassion, trust in God.All that is being done becomes for our Institute a source of joy and thanksgiving.^ Bonds of Love and Solidarity Haiti.Emmanuela Vincent, M.I.C.committed to the literacy programme of the young adults of Dubuisson 'I H /*'• To stand in solidarity is to love.To love is to be like God for God is love (Jn.4,16).To stand in solidarity is to love.To love is to allow our inner being feel the hunger of oppressed people for freedom; To love is to allow our inner being feel the cruelty of many modern forms of slavery.To love is to allow our inner being feel the thirst for justice and equal sharing.To love is to allow our inner being feel the humiliation when rights are trampled.To love is to allow our inner being feel the thirst for education, for care, for decent housing, for respect of the most destitute of our societies.Sr 4ir £ Lebanon.Françoise Royer, M.I.C., nurse, during a humanitarian mission To love is to be unable to pray the Our Father without including the entire humanity, without being concerned about the fate of our brothers and sisters throughout the five continents.To love is to allow ourselves to be seized by the hunger of God.It is to allow Him to accomplish through us.His works of justice.This is to offer Him our five loaves of bread and two fish and hear Him tell us each morning: Give them something to eat (Mt.14,13-21).Adapted from the French text of Huguette Le Blanc I I 1 mu «I ___ IMIljmSKHKE, ïH3îi « ssgggg.J5îî3î,,,|S"i,'««wS ISgggSSL ”5-gSgg.pSSSggggEK minmEHWBiam Enrich \ if*.JÆ »'r“ r,Q kja ff