JMJ
Jan.27,2018
We are launching a major fund raising campaign. The goal is to raise money for crucial maintenance replacements, and expansions . On May 25,1995 we began a mission school, Our Lady of the North School or L’Ecole Notre Dame du Nord in Brabant Lake, Saskatchewan. We are still the only Catholic School in northern Saskatchewan, Canada. We have survived fo r twenty - two years. We have accomplished much including the critical element of surviving. However it is time to grow and do more than survive.
1. We have two classrooms. One which has plumbing. However the plumbing need to be improved and have plumbing in both classrooms.
2. We have a green house that has been very successful. To our knowledge it is the first one which helped bring in the present green house craze . However there has always been a green house at Isle- a- la- Crosse as part of their experimental garden. After twenty years we have turned sand and clay into good top soil . We have had many crops and learned how to can the produce. We have rows of canning goods in our basement as proof of our success. Lasr year we mapped out new garden space to at least double our growing area. The green house needs improvements, repairs and expansions
Gardening is , at present,the main activity of our successful Earn- as- you- Learn Programme . But the projects need on- going donations so we can pay the workers. We have by far more willing workers - students and more projects than we have funds to do them. We also pay people to do what they do well. We burn wood which saves money nd employs local people. We have been the major source of part time work in Brabant Lake. Now more local people are hired by others. We helped keep alive the idea of work not welfare is the goal even though we could not provide a complete welfare replacment incomes. As we have funds for more major building we will be able to provide steady incomes for more local people.
3. We have a chapel, a pretty log structure. Incidentally the first Cathedral of Keewatin - Le Pas Archdiocese was also a small log structure. It can be seen at Le Pas , Manitoba. Our chapel needs repairs and essentially replacement.
4. We need a rectory and chapel in the centre of a twelve - unit multi- purpose facility. We have had camps with visiting priests who stay from three days tio two weeks. We need to expand this as an on going programme to the point the North- east is never without a priest even though the same priest may only stay a few weeks or a few months. This will take a lot of organisation and co-operation. But the first stage is to build a place for a priest or priests to stay and a secure place for Jesus to stay . More to follow. Gay and John
P.S. Funds can be sent by cheque to Our Lady of the North School, box 627 Brabant Lake SK, Canada S0J1L0 Phone 306 758 2041 Thank you.
