...JMJ
July 21,2019
The most important thing that Scott Hawn ever said: I’ll get there, trust me. But first who is Scott Hawn ? Scott Hahn was a Presbyterian who read a lot of books , took a lot of classes, did a lot of thinking and decided to become a Catholic. As a Catholic he does a lot of good because he convinces other people to become Catholic. Fortunately he did a lot of thinking before he became Catholic and saw or sees no reason to assume everything he saw, learned and experienced was wrong.
He said : CATHOLICS DRINK TOO MUCH. Not only do they drink too much they don’t bother it seems to notice that harm it does. As a former Presbyterian/ evangelical I was taught that you shouldn’t do things that destroy your testimony because you were responsible to help lead people to Christ. You didn’t get drunk, wear skimpy clothes or swear. Your job was to be a missionary wherever you are. You sang songs like “ anywhere, anywhere I can safely go, as the Lord leads me here below.... et c.
Sixty percent of evangelicals think spreading the Gospel is important. Three percent of Catholics think so. The rest I am convinced do not even understand expressions like” A new springtime of evangelisation.”
I was chatting outside of St. John of the Cross” in Chicago. I was complaining about the weather in Canada. Watch Canadians. When they’re complaining about the weather, they’re usually really bragging. So this lady replies so now you’re moving here? I was struck a this as an incomprehensible statement.
Christians don’t move because of increased comfort. You move because you have a mission to do so , family or otherwise.
For many evangelicals the only position for a good Christian woman is never to drink.
Yet I seem to get in these webs of trying to work with women who think nothing of claiming to be Catholic activists while you end up dealing with erratic even cruel behaviour. The latest is this women makes fun of John and I because John supervises or instructs projects such as building a green house instead of building it ourselves. Uh? , uh?. We are a mission and a school not XYZ Green House Builders. But this is the latest excuse to jettison our mission expansion as promised.
Brother Andre did not do the actual hammering of St. Joseph Oratory in Montreal. Mother Angelica did not install the antennas of the TV Network. Yet we are ridiculed because we’re not always adept at a few tasks. . Why look too closely on the issues and the players? Promises, missions are all optional. The 2.2.million dollar organ is still a great draw in one or the wealthiest parishes in Chicago.
Sober up. Fly right. The purpose of the Church is to spread the Gospel. Gay
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Sunday, July 21, 2019
Saturday, January 27, 2018
Why fund raising?
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.
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.
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