Kibera Excursion
Companions Kibera Outing now well underway! Lucia, Simon and Danny installed at the weekend, Gerry and Michael in the air, Claire, Viviana, Liam and Charles set off tomorrow, Alexandra and Amy arrive on Friday. Watch this space for snaps!
Grand Prior's Funeral
There was an excellent turn-out of Companions at Fra' Freddy's funeral in Edinburgh today. Wonderful, as ever, to see the Old Rite celebrated with such dignity and Cardinal O'Brien's homily was both affectionate and prayerful.
African Fayre - Thursday 29th September 2011
In St Aloysius' College, 45 Hill Street, Glasgow G3 (city centre, 2 minutes from the M8)
In aid of the Companions charity in Nairobi and Lamu. There will be African food, drumming classes, stalls selling jewellery, beadwork, artefacts etc, face-painting and, the centrepiece: the Osiligi Maasai Warriors. Tickets are £10 (children £5).
In aid of the Companions charity in Nairobi and Lamu. There will be African food, drumming classes, stalls selling jewellery, beadwork, artefacts etc, face-painting and, the centrepiece: the Osiligi Maasai Warriors. Tickets are £10 (children £5).
Companions Formation Day
The Companions of the Delegation of Scotland and the Northern Marches had a very interesting and enjoyable Formation Day at St Aloysius’ College SJ in Glasgow, on Trinity Sunday, 19th June. The morning began after Mass in St Aloysius Church with a brief introduction by the Convener, Liam Devlin, before the effervescent Lillian Molloy took over with one of her famous First Aid sessions, in which she incorporated some advice specifically for the nine members of the group travelling to Nairobi next week.
After lunch we had an excellent and very scholarly lecture from Angus Hay on the history of the Order. This was very well-presented and greatly appreciated by the audience. After his talk, Companion Kathleen Welsh MBE, former chairman of Dial-a-Journey and still a member of the Board, gave a very interesting brief account of the history and importance of the Dial-a-Journey facility. The Day concluded with prayers and a blessing given by Monsignor Hugh Boyle.
Sadly missing from the day were the Delegate who asked for it to be organised, Henry Lorimer, and Fra’ Freddy Crichton-Stuart , the Grand Prior, who as recently as last Sunday was planning to speak at it. May both these great men rest in peace.
Fra' Freddy Crichton-Stuart
Your prayers are asked for one of our Scottish Companions, Fra' Freddy Crichton-Stuart, Grand Prior of England, who died at home in Edinburgh this morning and had been looking forward as lately as last Friday to coming to talk to us at the Formation Day on Sunday. His greatgrandfather was a donor to the the "new" building of St Aloysius' College at 45 Hill St and attended its opening ceremony. His family was also a major donor to St Aloysius Church. An obituary of him can be found on the BASMOM website. RIP
Kibera - June/July 2011 Itinerary
Sunday 26th June 2011: 20.50: Lucia arrives (alone)
Laurence will collect her and hold a sign saying Lucia B....... and take her to Mary Ward. On Monday and Tuesday, Alice will collect Lucia from Mary Ward and take her out to see some medical programmes
Wednesday 29th June: KL4141 0635 Gerry and Michael arrive.
Laurence will pick them up and take them to Mary Ward. He will hold a sign saying "GERRY & MICHAEL" as "DIAMONDS" might cause a riot! If they want to go out with Lucia during the day, they can fix it up directly with Laurence.
Wednesday 29th June: 20.50: Viviana, Charles and Liam arrive. Shortly afterwards, Claire arrives so we will wait for her.
Picked up and taken to Mary Ward by minibus.
Thursday 30th June: into Nairobi for walk and lunch, then to Nakumatt to buy paint for Laini Saba. Back to Mary Ward by 4 p.m.
Friday 1st July and Saturday 2nd July: 8.30 a.m. All picked up and taken to as near Laini Saba primary school as we can get. We are meeting 6 young St Al's grads there who are going to help us paint the school over two days. Bring PAINTING CLOTHES!
Friday 1st July: 20.50 p.m. Arrival of Alex and Amy at airport. Liam will go with Laurence to collect them.
Sunday 3rd July: minibus pick-up at 9 a.m. to go to Nyumbani Orphanage for Mass and then either back to Laini Saba if the painting is not finished or off to the Giraffe Centre and lunch at Karen Blixen.
Monday 4th – Friday 8th July:Three groups: one to Laini Saba (Viviana, Alex and Amy), one to St Christine’s (Gerry & Charles) and one to St Secilia’s (Michael, Lucia, Claire) All going by taxis to start about 9 and return about 4 p.m.
Saturday 9th / Sunday 10th July: tourism – safari in the Nairobi National Park, National Museum etc.
Monday 11th July: 3 Devlins, Amy, Alex and Claire to airport for 6 a.m. check-in.
Tuesday 12th July: Gerry and Michael to airport for 6 a.m. (to fly back to UK), Lucia to airport for flight to Malawi (time to be advised).
We will have dinner guests most evenings to talk to us, including Thomas, director of the St Al's Grad Programme, Barlet, Thomas' predecessor, David, director of the Foundation for Hope,and Alice, First Secretary to the Embassy of the Order of Malta.
It might be a good idea to bring wellies - even a little rain turns Kibera into a muddy swamp. We have a lot of stuff to bring out so it would be handy if you could bring case 2 in with you on June 19th to the Formation Day.
Laurence will collect her and hold a sign saying Lucia B....... and take her to Mary Ward. On Monday and Tuesday, Alice will collect Lucia from Mary Ward and take her out to see some medical programmes
Wednesday 29th June: KL4141 0635 Gerry and Michael arrive.
Laurence will pick them up and take them to Mary Ward. He will hold a sign saying "GERRY & MICHAEL" as "DIAMONDS" might cause a riot! If they want to go out with Lucia during the day, they can fix it up directly with Laurence.
Wednesday 29th June: 20.50: Viviana, Charles and Liam arrive. Shortly afterwards, Claire arrives so we will wait for her.
Picked up and taken to Mary Ward by minibus.
Thursday 30th June: into Nairobi for walk and lunch, then to Nakumatt to buy paint for Laini Saba. Back to Mary Ward by 4 p.m.
Friday 1st July and Saturday 2nd July: 8.30 a.m. All picked up and taken to as near Laini Saba primary school as we can get. We are meeting 6 young St Al's grads there who are going to help us paint the school over two days. Bring PAINTING CLOTHES!
Friday 1st July: 20.50 p.m. Arrival of Alex and Amy at airport. Liam will go with Laurence to collect them.
Sunday 3rd July: minibus pick-up at 9 a.m. to go to Nyumbani Orphanage for Mass and then either back to Laini Saba if the painting is not finished or off to the Giraffe Centre and lunch at Karen Blixen.
Monday 4th – Friday 8th July:Three groups: one to Laini Saba (Viviana, Alex and Amy), one to St Christine’s (Gerry & Charles) and one to St Secilia’s (Michael, Lucia, Claire) All going by taxis to start about 9 and return about 4 p.m.
Saturday 9th / Sunday 10th July: tourism – safari in the Nairobi National Park, National Museum etc.
Monday 11th July: 3 Devlins, Amy, Alex and Claire to airport for 6 a.m. check-in.
Tuesday 12th July: Gerry and Michael to airport for 6 a.m. (to fly back to UK), Lucia to airport for flight to Malawi (time to be advised).
We will have dinner guests most evenings to talk to us, including Thomas, director of the St Al's Grad Programme, Barlet, Thomas' predecessor, David, director of the Foundation for Hope,and Alice, First Secretary to the Embassy of the Order of Malta.
It might be a good idea to bring wellies - even a little rain turns Kibera into a muddy swamp. We have a lot of stuff to bring out so it would be handy if you could bring case 2 in with you on June 19th to the Formation Day.
Memorial Service for Shahbaz Bhatti
Companions will help as ushers and choir-members at the Scottish Christian Asian Fellowship's ecumenical Memorial Service in Pollokshields Parish Church, Glasgow, on Saturday 4th June 2011 at 11 a.m. The service is in memory of Shahbaz Bhatti, the Catholic minister in Pakistan murdered in March by the Taliban for daring to speak out against the country's blasphemy laws.
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