Here is the draft programme for the day.
9.00 a.m. Mass in St Aloysius Church, Rose St
10.00 a.m. Continental breakfast in Convent
10.30 a.m. Welcome and Introduction
11.00 a.m. First Aid Session - Lillian Molloy
12.30 p.m. Drinks and Lunch
1.45 p.m. Talk: The Knights of Jerusalem Angus Hay
3.00 p.m. Tea and Open Session with short talks on our charities in Kenya (Lamu Maternity Hospital, Nairobi Slums Community Health-Workers) and Scotland (Order of Malta Dial-a-Journey).
4.00 p.m. Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament (Convent Chapel)
Companions Formation Day - Sunday June 19th
The Companions Formation Day will be in Glasgow, for the first time, and will include one of Lillian Molloy's very entertaining First Aid Sessions (essential for Lourdes and Nairobi people but very useful in everyday life) and a talk on the history of the Knights of Jerusalem by Angus Hay. There will also be short talks on some current work of the Order, especially in Scotland and Kenya, as those are the main foci of our group of Companions, and a good lunch. The day will begin with Mass for Trinity Sunday and end with Benediction.
Further details to follow but please put this in your diary NOW.
Further details to follow but please put this in your diary NOW.
Henry Lorimer
Please pray for Henry Lorimer, Delegate for Scotland and the Northern Marches who was involved in a very serious car accident last night.
St Christine's Primary School now electrified!
Thanks to the group of students lead by Mr Hugh Campbell and with assistance from the Scottish and N.M. Companions, St Christine's Primary School in Kibera now has electrical power and lighting throughout the school. They have sent us two pictures as proof!
Maternity Unit at Lamu
The Scottish and Northern Marches Companions have now bought a much-needed delivery bed for the maternity unit at Lamu. Alice has put information about it on the Order's Kenya site and will be grateful for donations towards the rest of the essential equipment.
Mass Network
At the request of the Delegation chaplain, Monsignor Michael Regan,we are trying to set up a timetable of weekday Masses which members might like to attend but which will in any case provide a prayer network to support the work of the Order.
So far we have three:
ABERDEEN:
2nd Wednesday of the month, 10 a.m. St Columba's RC Church, Bridge of Don, AB22 8RR.
Followed by tea in the Hall.
GLASGOW
2nd Wednesday of the month, 8 a.m., St Aloysius' Church, Rose St, G3 6RJ
Followed by coffee in Co-Motion
EDINBURGH
2nd Wednesday of the month, time tbc, St Margaret Mary's Church, Granton, EH5 2JQ
So far we have three:
ABERDEEN:
2nd Wednesday of the month, 10 a.m. St Columba's RC Church, Bridge of Don, AB22 8RR.
Followed by tea in the Hall.
GLASGOW
2nd Wednesday of the month, 8 a.m., St Aloysius' Church, Rose St, G3 6RJ
Followed by coffee in Co-Motion
EDINBURGH
2nd Wednesday of the month, time tbc, St Margaret Mary's Church, Granton, EH5 2JQ
VISA TIME!
If you are coming on the June Jaunt, you must send your passport SOON to the High Commission in London to get a Visa. You need to include a passport photo and a POSTAL ORDER (not a personal cheque or credit card but they will take business cheques, I think) for £20.
I have customised the form to give you the essential information - you need to tick SINGLE ENTRY visa unless you think you will be back within a year. Here it is HERE.
Send it, along with a return padded envelope to:
VISA SECTION
Kenya High Commission
45 Portland Place
London W1B 1AS
I have customised the form to give you the essential information - you need to tick SINGLE ENTRY visa unless you think you will be back within a year. Here it is HERE.
Send it, along with a return padded envelope to:
VISA SECTION
Kenya High Commission
45 Portland Place
London W1B 1AS
Community Health Workers receive their polo-shirts
Alice reports from Nairobi that she had a great day yesterday delivering the polo-shirts (two each) to the wonderful Community Health Workers. Petrasancta people will hardly need convinced of the value to morale and efficiency of a clear, heraldic identity and the CHWs clearly value that. It will make them more easily identifiable in the communities to people who need help, so well done everybody. Our next project is to provide them with bum-bags to carry the medicines to their patients.
Companions hit Bruges
A group of Companions joined the College Choir's John Ogilvie Weekend in Bruges to give a concert in St Salvator's Cathedral and to sing Haydn's Mass in time of War at the English Convent, a power-house during penal times which, among many other things, sheltered Stonyhurst College from which St Aloysius College was founded.
Serata Africana
The next Serata Africana, primarily for the last Kibera group although all are welcome, is on Monday 21st March at 7 p.m. in Viva.
Flights booked
LD has now booked flights on WEDNESDAY 29th June with KLM, leaving Glasgow at 06.00 and arriving in Nairobi at 18.15; return flight is Monday 11th July, leaving Nairobi at 08.10 and getting back to Glasgow at 18.15. The flights are busy and expensive - you can shop around and save money by travelling overnight or on a later date. I can meet you at the airport whenever. Those of you staying on to gadd about Africa can start with us if you like.
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