An Invitation:
A sixth group of Companions will be travelling to Nairobi in February 2013 to work in primary schools in the Slums, the Mother Teresa orphanage and to visit the healthworkers and other projects of Malteser International.
The dates are: Thursday February 7th - Monday 18th 2013, although some people may be going for a longer or shorter time.
The approximate cost is £400 plus flights. This covers full-board accommodation and all internal transportation. for further details please contact Liam
Gala Day at Castle Craig
Two of our Companions, Margaret and Peter McCann donated another spectacular gala day to the clients of Dial-a-Journey, the Margaret Blackwood Housing Association (Glasgow) and their own patients and friends. The activities included shooting, riding, karaoke, dancing, drumming and a lucullan barbecue.
The drumming workshop in full flow.
Companion Caroline Paul on horseback.
Companion Susan Macgregor and her husband, Robert, hosted a Garden Opening at their home, Lundie Castle in Angus on Saturday 9th June. The event raised money for local charities with 40% of the proceeds being donated to the charities of the Order of Malta.
The gardens at Lundie have been carefully restored during the last seven years, together with the additions of new flower beds, one of which has now been laid out in the shape of a Maltese cross.
Forthcoming Companions Events
The Order of Malta's 2012 Lourdes Pilgrimage is now home. Some future events for the year include:
Saturday 9th June Lundie Castle Gardens Open Day (proceeds to the Order).
Saturday 30th June Castle Craig Gala Day - see separate announcement below.
Sunday 1st July Annual Pilgrimage to (ruins of) 18th Century First Scottish post Reformation Seminary at Scalan, Glenlivet. Details from gordonjbrankinATbtinternet.com
Saturday 6th October Visit to Haddington Church and Lauderdale Chapel 10.45am. with a talk by Angus Hay, preceded by Mass at the local Catholic church. Afterwards there will be a visit to Nunraw Abbey with a picnic lunch (bring your own) and Benediction at Nunraw. The day will conclude with Benediction at the Abbey at 2.30 p.m. Contact: philip.scropeATsmithsgore.co.uk
October 20th 11 a.m. Annual Latin Mass at Torpichen Preceptory, Linlithgow, West Lothian (Pre-Reformation headquarters of the Order in Scotland) organised by Una Voce – Scotland.
Friday 2nd November 5 p.m. Annual memorial Mass at St Mary's Cathedral.
Friday 30th November 7.30 Ceilidh for Kibera, Christ the King Parish Hall, 220 Carmunnock Road, King's Park, Glasgow. Tickets £12 including light buffet. In aid of the Companions Projects in Nairobi.
Sunday 2nd December Annual Day of Recollection at the ‘Orders’ St Annes Court Care Home, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (close to Central Station).Times and details from Philip Scrope.
Monday 10th December 7.30p.m. Christmas Soirée at Dundas Castle, by kind invitation of Sir Jack and Lady Stewart-Clark. Tickets £40 from Liam Devlin or Jan Bruntisfield
Saturday 9th June Lundie Castle Gardens Open Day (proceeds to the Order).
Saturday 30th June Castle Craig Gala Day - see separate announcement below.
Sunday 1st July Annual Pilgrimage to (ruins of) 18th Century First Scottish post Reformation Seminary at Scalan, Glenlivet. Details from gordonjbrankinATbtinternet.com
Saturday 6th October Visit to Haddington Church and Lauderdale Chapel 10.45am. with a talk by Angus Hay, preceded by Mass at the local Catholic church. Afterwards there will be a visit to Nunraw Abbey with a picnic lunch (bring your own) and Benediction at Nunraw. The day will conclude with Benediction at the Abbey at 2.30 p.m. Contact: philip.scropeATsmithsgore.co.uk
October 20th 11 a.m. Annual Latin Mass at Torpichen Preceptory, Linlithgow, West Lothian (Pre-Reformation headquarters of the Order in Scotland) organised by Una Voce – Scotland.
Friday 2nd November 5 p.m. Annual memorial Mass at St Mary's Cathedral.
Friday 30th November 7.30 Ceilidh for Kibera, Christ the King Parish Hall, 220 Carmunnock Road, King's Park, Glasgow. Tickets £12 including light buffet. In aid of the Companions Projects in Nairobi.
Sunday 2nd December Annual Day of Recollection at the ‘Orders’ St Annes Court Care Home, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (close to Central Station).Times and details from Philip Scrope.
Monday 10th December 7.30p.m. Christmas Soirée at Dundas Castle, by kind invitation of Sir Jack and Lady Stewart-Clark. Tickets £40 from Liam Devlin or Jan Bruntisfield
Castle Craig Gala 30th June 2012
The Castle Craig Gala Day, generously donated by Companions Margaret Ann and Peter McCann, is a wonderful event for the disabled in rural Peebleshire and will be supported by people from the Margaret Blackwood Housing Association and Dial-a-Journey. Most of the activities, including riding, clay-pigeon shooting and of course eating and drinking require a lot of help from volunteers so all Companions are asked to come along and help - it is always a wonderful day.
You can find Castle Craig here and a car or minibus will bring some Companions down from Glasgow.
Feast of St John Ogilvie - March 9th (antic.)
We are anticipating the Feast of St John Ogilvie SJ by having two events for Companions the day before: either come to the College Mass at 9 a.m (Missa Cum Jubilo, Hallelujah Chorus, Since by Man came Death, Ogilvie Hymn) followed by breakfast, or come to the lunch at 12.30 in Viva.
The next two volunteer weeks in Nairobi
The next two volunteer weeks in Nairobi will take place from September 7th - 17th 2011 and from February 17th - 27th 2012. All welcome - approximate cost £350 plus flights. Details from LD.
Serata Africana
The February 2012 Companions will have their Serata Africana in VIVA, Bothwell St, Glasgow, on Tuesday 20th March at 7p.m. Please make sure I have your photographs by then so that we can project them in the course of the evening. Dinner will be about £15 depending on what you order. I will get the drinks. Please let me know how many of your family will be coming so that I can alert Marco, who is kindly giving us the whole back room as usual.
LD
Companions Volunteer Week in Nairobi
A group of Companions, along with a group of Sixth Formers from St Aloysius' College, Glasgow, spent a memorable ten days doing hospitaller work in Nairobi. They visited the Nyumbani Aids Orphanage, Mirror of Hope, Foundation of Hope, Community Health Workers, and Sisters of Charity Home as well as working in four schools in Kibera Slum. Alice Murphy joined us for dinner on Thursday when we were celebrating the birthdays of two members of the group. Many thanks to Annabel, Rachel, Pam, Marie, Nicola, Julie,Tommy, Jim, Ellie, Alexandra,Olivia,Hannah, Lewis, Matthew, Michael and Danny. Also to our hosts, Thomas Nyawir, Madame Beatrice (Principal of St Aloysius High School), Sister Anastasia (Headmistress, Laini Saba Primary School), Mr Daniel Odiengo (Principal, St Christine's Primary School), Madame Angeline (Principal, St Cecilia's Primary School) and Mr David Dinda (Director for the Foundation of Hope). We are also very grateful to the Loreto Sisters, especially Sister Phyllis, who lodged us.
Castle Craig Gala Day - Saturday June 30th 2012
Two of our members, Peter and Margaret Ann McCann, have very kindly invited all of us to help at a barbecue and Gala Day at Castle Craig, West Linton, Peebles, on Saturday 30th June 2012. The clients from the Margaret Blackwood Housing Association will be there along with many clients of the Order of Malta's Dial-a-Journey facility in Stirling so plenty of help will be needed for what is always a wonderful day.
Kenya Update
A party of eighteen Companions from Scotland and London will be working in Kibera, Nairobi in February. They also hope to visit the Health Workers in other slums.
The Lamu Hospital projects are going well and Alice sends the following update:
1. There was a boat crash in early January with many killed or still missing The patients were brought to the Lamu District Hospital and were able to be treated there due to the new equipment we have provided - lights, operating bed etc... etc...
2. The Doctors' House is in stage of completion and the volunteer doctors from the UK are due to arrive in early February. I am going down there on Monday for 3 nights to make sure it is all ok.
3. Big medical camp upcoming in mid February with free medical treatment for all. Last year 4,500 patients were treated by volunteer doctors from around the world. This is only possible now due to the new equipment and facilities that are available thanks to the kind and generous donations we have received from you.
The Lamu Hospital projects are going well and Alice sends the following update:
1. There was a boat crash in early January with many killed or still missing The patients were brought to the Lamu District Hospital and were able to be treated there due to the new equipment we have provided - lights, operating bed etc... etc...
2. The Doctors' House is in stage of completion and the volunteer doctors from the UK are due to arrive in early February. I am going down there on Monday for 3 nights to make sure it is all ok.
3. Big medical camp upcoming in mid February with free medical treatment for all. Last year 4,500 patients were treated by volunteer doctors from around the world. This is only possible now due to the new equipment and facilities that are available thanks to the kind and generous donations we have received from you.
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