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FEBRUARY 24, 2009
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Frs. Scott and May together with all the retreatants
in the dining room of the school after the retreat.. |
The first Ignatian retreat to be preached
at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Academy was a great source of
blessing for the 23 men who attended, as well as for Fathers
Scott and May, who had the privilege of preaching. It was
reduced down to three very intensive days, from February
13 - 16, with special concentration on the first part of
the retreat, the phase of purification that leads up to
the General Confesson. However, it also included meditations
on answering the call of Christ the King, fighting under
his standard and making the right decisions in life. The
largest number of retreatants came from Holy Face chapel
in St. Catherines, as also did the three very capable ladies
who provided the cooking of excellent food for the entire
retreat.
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A view of all the retreatants in the dining room at
the final meal of the retreat. |
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| Here
is Mrs. Templeton with her Home Economics
class of four girls, proudly displaying the new aprons
that they just completed this month of February.
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Here
are Mrs. Templeton's 6th & 7th grade students,
displaying their social studies projects on the various
provinces in Canada completed this month of February. |
Monday 16th being a public holiday in
Ontario, the school children also had the day off, enabling
the retreat to continue until that night at 7:00 p.m. The
following week Reverend Mr. Ray Lillis came to the school
to help out, in place of Father May, away at the Priest’s
Meeting in Winona. The children enjoyed his classes in Religion
and in Latin. Then Friday, February 20th, was the day on
which the first Chess Tournament was organized. Mr. Michael
Carnes took care of organization and judging the 12 boys
and 6 girls who entered into the competition, mostly from
the school. James won the boys’ division and Caroline
the girls’. Then Mr. Carnes challenged all the children,
and played ten games at one time, two of the children managed
to beat him in the process.
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Friday February 20 the boys are all concentration
in their attempt to win in their chess tournament.
Here six games are going on at the same time. |
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Mr. Carnes can be seem attempting to play ten
chess games at the same time with the different children,
two of whom were delighted to have beaten him. |
