APRIL EVENTS


HAVING SISTER AELRED COME TO ACCOMPANY US ON OUR SISTERS OF MERCY MISSION IN ROMANIA WAS A TREMENDOUS SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT. SISTER HAD ALREADY VISITED US FEW YEARS AGO SO SHE WAS NOW ABLE TO SEE HOW THE MISSION HAD GROWN IN THAT TIME. ON ARRIVAL AT HENRI COANDA AIRPORT WE SUGGESTED THAT WE START WITH MASS IN THE CATHEDRAL. THIS WAS INDEED A MOVING EXPERIENCE FOR THAT MASS WAS BEING OFFERED FOR POPE JOHN PAUL II WHO HAD JUST DIED.

APRIL 5th

WAS SPENT IN THE HOSPITAL AND RECUPERARE.
MEETING DOCTORS AND NURSES AND YOUNG VOLUNTEERS WHO
CARED FOR CHILDREN IN THE PLAYROOMS. THIS ALSO GAVE SISTER THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE MANY IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE VARIOUS AREAS IN THE HOSPITAL ALL DONE BY THE LAWSIDE ROMANIA FUND AND “MY WEEKLY” READERS.

APRIL 6th

WE TOOK SISTER TO SCOALA NR. 12, THE ORPHANAGE
ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY, WHERE CONDITIONS ARE
APPALLING. THERE SHE HELPED US DRESS CHILDREN IN NEW TRACK-SUITS WHICH WE HAD BOUGHT FROM THE FUNDS DONATED BY THE MERCY UNION. WHAT A TRANSFORMATION IN ATMOSPHERE FOR THE CHILDREN YET THEY NEED MUCH MORE UNDER-CLOTHES, SHOES, SLIPPERS ETC. WE WILL CONTINUE TO ASSIST THERE IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE.

APRIL 7th

RITA, THE SOCIAL WORKER FROM ST. THERESE CHURCH,
TOOK SISTER AELRED TO VISIT THREE OF THE ELDERLY PEOPLE
WHO RECEIVE “MEALS ON WHEELS”. TONY, THE YOUTH LEADER DROVE THEM AND, AS HE IS ONE OF THE YOUTH VISITORS WHO MAKE A WEEKLY VISIT TO THE ELDERLY PEOPLE, HE ENTERED INTO THE JOY OF THE VISITS.

APRIL 8th

THIS MORNING SAW US SET OUT FOR THE HOME FOR
ELDERLY PEOPLE WHICH WAS FOUNDED BY MR. VASILE
MIHALACHE WHILE HE WAS MAYOR OF SECTOR 4. WE HAD ARRANGED TO HAVE CAKES ARRIVE AT THE SAME TIME. ALL THE RESIDENTS WERE SO HAPPY TO SEE US AND, LIKE THE MANAGER AND STAFF, THEY WELCOMED US. IT WAS SO INSPIRING TO SEE HOW THESE ELDERLY, AND SOME PARTIALLY CRIPPLED PEOPLE, HAD MADE SUCH GOOD USE OF THE WOOL WHICH HAD BEEN DONATED BY PEOPLE OF DUNDEE IN RESPONSE TO THE “HELPING HAND” APPEAL FROM “MY WEEKLY” MAGAZINE.

APRIL 9th

SISTER DEPARTED FOR EDINBURGH ARMED WITH
PHOTOS AND CDS TO TELL THE STORY OF HER VISIT TO THE SISTERS OF MERCY ROMANIAN MISSION.