Last day of Reports
4 February
is a special day for the Indian Church as it is the feast of St. John De
Britto. 4 February is also the Independence
Day of Sri Lanka. Sister Prem D’Souza
integrated well both these themes into the liturgy of the day.
Once we
assembled in the Chapter Hall for the sessions, we started with the Report of
the Northern Province. The highlights
were presented by Sister Lily D’Souza, the Provincial Superior. Just as there was plenty of appreciation on
the previous days, for the services rendered to the Church and Society by
various provinces, so too today there was great appreciation for the services
rendered by the Northern Province.
The next
report was that of the Eastern Province. Sister Mirabelle presented the
highlights of the report which was followed by an interesting discussion, appreciating
the missionary spirit of this “Young Province”.
After tea, we were ready to take off to Kenya and
Tanzania. Sister Susheela, the Regional
Superior gave us the highlights of the life and works of the sisters of these
two countries. She presented not only
their success stories but also the problems and challenges that they face. The services of the pioneer sisters of Kenya were placed on
record.
We
gratefully remembered and prayed for Sister Mariella who initiated this Mission
and also prayed for the repose of the soul of Sister Valerie who was one of the
pioneers of the Kenyan Mission.
Since our sessions go on to 6 p.m. we end up the sessions with the
evening prayer.
