18 FEBRUARY 2010 TIRANA VISIT AND TRAFFICKING MEETING.
My journey to Tirana on Tuesday went very smoothly. I was met by Imelda Poole, Loreto Sister of the English Province, who had offered overnight accommodation. We had a good evening of Loreto chat sharing on links to their Irish Province and my years in Loreto, Gorey. We did this while enjoying a meal ending with a Shrove Tuesday touch of delicious pancakes!
We went to an early morning Mass at the nearby Jesuit Church and had our ashes cross made on bowed heads rather than our foreheads!
Our meeting began with a Powerpoint presentation that included a talk on RENATE - Religious in Europe Networking Against Trafficking and Exploitation. This group was established on the 25 March 2009 and has elected a Core Group of six Sisters to carry the work forward. A photograph of the Core Group showed Sister Helene Halligon,RGS is right there on our behalf! They have undertaken to organise a European Conference in Krakow, Poland for September 2011. This will involve 100 participants, hopefully with 50 from Eastern Europe, involved in work against Trafficking! So, there is a lot to be done at ground level in the meantime. The Sisters of eight nationalities were really enthusiastic and agreed to set to work on March 17, naming the group and making a Plan of Action. I was really glad to have made the journey to this new beginning. It was nice too to hear Noreen's group APT named as a good work model.
Afterwards, Imelda and I enjoyed what was a 'FAST' meal in every way and I was happy to get a minibus immediately arriving back Korce at 5.00p.m. Au revoir.
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