TO KORCE VIA ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA!!

30th. APRIL 2010 TO KORCE VIA ST.CATHERINE OF SIENA!!
Yesterday, a Novitiate companion of mine celebrated her Feastday. As is customary, we ended her day with a community evening for which Catherine requested that we see ALBANIA and especially KORCE!! Luckily, I had brought back a DVD with me. While in Mons, we were invited to spend a day in Liege at the home of our Albanian teachers, Esme and Adrian. That was a working day and we finished with a DVD trip to Albania after which we were each presented with a copy of that DVD. The Sisters were quite delighted to journey through the country seeing ruins of ancient monasteries and the majestic mountains here and there. There was a special moment of excitement when the cameraman focused on the map and showed KORCE! There followed a minute or two of the very familiar road in front of the Greek Cathedral, the little museum made of the earliest school in Korce - we pass this building when we go into the city and we also saw a few of the older houses in our part of the city. One Sister even asked if she could possibly see the WALL THAT BROKE MY ARM!! We even caught a glimpse of the mountain that is visible from our prayer room before we moved to what seemed to me to be Voskopoia. There we saw icons in the church and some very wintry scenes before moving onto a glimpse of Pogradec with the lake in full summer style. One or two other towns were also shown. The Sisters were very happy indeed to see the reality of our Albania.

Tomorrow, we have our community celebration for the 70th. Anniversary of Mother Foundress' Canonization. Many friends will join us for a Special Mass when our prayers will reach out globally to each and every person. Surely, its a great moment!
Enjoy the weekend.