KORCA - SISTER LALINI AND ANA

24 May 2014 KORCA - SISTER LALINI AND ANA A pleasant journey on a lovely sunny afternoon led me to KORCA around 3.00p.m. I was delighted to greet Sister Lalini and happy too, to be introduced to ANA. Ana is our candidate for Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd Sisters. Very significantly, Ana, an Albanian Catholic from Shkodra, north Albania, went to Rome to visit her sister who has entered the Congregation of the Infant Jesus. These Sisters had no accommodation for Ana, so they requested room at the nearby convent of Our Lady of Charity in St. John Eudes Street!! Later, Ana, having seen the Sisters and their ministry, requested to enter with the OLC Sisters. Since they have no Albanian Sisters, they suggested that Ana should contact Good Shepherd. Ana came to meet Sister Mirjam Beike in Tirana and later, on July 26 2013, she came to Tirana to meet Sister Daniela Kubiak. Daniela was completing her mandate as Province Leader, German Province. Earlier this year, Mirjam was in contact with Korca. Sister Lalini, member of the European Vocation Committee, was pleased to welcome Ana. Ana has now been some months sharing our life in Korca, where she sees and is involved with our ministry with young people, women,the Rroma community and especially the street children. While busy too, learning English and getting to know our neighbours, Ana says she is happy to be part of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd Sisters. I felt this beginning of my visit to Korca was most significant as our re-unification will formally take place, and legally too, next month, on the 27 June, Feast of the Sacred Heart. We will celebrate throughout our NEW Good Shepherd world. In Ireland we plan to experience our new world focus at the beautiful setting of EMMAUS CONFERENCE CENTRE, SWORDS, COUNTY DUBLIN. Here in Albania, no doubt there will be celebration too! Regret I will not be here that long but, watch this space!!