This year from April 14 -20 we celebrate National Volunteer Week. This provides an opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate the many volunteers who give their time, empathy, energy and service to our communities and our world.
The theme for this year is Every Moment Matters. This theme highlights the importance of every volunteer and recognizes the vital part volunteers play in creating and sustaining relationships, in community-building and in their overall contribution to the well-being of individuals and communities.
Este año, del 14 al 20 de abril, celebramos la Semana Nacional del Voluntariado. Es una oportunidad para reconocer y celebrar a los muchos voluntarios que dedican su tiempo, empatía, energía y servicio a nuestras comunidades y a nuestro mundo.
El tema de este año es Cada Momento Importa. Este tema destaca la importancia de cada voluntario y reconoce el papel vital que desempeñan los voluntarios en la creación y el mantenimiento de relaciones, en la construcción de comunidades y en su contribución general al bienestar de las personas y las comunidades.
On June 20 the Vatican released 
Este documento consta de dos partes. La primera parte resume las conclusiones de las sesiones de escucha a nivel diocesano, nacional y continental, y esboza qué es una Iglesia sinodal y cómo debe proceder.
On Tuesday May 21 about thirty of us attended a grand celebration in the parish of Eucharist followed by a hot roast beef dinner. Sister Roisin Gannon represented the Presentation Sisters. Bishop Anthony Daniels surrounded by seven priests of the Grand Falls Diocese celebrated Eucharist in St. Anne’s Church with participation of the sisters and parishioners in readings, music and other moments in the liturgy. The church was sparkling and beautifully decorated with roses. A large banner hung in the church acknowledging the 150 years’ anniversary – Our Journey Together! At the end of Mass, a plaque was presented to the Congregation which will be placed in the church to commemorate the anniversary. In his homily Bishop Daniels connected the call and ministry of the sisters to that of the early disciples of Jesus and gratefully commended their life and ministry among the people of Conception Harbour and surrounding area.
O’Murchu set the context of our reflection and discussion by outlining the throes of change that mark our time, noting that there is a paradigm shift of global impact. In searching for a faith to sustain us today, home-coming is the key – coming home to our cosmic and planetary identity, to our spiritual story, to our people of soul, to our relational individuation, to our need for ritual, to the wisdom of the feminine ( the feminine is not exclusive to women). Most importantly, he says, it is necessary to reclaim a sense of the cosmic Christ as well as the historical Jesus, the central role of the Kingdom of God, the radical inclusiveness of Jesus, the concept of Jesus as suffering servant, the relational understanding of personhood.
During the evening, four young choristers were awarded apprenticeships, named in honor of four Mercy and Presentation Sisters. Tribute was paid to Sister Kathrine Bellamy, rsm, for her outstanding work in music and she was given the honour of presenting a member of the choir with an apprenticeship; a second one was presented in honor of Sister Mary Baptist McDermott, rsm, who was one of the first Newfoundlanders to be awarded an Associate Diploma from Trinity College of Music. Ms. Knight sees the apprenticeships as being a way of carrying on a chain of mentoring that began with the Mercy and Presentation Sisters.
The focus of the event was the presentation of Millennium Development Goals, which were central to the 2-day event.