Navjyoti Tuition Center children welcomed Mary Bridget Lakra, SCN, on June 12, 2019. They sang a Nepali welcome song and gave her a traditional Khadha and a bouquet of flowers. One of the boys gave a beautiful welcome speech. Sister Cornelia Ekka helped the children to prepare the program.
Navjyoti holds tuition classes for two groups of Urau children from Kindergarten to class six. Around 50 children regularly come to study at the center with the help of teachers.
Malini Manjoly, SCN
Associate members in Chattanooga, Tennessee, gathered to remember Jerry McCrary. SCNAs Betsy Kammerdiener, Sarah Haddock, Pam Lawson, Lisa Harrison, Carol Newton, Jim O’Connell, Jackie Jackson, Karen Sloan, and Sister Alice O’Connell celebrated Jerry’s life at their monthly faith group gathering on July 19, 2022. Jerry passed away on May 21, 2021. “He is gone from our sight but always remains in our hearts,” says Karen.
Grandparents are the greatest treasures, founders, storytellers and keepers of the traditions in the family. Honoring these legends, Nazareth School, Banakal, celebrated Grandparents’ Day on July 26, 2022.
After the long drought of three consecutive years, God really blessed the Coast of Malindi with good rains this year.
Congratulations, Bridget Lakra, for your selfless service to the Urao children of Nepal. In a way, they are displaced people, cut off from their native home and culture. Your classes for them will bring back some sense of dignity and independence into their lives. Who knows, some might even get across the rat race of getting good jobs!! May God continue to use you as an instrument of peace and good will among the people of Nepal.