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It is my pleasure to present the Report of Our Sodality
under the title of Our Lady’s Assumption for the year 2009-2010. Our Sodalists
are all Senior Citizens, most of us (75+) years old, but we meet faithfully
every Tuesday, to give honour and glory to Mary our Mother and her son, Jesus.
Our members have dwindled down to 40 on our rolls, including 18 housebound. 
We are glad to welcome our new Director, Fr. Jude Fernandes,
who has taken over from Fr. Albert Jou, who served us well for 13 years, but is
in indifferent health now.
Fr. Jude though very
busy as Principal of St. Stanislaus High School, comes to us on the first
Tuesday of the month and has spoken to us on several important, relevant and
interesting topics which brings us up to date on Church and State and World
affairs thus making us feel younger and
alert to what is happening around us and what we can do in our own small way to
better the situation.
Sr. Sumitra from St. Joseph’s Convent also comes to us when
she can spare the time. We really appreciated her reflections on “Building
Bridges, “Hands” to name a few.
Fr. Gerard Rodricks spoke to us about “Judging other” and
our “Christian Calling”. He has said goodbye to us and gone to another Parish
and we are still feeling his loss. God bless you, Fr. Gerard.
We also had the privilege of having Fr. Charles Rodrigues at
some meetings. We particularly enjoyed his sharings on “Close Encounters with
Jesus”.
Then there was Fr. John Lobo’s talk on the Mass, Elsa’s
reflection on Our Lady praying the Rosary for each of the 5 continents, using
the special five-coloured Rosaries. Rosie spoke about Priests and our
appreciation for all they do for us.
Our activities have been limited due to age, ill-health and
traffic problems. These included visits to the sick and Housebound Sodalists,
1st Saturday Mass and General Communion, our pilgrimage to the Mount,
celebrating our Director’s Feast Day with a home cooked lunch for the priests. 
Our Sodality Feast Day, as in years gone by was preceded by
a Triduum preached by Frs. Jude and Andrew.
Feast Day-August 15th – The Day! Holy Mass at 9a.m in honour
of Our Lady’s Assumption followed by a good breakfast .
I cannot end this report without thanking Mother Mary for
being our Guide and Protector all these 122 years and we pray that she continue
to do the same for us in the years to come. Thank you.
Sheila Dias
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