C B C has just given us the very sad
news that St Patrick’s Convent will soon be no more. After 160 years in the West End, the good
Sisters will finally close the doors and leave what has long been a beacon of
education and good works. We are very
sad at their going and we will remember them for many things. We owe them a great debt and thank the
Presentation Sisters, past and present, who have contributed so much to our
community and to our lives.
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| BEAUTIFUL ST PATRICK'S CONVENT, CONVENT SQUARE |
We have carried through our lives many
gifts gained from our days at St Patrick’s. One of the most beautiful of those gifts is
the precious gift of lasting friendships which we still treasure from our
school days.
Joan
Reynolds Fogarty
has sent us this lovely photograph of five St Patrick’s Convent classmates. The classmates are Yvonne Stephenson
Meissner, Margie Miller Ryan, Kathleen Dobbin Benson, Rosemary Ashley Healy
and, of course, Joan.
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| SCHOOL FRIENDS ROSEMARY, YVONNE, MARGIE, JOAN AND KATHLEEN |
Joan informed us that Yvonne lives in Ontario
but she and her husband spend several months every year at their beautiful home
by the ocean in Pouch Cove. It is a wonderful
opportunity for meeting up with old friends too and every year the friends do
just that. This year the ladies got
together for dinner at Joan’s house.
Joan closed her email with this touching
remark, “Still connected after almost 70 years”. That truly is the beautiful gift of friendship! Thank you Joan for sharing it with us and may
you and your school friends enjoy that special bond for many, many years to
come.
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