The Parish invited the CND Sisters and Associates to join them for their parish picnic on June 25th. Sr. Mary Morris, Alexa Smith, Gloria Dempsey and I attended their Parish Picnic in Tantallon. It was a lovely, sunny day and a good time was had by all. We enjoyed the barbecue and even participated in face painting. Alexa and I went home with a heart and Canadian flag painted on our cheek. (Sorry Marjorie, we didn't get pictures!)
As we sat at our tables, we noticed how creatively decorated they were thanks to Anna Rowley and Sr. Norma Heffernan, RSCJ. The decorations were so fitting with the Conference theme, "Greening Our Hearts". There were rocks from our Atlantic provinces painted very artistically with green hearts. We were all encouraged to take one home as well as a red spruce seedling. The seedlings were in a basket, decorated with burlap. There were butterflies and origami stars spread around the centre of the table. It was a great start to the conference and certainly put us in the spirit of what was to come.
