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 Catholic Missions In Canada
E-Newsletter
Volume 2, Issue 9: September 2010 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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| Greetings!
To follow Jesus
BY COLETTE SOUCY
For more than thirty-five years, I was a Catholic missionary in Hong Kong, the People's Republic of China, and India, and, here in Canada, in Nunavik and Montreal. In 2007, I became editor-in-chief of the Francophone Pontifical missionary magazine called UNIVERS. Last August, Bishop Vincent Cadieux, O.M.I., invited me to be a catechist in the Diocese of Moosonee in Northern Ontario. From September until Christmas 2009, I taught catechism to 150 children at the Peetabeck Academy in Fort Albany. This past January, I moved to another community, Attawapiskat. It is a privilege to teach catechesis to 400 Junior Nakogee students (Grades 1 to 8, aged 6 to 15) all belonging to the Cree Nation.
In Fort Albany, during a lesson last summer, a smart Grade 4 student asked: "Ms. Colette, in church, I often see you reading the Word of God, are you a woman priest?" Before I had time to answer, Charity adds: "Ms. Colette, maybe you are half a priest!" After they all laughed, I answered: "No, I am not a whole priest nor half a priest....To tell you the truth, I am not even a quarter of a priest! But, ever since I was a little girl, I felt called by God to be a whole missionary.
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