Having just
finished the feasts of Pentecost and Trinity Sunday, we look forward to the
feasts of
“We realized that the important thing was not
to pick up people, but to welcome them, to accompany them. Many of them ended
up having their fathers, their husbands, their sons [fighting] at the front
line, some of whom subsequently died. Of those we brought out, only 30 percent
have since returned home. Most people are working now [in
Sister says
that like all tragic situations, the push to help wearies after awhile and the
aid that Is needed is not there.“I believe the situation is worse
now than it was then. It’s necessary to speak in the media about the victims
and to request the sending of more humanitarian aid.”
I asked Bill how mothers and children in exile were being treated and he said so many have stepped up. Poland (which is not the richest of countries) has given the refugees all the services due their own people. They only lack the right to vote.
Interestingly enough, this nun also made headlines in 2014 when she was featured with her own cooking show in Spain TV. (I have no idea how long it ran). She shared her favorite traditional recipes for monastery and convent food, as well as tips and tricks shes picked up from her long career in the kitchen. On the show, she cooked classic recipes like anise doughnuts, local stews, and Argentinian pastries. Her favorite stew is made from pumpkin with potato.
Her
signature dish is paella and she explained that she gets her cooking skills
from her family, particularly her mother and her paternal grandmother, who is
Lebanese.
"I am convinced that food brings people together, makes families, makes communities and that the table is a place of talk that can help people to share what they have in their hearts, and that it can transform our world," she said in an interview with The Cooking Channel.
Well, now this energetic nun has more to do than cook- she is too busy saving Ukrainians!
Sacred Heart - Arturo Olivas RIP- Gift by artist to OLR Chapel