[Sundaycommunity] Happy Memories

Fri Feb 5 16:39:41 PST 2021

Hi, folks,

I have had a hard copy of this photo among the framed photos of various
family and friends on a bookshelf in my living room  for many years. (Not
yet unpacked I admit.)  I also clearly remember the day.  It was in the
middle of June in 2003 and I was getting ready to move out of the apartment
I had shared with my kids, Rachel and Gabriel since I had left Bruno 10
years before.  There I am at the end of the first seated row.  I have often
looked at this photo in recent years to think of our departed members - Don
Moncrieff, Basil Jackson, Antoinette Battaglia - I have another photo of
Sylvia Petrasek with Gerry Tannam.  I can name every person in this photo -
except the woman at the back standing between Sharon and Lee.  I do
remember the face, but not the name.  I also remember Robin Konig well and
how good he was with our kids.  (We had a number of them back then)  He
celebrated the mass at Gabriel's first communion.

Thanks for sharing this Brian.  You were our official photographer that
day.  I think you had a time-delayed camera.

*Patricia Smiley*

*email:  smileypatricia76 at gmail.com <smileypatricia76 at gmail.com>*

*mobile:  647-517-1599*

On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 6:03 PM Dave Snelgrove via Sundaycommunity <
sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:

> This photo and the retreat happened before my joining the Community which
> was probably 2002. I loved looking at this picture and seeing how many
> familiar and dear faces are in it. I understand that with time the
> community will tend towards shrinkage, but for anyone who spent any time
> among you, it was, is, an experience of comfort, heart, faith in action,
> and a wonderful sense of Christian Community. Thank you Brian for the
> photo. Rosemary
>
> On Fri., Feb. 5, 2021, 5:58 p.m. Brian Halferty via Sundaycommunity, <
> sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:
>
>> Hi Roswita,
>>
>> Thanks for sharing your memories.  You have an amazing ability with
>> details like that.
>>
>> Your email prompted me to look back through some electronic files I
>> have.  I found Sylvia's obituary: she died on Jan. 29, 2011.  I also have
>> many pictures from the trip Mary Lou and I took to Australia, mid-March to
>> mid-April, 2011, during which time we visited with Robin Konig in
>> Melbourne.  He had left Toronto in the late spring or early summer of the
>> previous year, 2010.  Which I think, would place our retreat gathering most
>> likely in the spring of 2010.
>>
>> Take care,
>> Brian
>>
>> *Brian J. Halferty*
>> 146 Sumach Street, Apt. 214
>> Toronto, ON  M5A 0P7
>> 416-431-0038
>>
>>
>> On Friday, February 5, 2021, 04:04:15 p.m. EST, Rose Anderson <
>> rose_z at mail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hello Brian,
>>
>> Thank you for sharing that photo. It does bring back a flood of memories.
>>
>> It was a community retreat held at the Centre for Creative Ministries on
>> Dawes Avenue.
>>
>> Brian, you had brought Sylvia and her walker; I recall you taking it out
>> of your trunk. All the participants had to remove their shoes to avoid
>> scratching the hardwood floor; however, Sylvia was exempt from that. I was
>> very happy that she was able to join us, despite frailty and some health
>> issues.
>>
>> I found myself in the middle of the photo behind you and Basil Jackson.
>>
>> The retreat would have taken place between 1995, when Liz, David Walsh, I
>> and others found our way to the Sunday Community and 2010. I recall that
>> Antoinette passed away in August 2011; I was in the Soo looking after my
>> mother and regretted being unable to attend her funeral. However, we did
>> have a Memorial Mass for her later which was attended by some of her family
>> when I was back in Toronto and able to attend.
>>
>> If I find Sylvia’s obituary, or other reference to her in past PPs, I
>> should be able to narrow down the years more closely.
>>
>> Thanks again for the memories.
>>
>> Roswita
>>
>> *Sent:* Friday, February 05, 2021 at 1:44 PM
>> *From:* "Elizabeth Whelan via Sundaycommunity" <
>> sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca>
>> *To:* sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca, "Brian Halferty" <
>> bhalferty at yahoo.ca>
>> *Cc:* "Elizabeth Whelan" <erwhelan at icloud.com>
>> *Subject:* Re: [Sundaycommunity] Happy Memories
>> Much later, Brian S.  I, and many others in this photo, joined in 1995
>> (and later.)  I’d say the early years of 2000.
>> Thanks, Brian H for the great photo and the memories. (There are five
>> people I can’t identify. Would welcome help!)
>>
>> Liz
>> Elizabeth
>>
>>
>> On Feb 5, 2021, at 1:06 PM, Brian Shaughnessy via Sundaycommunity <
>> sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:
>>
>> Taken in the late 1980s would be my guess.
>>
>> We rejoined in 1991 when Gabe was 1.
>>
>> I recognize most of these people, but some I'd say were "before our
>> time".   :)
>>
>>          Brian S.
>>
>> --
>> aptYLJC,Twbd,ttM
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 11:35 AM Brian Halferty via Sundaycommunity <
>> sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Sunday Community,
>>
>> I was just looking through some papers and came across this photo, which
>> I have scanned and attached here.  It's a picture of the members of our
>> Sunday Community who took part in a community retreat day many years ago.
>> The day was animated by Joan Martin from the Toronto Catholic District
>> School Board, who is seated at the left end of the front row.  I don't
>> remember the year or date, but it harks back quite awhile. There are a
>> number of people in the picture who have left us for the afterlife:  Basil
>> Jackson in the second row, Sylvia in the 3rd row, Antoinette in the 4th
>> row, Don Moncrief in the last row.  There are also a number of people who
>> left the community for various reasons, often to move to some other part of
>> the country or the world.  In the middle of the back row, next to Bill
>> Watson, wearing a beard, is Fr. Robin Konig, the Aussie priest who so often
>> celebrated Eucharist with us, and who left long ago to return to Melbourne.
>>
>> Anyway, I've been looking at the picture and having so many wonderful
>> memories come to mind that I thought I'd send it around and share it with
>> you all.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Brian
>>
>>
>>
>> *Brian J. Halferty*
>> 146 Sumach Street, Apt. 214
>> Toronto, ON  M5A 0P7
>> 416-431-0038
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