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[Ron MacDonell]

Thanks, Dean, for all your missionary witness over the years!
I am blessed with your friendship and I relish the many (hilarious!) good
times
we've shared.
It's wonderful to see you at the Sunday Mass.
abrazos!
Ron


On Tue, Apr 4, 2023 at 10:03 AM Dean Riley via Sundaycommunity <
sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:

> Hello Mary Lou!
>
> “Who are you?” is often a tough question to respond to… I’ll be as brief
> as possible…
>
> I’m originally from Calgary Alberta… I’m a Social Worker (BSW; University
> of Calgary 1989)… I joined the Scarboro Foreign Mission Society as a lay
> missioner in 1990 and was missioned to Consuelo in the eastern part of the
> Dominican Republic 🇩🇴 in the spring of 1991. Once here I developed a
> program for visiting Canadian Catholic high school students and their
> teacher / chaplain / adult co-participants. Most of our groups hail from
> southern Ontario.
>
> My association with Scarboro Missions came to an end in the fall of 2001
> but I have continued here in the DR on my own with the support of the local
> Bishop and Diocese.
>
> Our work with the visiting groups came to a sudden halt in February 2020
> due to the pandemic. Now, more than 3 years later, a number of group
> coordiantors are exploring the possibility of bringing groups to Consuelo
> from their schools once again. 🙏🏼
>
> These visiting groups, especially the adult co-participants, formed an
> important network of people that kept me linked to my Canadian reality. Not
> having this link over these past three years has been very difficult for me
> personally. I was able to connect with the Sunday Community a few weeks ago
> (via my friendship with Art Bloome) and now find the weekly liturgy (and
> the wonderful reflections shared in advance of each liturgy) are a good way
> for me to rebuild my connections with people at home once again - and being
> part of this faith community has been life giving for me personally. I
> thank the community for welcoming me so warmly!
>
> I hope this gives you an idea about “who I am”… Am I sufficiently
> “revealed”? 🤣
>
> I send fond regards and many blessings from this community called Consuelo
> (*Consolation*).
>
> Dean.
>
> [image: image1.jpeg]
>
> -::-::-::-
>
> On Apr 4, 2023, at 12:31 AM, Mary Lou Jorgensen-Bacher via Sundaycommunity
> <sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:
>
> 
> Thank YOU Dean.  Who are YOU?  I don't know from our listings, WHO *YOU*
> ARE???
>
> Please *reveal* your self!
>
>
>
> Mary Lou Jorgensen-Bacher
> Keeper of the Flame
>
>
> On Monday, April 3, 2023 at 08:22:38 p.m. EDT, Dean Riley via
> Sundaycommunity <sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:
>
>
> This is so amazing and hopeful! Enjoy this beautiful video!
>
> Dean Riley.
>
> Michael Franti & Spearhead - Brighter Day
>
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