<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp5e7a3cf0yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div style=""><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Dear Dean! (You are now sufficiently <b><font color="#fdef2b" style="background-color: rgb(205, 35, 44);">REVEALED!</font></b>)</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> I am glad that you were involved with the Scarboro Missions, as on a retreat, in 1974, I had a brain haemorrhage, on a retreat with Fr. "TERRY" Gallagher - I know that as a Scarboro Missions man, that you would be well acquainted with HIM! He is a magnificent man, one with whom I share many a laugh with and one with whom I have a great deal of<b style=""> <font size="3">respect</font> </b>for. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""> I was knocked unconscious for 8 weeks time, at Western Hospital, and then I went to the ONTARIO CRIPPLED CHILDREN CENTRE, for the next 5 months. I cannot remember the <font face="garamond, new york, times, serif" style="" size="3"><b>Western Hospital</b></font>, as I was <font size="3" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><b>unconscious</b></font> then, but after I was home in July of 1975, I was brought to the hospital, met with Dr. Harvey Shutz, my "<b style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">OPERATING MAN</b>", was introduced by my MOTHER (!), and was SO VERY thankful that he was my doctor. Life is almost always good - in fact it is GOOD, if one has a faith in the Lord God, or the "<b>MYSTERY</b>"<b> </b>in my terms. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""> I was an honours student in Gr. 13, I had just come to Toronto, from London On. I was the First Vice President of the Ontario Catholic Student Federation - I was an <b><font size="3">expanding</font></b> student, I did not want to be quiet at all! I made this very clear to all of the students on the retreat. I did go unconscious on the Thursday of that retreat - Fr. Terry Gallagher, whom I respect "SO MUCH", was instrumental in myI d recovery - by just showing up to see how I was doing, in writing letters to my parents, to me and in BEING <b style="background-color: rgb(205, 35, 44); color: rgb(253, 239, 43); font-size: medium;">"Fr. Terry Gallagher"</b><font size="2"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">!!!!!!!!!</span></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="2"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">WE have kept up our relationship to this day!!!!!</span></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="2"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="2"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> I do know what you are speaking of!</span></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="2"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="2" style="background-color: inherit;"> I am now 65, and it is a REAL PLEASURE to get to know YOU. When we are back to having a Mass with all of the people at it, it will be a REAL </font><font size="3" style="background-color: inherit;"><b>PLEASURE </b></font><font size="2" style="background-color: inherit;">to meet with you. Are you in the Toronto Region or <b><font color="#cd232c">where</font></b> are YOU? (in the "Conception" or "CONSUELO" in the Dominican Republic?) How old are you? Scarboro Missions is now at PRESENTATION MANOR, where I do see Terry Gallagher, many times. I am at the intersection of Eglinton and Yonge, in the STANLEY KNOWLES HOUSING CO-OP. I worked for 29.3 years time for the Ministry of Labour, on a Permanent Part-Time job (10:30-5:00) doing up Photocopying, Faxing, Distributing of Materials, Binders, Supplies and MANY</font><font size="3" style="background-color: inherit;"><b> OTHER </b></font><font size="2" style="background-color: inherit;">THINGS! I did really enjoy my JOB! I met Senator Tony Dean,</font><font size="2" style="background-color: inherit;"> one of my "bosses", (with whom I asked out for a meal, 45-50, and we are still going out for meals, only now it is once every 6 months = but it is still going out for a meal!!!!!!!)</font><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="2" style="background-color: inherit;"><br></font></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="2" style="background-color: inherit;"> YOU are an interesting man, one with whom I could get to know much better. Please do reply to this letter. I am married to a man who has his PhD in History. He also has Dyslexia and Asperger's Disease - he has never made over $22,000 in his life, but he is a GOOD man. He works for PRESERVATION of AGRICULTURAL LAND SOCIETY, as their RESEARCHER and has written </font><font size="3" style="background-color: inherit;"><b>5 books</b></font><font size="2" style="background-color: inherit;">, including,<br></font></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="2" style="background-color: inherit;">1. Petrotryanny = about Oil, War and Dictator</font></span><span style="background-color: inherit; font-size: small;">ship</span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><span style="background-color: inherit; font-size: small;">2. Two Billion Trees and Counting = about Edmund G. Zavitz and how he was the second Environmental Engineer that Canada has ever had, and how he reinvigorated the Oak Ridges </span>Moraine, by planting <b style="font-size: medium;">Carnivorous</b><font size="2"> trees over deciduous trees and this helped the whole thing to continue and be <b>reinvigorated </b>again!</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="2">3. His thesis, on the Canadian Housing Policy</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="2">4. Chief Dan George = the father of Pauline Johnson, one of our most revered poets!</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="2">5. a book about the MPP from Thorold = self</font><span style="font-size: small;"> published, but still it was PUBLISHED!</span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><span style="font-size: small;"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><span style="font-size: small;"> Please tell me the things that intrigue you, and I will tell you about things that intrigue me,<br></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><span style="font-size: small;"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><span style="font-size: small;">Mary Lou Jorgensen-Bacher</span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br></div><div class="ydp5e7a3cf0signature" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br><br>Keeper of the Flame</div></div>
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On Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at 08:26:59 p.m. EDT, Ron MacDonell via Sundaycommunity <sundaycommunity@lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp4f1c25a7yiv3306104668"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:garamond, times new roman, serif;font-size:large;" class="ydp4f1c25a7yiv3306104668gmail_default">Thanks, Dean, for all your missionary witness over the years!</div><div style="font-family:garamond, times new roman, serif;font-size:large;" class="ydp4f1c25a7yiv3306104668gmail_default">I am blessed with your friendship and I relish the many (hilarious!) good times</div><div style="font-family:garamond, times new roman, serif;font-size:large;" class="ydp4f1c25a7yiv3306104668gmail_default">we've shared.</div><div style="font-family:garamond, times new roman, serif;font-size:large;" class="ydp4f1c25a7yiv3306104668gmail_default">It's wonderful to see you at the Sunday Mass.</div><div style="font-family:garamond, times new roman, serif;font-size:large;" class="ydp4f1c25a7yiv3306104668gmail_default">abrazos!</div><div style="font-family:garamond, times new roman, serif;font-size:large;" class="ydp4f1c25a7yiv3306104668gmail_default">Ron<br clear="none"></div><div style="font-family:garamond, times new roman, serif;font-size:large;" class="ydp4f1c25a7yiv3306104668gmail_default"><br clear="none"></div></div><br clear="none"><div class="ydp4f1c25a7yiv3306104668gmail_quote"><div id="ydp4f1c25a7yiv3306104668yqt11421" class="ydp4f1c25a7yiv3306104668yqt4117039448"><div dir="ltr" class="ydp4f1c25a7yiv3306104668gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 4, 2023 at 10:03 AM Dean Riley via Sundaycommunity <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:sundaycommunity@lists.integralshift.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sundaycommunity@lists.integralshift.ca</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;" class="ydp4f1c25a7yiv3306104668gmail_quote"><div><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">Hello Mary Lou!</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">“Who are you?” is often a tough question to respond to… I’ll be as brief as possible…</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">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. </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><br clear="none"></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">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. </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><br clear="none"></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">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. 🙏🏼 </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><br clear="none"></span></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000"><span>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!</span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000"><span><br clear="none"></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">I hope this gives you an idea about “who I am”… Am I sufficiently “revealed”? 🤣</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><br clear="none"></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">I send fond regards and many blessings from this community called Consuelo (<i>Consolation</i>). </span></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" id="ydp4f1c25a7yiv3306104668m_763396192242796497AppleMailSignature" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><br clear="none"></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">Dean. </div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><br clear="none"></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><img alt="image1.jpeg" src="cid:g7Sh4UDyriZ6JGmbcJld" data-inlineimagemanipulating="true" style="width: 100%; max-width: 800px;"><br clear="none"></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><br clear="none"></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">-::-::-::-</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none">On Apr 4, 2023, at 12:31 AM, Mary Lou Jorgensen-Bacher via Sundaycommunity <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:sundaycommunity@lists.integralshift.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sundaycommunity@lists.integralshift.ca</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div><div dir="ltr">Thank YOU Dean. Who are YOU? I don't know from our listings, WHO <b><font style="background-color:rgb(205,35,44);" color="#fdef2b">YOU</font></b> ARE???</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Please <b><font style="background-color:rgb(253,248,105);" color="#cd232c">reveal</font></b> your self!</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Mary Lou Jorgensen-Bacher</div><div>Keeper of the Flame</div></div>
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On Monday, April 3, 2023 at 08:22:38 p.m. EDT, Dean Riley via Sundaycommunity <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:sundaycommunity@lists.integralshift.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sundaycommunity@lists.integralshift.ca</a>> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp4f1c25a7yiv3306104668m_763396192242796497ydp6bd9e9ebyiv4959359526"><div><div dir="ltr">This is so amazing and hopeful! Enjoy this beautiful video!</div><div dir="ltr" id="ydp4f1c25a7yiv3306104668m_763396192242796497ydp6bd9e9ebyiv4959359526AppleMailSignature"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="ydp4f1c25a7yiv3306104668m_763396192242796497ydp6bd9e9ebyiv4959359526AppleMailSignature">Dean Riley. </div><div dir="ltr" id="ydp4f1c25a7yiv3306104668m_763396192242796497ydp6bd9e9ebyiv4959359526AppleMailSignature"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="ydp4f1c25a7yiv3306104668m_763396192242796497ydp6bd9e9ebyiv4959359526AppleMailSignature">Michael Franti & Spearhead - Brighter Day</div><div dir="ltr" id="ydp4f1c25a7yiv3306104668m_763396192242796497ydp6bd9e9ebyiv4959359526AppleMailSignature"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="ydp4f1c25a7yiv3306104668m_763396192242796497ydp6bd9e9ebyiv4959359526AppleMailSignature"></div></div></div><div id="ydp4f1c25a7yiv3306104668m_763396192242796497ydp6bd9e9ebyiv4959359526"><div><div dir="ltr" id="ydp4f1c25a7yiv3306104668m_763396192242796497ydp6bd9e9ebyiv4959359526AppleMailSignature"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="ydp4f1c25a7yiv3306104668m_763396192242796497ydp6bd9e9ebyiv4959359526AppleMailSignature"></div></div></div>________________________________________<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Sundaycommunity mailing list<br clear="none">To send message: <a shape="rect" href="mailto:sundaycommunity@integralshift.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sundaycommunity@integralshift.ca</a><br clear="none">To manage Subscription: <a shape="rect" href="https://sundaycommunity.integralshift.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sundaycommunity.integralshift.ca</a><br clear="none">To Unsubscribe send email to: <a shape="rect" href="mailto:sundaycommunity-unsubscribe@integralshift.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sundaycommunity-unsubscribe@integralshift.ca</a><br clear="none">To Subscribe send email to: <a shape="rect" href="mailto:sundaycommunity-subscribe@integralshift.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sundaycommunity-subscribe@integralshift.ca</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div>
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