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On October 19, 2024, a beautiful and sunny autumn day, Associates in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, gathered for their Expression of Covenant with the SSNDs at Waterdown. Enjoy these photos and a report by Christine Oats! 
  There are ample reasons to feel self-protective, guarded, and defended in our lives today, and an abundance of events and dynamics that trigger our fears and angers. How can we make the choice - again and again - to welcome the one we encounter as a fellow human?
  I can’t grieve for Russia’s attack on Ukraine, I can’t be horrified by the Nazi Holocaust and not acknowledge that this country I call “mine” is built on, exists because of, actions every bit as repellant. 
  
    
                  
              “What matters is that you serve God not as much as you want, but as much as is possible for you.”
              
            
  
  “What matters is that you serve God not as much as you want, but as much as is possible for you.”
              Blessed Mary Theresa of Jesus Gerhardinger Foundress, School Sisters of Notre Dame              
            

