Silver Jubilee of Bradford

We congratulate the community of Bradford (Britain/Ireland) who celebrates the Silver Jubilee on 3 January.

THE BRADFOR COMMUNITY 


 

We congratulate the community of
Bradford (Britain/Ireland) who celebrates the Silver Jubilee on 3 January.

 

 


Taken from Archives of Province

January 3rd 1985 the Community of four Sisters came to 3 Grasleigh Way to set up a community there. The Sisters had a day of Recollection with Mary and Dolores Murphey took over the kitchen for the day.

In the evening Fr. Kenny arrived to bless the house and celebrate Mass, Mary had taken us through some of the things we might practise in order to build good community living and Dolores had got the makings of a 'super' banquet together.

The next big event was the arrival of Monsignor canon john Murphy V.G.  He had been sent by the Bishop to officially "erect" our Chapel.

The first four sisters were
Carmel Bateson, Brenda Waters, Eileen Coyne, Josephine Kemp.

We would like to share with you an event that we have taken from the ‘Voice’, which is a bulletin of Britain/Ireland. We express our joy to the sisters who inserted themselves among the Asylum Seekers and Refugees in
Bradford.

Singing in a tent!!

Refugee Week 15th  – 20th June was being celebrated in a Big way here in
Bradford! At the weekend the MELA was held in
Peel
Park. This is an annual Asian Festival where various singers and dancers perform, Asian food is sold, and a Big Fun Fare is set up.

In addition to these, other tents e.g. for the Environment, and Bradford City of Sanctuary, were set up. Maria Crowley, Celine Nannayakara and Teresa helped out in these tents. The Bradford City of Sanctuary Tent was for Asylum Seekers and Refugees. This tent was very colourful and very lively because of the music and dancing from many different countries.

Teresa sang some Sesotho songs and invited others from different countries to join in her impromptu band, using tambourines and drums!!

Monday,15th June, was the official launch held at
Bradford Action for Refugees Centre where Celine helps out. As well as the lively entertainment there were talks from the Lord Mayor and a CAP (Church Action on Poverty) Representative, as well as some personal stories and poems.

Awards were presented to some refugees who had overcome adversity, become Volunteers and had made a great contribution to the local community.

The MOTTO for Refugee week was: -

“DIFFERENT PASTS, SHARED FUTURES”

The
Bradford
Community