A few days ago, I participated in an event that commemorated the martyrdom of a priest in the Majdanek Concentration Camp near Lublin, Poland in 1944. When offered freedom if he would stop helping others find freedom (for their souls), Fr. Kowcz chose to endure suffering alongside his fellow prisoners. On display at the event [...]
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Celebrating Canada (and the Shire)
June 27, 2007How awesome it is that we can celebrate our country.
In Tolkien’s Return of the King there is a chapter titled Scouring the Shire. I recently commented to a 15-year-old avid reader of Tolkien how insightful that particular chapter is, and how it could be applied to some of life’s situations today. Sometimes we allow others [...]
Dad – Have a Great Forever!
June 13, 2007In a couple of days many families will be celebrating Father’s Day. Many dads take their family to work in snapshot form, on their cell phones, and on their computer screens. My husband’s art studio walls are decorated with cards and pictures from past years. As I glance over them I hear a six-year-old girl [...]
Making A Big Splash
June 9, 2007When we spoke of making a ‘big splash’ to celebrate thirty years at Serena Manitoba, we didn’t realize that the rain clouds would collaborate! Our Cruise & Lunch event onboard Canada’s largest riverboat, the MS Paddlewheel Queen, took place today. It appeared that the high water levels would somewhat hamper the excursion. However, [...]
The Best Things In Life Aren’t Things
May 17, 2007Art Buchwald is credited for saying that the best things in life aren’t things.
At Serena Manitoba we hear versions of that statement every time we read the evaluations after a natural family planning class. Or it might come to us as a thank you note from an organization that has just had one of our [...]
A Breath of Fresh Air
May 3, 2007Who doesn’t love spring?
The sentinel of colours provided by tulips, the nodding heads of daffodils in the breeze, the soft buds forming on the lilac bushes, the sound of childrens’ voices pent up too long indoors now squealing with delight on swings and slides, the late evening call of the robin – even the [...]
We Get Rave Reviews! – but you don’t have to take our word for it…
April 23, 2007Just in case you’ve been hesitating about calling us for a class in natural family planning, here are some comments from class participants:
I found the detailed information & relaxed presentation style worthwhile
Getting the thermometer in our kit takes the guess work out of which one to use
I found the charting practice worthwhile
The session made [...]
Serena Manitoba ~ Thirty Years Young in 2007
February 2, 2007Did you know that Serena Manitoba has been helping people make important decisions regarding their fertility for thirty years?
Thirty years of winter storms have come and gone and the volunteers at Serena still keep on going. (Actually, we have had to bring in a few replacements!) And now January 2007 has also blown itself away.
The [...]
ZU ZU’S PETALS
January 20, 2007Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life is one of our family’s favourite movies to watch over the Christmas season. There is a scene in which George Bailey’s little daughter Zu Zu carefully wraps a rose from her teacher in her coat to keep it from getting the cold she ends up getting. When some of [...]
Remembering Last Year’s New Year’s Resolution
January 4, 2007Do you even remember the New Year’s resolution you made in January 2006? Statistics indicate that apparently a lot of us can’t recall the resolution we made a year ago. Some of us may wish we couldn’t remember what we resolved to carry out to change our lives, and then failed to remain [...]
