"Wise Men still seek Him"

For the second year in a row the Port Hood DSJ were in the Santa Claus Parade. This year, we were the Three Wise Men, in search of the new born King. Enjoy the pictures. (The camel was great!)

All Saints' Day Party 2009

Once again, the Daughters of St. Joseph hosted the All Saints' Day party for St. Peter's Parish. The games were a lot of fun, the cookies were beautiful (and delicious), and the costumes were great!

All you saints and angels, pray for us!

October Meeting - Know, Love, Serve

Our first meeting of the year, and we talked about a very important topic - the purpose of our life here on earth: To know, love and serve God in this life, and to be happy with Him for ever in the next.

We also spent some time planning for the new year, brainstorming about how we, as Daughters of St. Joseph, we can know, love and serve God this year. There were many great ideas - it should be a great year!

Here are a few pictures:

June Monthly Meeting - Life is beautiful, Every life!

This month we had talks and discussions on the topic of the beauty and dignity of human life. We also talked about some threats to human that are very prevalent in our world today -abortion and euthanasia.

We ended our meeting by praying the Rosary for an end to abortion and euthanasia.

Mother Daughter Day

DSJ Mothers and Daughters spend the afternoon of May 30th together. They had a Marian procession followed by poems and skits presented by the mothers and daughters in turn. A great time was had by all!

Swimming!

Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker May 1st 2009

The Daughters of St. Joseph in Port Hood celebrated the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker in style. After the Holy Rosary and Mass in the convent chapel, we enjoyed a delicious supper of tacos, salad and a beautiful Feast Day cake (all prepared by the Daughters themselves). Then everyone used their amazing God-given talents to entertain the residents of Marian Residence with a talent show. The music, dancing,
and skits were enjoyed by all.

Happy Feast Day, everyone (and would anyone like some duck milk??? :)

Holy Week Retreat April 4 2009

On the Saturday before Palm Sunday, we had our Holy Week Retreat. With talks, skits, prayers and games, we focused on what we will be celebrating over the next week- the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
After a wonderful supper of Galloping Cows Pizza, we finished off the day with confessions and the Vigil Mass of Palm Sunday.

March Meeting - Lent

On February 25th, 2009, Ash Wednesday, the season of Lent began. During these fourty days, we prepare our souls for the celebration of Easter by prayer, sacrifice and works of charity.
During our meeting this month we made pretzles, which are a traditional Lenten food in many parts of the world. (Ours turned out well, a little salty, though :) The Daughters also wrote reflections and prayers for the Stations of the Cross, which we prayed at the end of the meeting.

May you all have a happy and Holy Lent!

February Meeting - Charity

With St. Valentine's Day approaching, we decided to find out what love is really all about. It is a word that used so often in our society, but yet most people do not really understand what it means.
We watched a video about Our Lord's Passion and Death - the greatest act of love in the history of the world, and then talked about how we can show our love for God and neighbour.

Sleighride

On January 23rd, the Daughters of St. Joseph went on a sleighride at Glenora Falls. Lots of fun was had by all, with pizza to start, the sleighride, sledding, hot chocolate and visiting with the cat, dog and horses.

A big thank you to all who helped organize, drive, and cook! God bless you all!

Here are some pics: (if anyone has anymore, send them to me and I will put them up!)

January Meeting - Virtue and Vice

We kicked off the new year by learning about virtues and vices: what are they? why should we try to grow in virtue and avoid vice?

We learned (from our game!) that to to aquire virtue will require lots of hard work, but in the end it will be worth it!

DSJ Sleep-Over

We had our first annual DSJ Sleep-Over December 4-5 2008.
Because it was Advent, we spent some time learning about the true meaning of Christmas, the Christian roots of Christmas traditions and how to prepare our hearts for Christmas.
After some skits that illustrated the true meaning of Christmas in different ways, we walked over to the convent chapel to spend a Holy Half Hour with Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament.
December 4 marked exactly one year since our first DSJ meeting, so we celebrated with a cake made by two Daughters. It was delicious! We thank God for all His blessings during the past year.
In the morning (after we all got very little sleep!) We went back over to the convent for Rosary and Holy Mass, at which two girls were enrolled as Daughters of St. Joseph. Congratulations and welcome!
After a delicious brunch prepared by our fearless chaperone, we were in the Port Hood Santa Claus Parade! Everyone looked great!

It was a great time, and I look forward to the next one!

Enjoy the pictures:

DSJ apostolates are off and running!

We have begun all three of our apostolates.

The Altar Society has met a couple of time, and worked very hard cleaning the church.

Media and Evangelization had their first meeting, and the Daughter who attended made some very interesting videos to learn basic camera and editing skills. They show real potential!

The DSJ who will be visiting the elderly met to plan a party for the seniors at Marian residence. We hope to have the party very soon.

Good job to all of you! Keep up the good work!

Here are a few pictures from the first meeting of the Altar Society: