26/01/2023 - Ireland

Sr Antoinette from the Unit of West Africa writes of her time in Ireland.

Carrick-on- Shannon and Tubbercurry were the lands of my dreams. The Irish sisters who lived with me in The Gambia and Senegal spoke a lot about Carrick-on-Shannon and Tubbercurry.

From the sound of their names I fell in love with these places. I had only one big wish in my Marist life: to visit Carrick-on-Shannon and Tubbercurry someday. 

 

And Carrick here I came. Tubbercurry here I am. I was not disappointed.

I came, I saw and I believed.

I came to the very beginning of Marist life here in Ireland. In fact, I am privileged to be here for the 150^th anniversary of the presence of Marist Sisters in Carrick.

I saw history kept alive and lived differently.

I saw beautiful, kind, generous, considerate and open Marist women who were delighted to have me around.

I saw the courageous women who helped to build my faith as a child, a teenager and a young adult.

I saw women who influenced my Marist dreams.

I saw strong connections with home.

I saw that my presence gave hope to all sisters.

Therefore, I believe that as it was in the beginning is still very much so today.

I believe that it’s now my turn to continue raising the Marist flag

with dignity, simplicity and integrity for I felt I belonged.

This experience was made richer by the presence of Sr Sumreen a Religious from Pakistan who came with me during this time. She is now an “adopted” Marist.

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