Saturday, February 22, 2020

Retreat for St. Michael's Adoration Monastery, Meymemsingh, Bangladesh

From Dinajpur to Meymemsingh 10 hours journey by road was a unique esperience...the drivers don't  drive but they literally fly...the roads are pretty good but a lot repair work is on but the drivers have no patience,,,,I was literally carrying my heart in mouth....so terrified....and to add to all this is the honking which is never ending...noise pollutions besides the normal air pollution.....
 The country side is beautiful....all green ...paddy cultivation....a lot of ponds for breeding the fish....
 Meymesingh is quite big city....very crowded......the Catholic population is sizeable,.....
 St. Michael's monastery is 82 years old....
 The monastery is quite spacious....
 The garden and surroundings are beautiful

 The long and silent corridors....
 24 young and old sisters, very active and vibrant .....
 Very much interested to study about Franciscan spirituality

 Fr. Jerome D'Souza from the province of St. Fidelis of Lucknow...is their chaplain....he is here for last 12 years....lives in the bishop's house which is just right opposite the Monastery





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