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20 January 2016 |
Discussion of ‘Heritage Studies Series’, |
McNeese State University, Office of May Gray, |
SAGE Program/Leisure Learning |
Heritage Studies Series |
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21 January 2016 |
Discussion of my ‘Heritage Studies Series’ |
with personnel at The Verandah and Carriage House at Graywood. |
Scheduled ‘Heritage Studies Series’ with The Verandah, Lake Charles, LA |
Heritage Studies Series |
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08 February 2016 |
Viewed the newly refurbished St. Michael |
Church, Crowley with Alberta Lyons and Fr. Donald Pelous, lunch |
then on to Alberta’s for coffee and dessert! AND, we get to meet Emma Dale Bruce! |
Birthday Lunch for Four! (Dec/Jan. bdays) |
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24 February 2016 |
Catholic Diocesan Television Taping |
Airing: March, April 2016 |
Segment: “Lead, Kindly Light!” |
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04 March 2016 |
#17 ‘Place Based Heritage Education’ |
Day on Arthur Avenue; St. Francis Catholic School, Iota, LA/28 |
Place Based Heritage Education |
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25 March 2016 |
Good Friday Service, St. John Cathedral in |
Lafayette, LA…in the pew with Alberta Lyons! |
Our favorite place, for years now, to kiss the Holy Cross of |
Our Dear Lord. |
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26 March 2016 |
HRP sold his sailboat “Valero” to a friend |
who is a member of the Lake Charles Yacht Club. |
It served in its season! |
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06 April 2016 |
Catholic Diocesan Television Taping |
Airing: May, June & July 2016 |
Segment: “Lead, Kindly Light!” |
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08 April 2016 |
‘Five Ladies’ Luncheon discussing ‘Germanfest |
Folk Singers’ performances at Germanfest, 1 & 2 |
October 2016 in Roberts Cove, LA! See you there! |
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08-10 April 2016 |
Six men stayed on Arthur Avenue for a |
‘Faith Renewal’ Weekend in Lake Arthur! Wonderful! |
Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church |
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15 April 2016 |
# 44 ‘Arthur Avenue Heritage Tour’ for residents and family |
members of The Verandah and Carriage House at Graywood , Lake Charles/7 |
Heritage Studies Series 2 |
Heritage Workshop |
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16-23 April 2016 |
My son captains a large catamaran in the |
British Virgin Islands with 8 friends from the Carolinas. |
He webcamed us from the first island stop and it was |
thrilling indeed! |
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April 2016 |
‘Antoine A. Pontón Design, LLC’!! Our son’s |
newly opened design business in N.C. with a |
Wonderful website! We are so very proud and happy for him! |
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24 April 2016 |
My dear daddy’s 99th birthday. Blessed Day, |
dear one. We celebrated with a weekend in Galveston , TX |
with my sister and her husband my first brother-in-law!! |
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29 April 2016 |
First official meeting “Lake Arthur Heritage |
Chroniclers’ on AAvenue!/8 |
Heritage Studies Series |
Lake Arthur Heritage Chroniclers |
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Commencing May 2016 |
My website ‘host’ is updated 2004 – 2016! |
…over one thousand pages of text and some pics! |
RAR! (Pray for her and our electronic consultant!) |
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03 May 2016 |
To listen, learn & envision from the director of ‘St. Landry |
Parish Cemetery Historical Reenactment’ discerning Germanfest 2016! |
Germanfest Heritage Theater |
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6 &7 May 2016 |
Retiree ‘Warrior Camp’ weekend, Ft. Polk, LA |
(where we met!) for my dear soldier husband! I will be in |
The post library, PX and Starbuck’s! |
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07 June 2016 |
Associate Genealogist with the Historical And Genealogy Library in Lake Charles, |
PPt. Presentation for residents of The Verandah/Carriage House |
Heritage Studies Series 4 of 5!/12 |
Germanfest 2016!! |
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14 June 2016 |
I am residing at Castel Gondolfo…El Papa’s Italian summer |
residence … in my mind!…to read, think, journal, plan, cook/bake, stare at |
the pool, sometimes get into the thing…fully enjoy my superb and wonderful husband!!! |
RAR braces for the work ahead!! |
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24 June 2016 |
Second meeting, ‘Lake Arthur Heritage |
Chroniclers’ on Arthur Avenue…agenda ‘Topics |
of Interest’ for All!/6 Vicki Carter-Broussard, |
Appointed Co-Coordinator! |
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July 2016 |
25 years as a member of the Catholic Daughters |
of America, Our Lady Queen of Heaven Court #1785. |
I was kindly given a precious pin like my mother and her |
Mother…and so it goes! I brought it to AAvenue! |
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02 July 2016 |
Annual ‘Patriots’ Ball’, Civic Center, Lake Charles, LA |
honoring all U.S.A. military men and women in uniform having served, serving and |
who will serve! My husband in dress blues; I am so proud, so grateful! |
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06 July 2016 |
Catholic Diocesan Television Taping |
Airing: August & October 2016 |
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13 July 2016 |
‘Antoine A. Ponton Design’, L.L.C. … he is in business commencing in NC…to start! |
Friends arranged for him to shadow their businesses in Charleston, SC, NYCity and Raleigh, NC. He has his first commission in D.C.! |
They have hit the Atlanta Design Mart and twice to the High Point, NC Design Mart …to date! Isaac Jared’s undergraduate is Architecture! |
He skillfully helped construct AAP’s website and designed business cards printed within a week!!! |
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21-28 July 2016 |
My husband and I journey to Washington, D.C.WW ll Memorial & Museum and my |
stomping grounds around the Capitol! By Amtrak to NC in order to celebrate the three |
July birthdays of my three men! 82nd Airborne Museum, Ft. Bragg, NC was on the list as well! |
All by Air, Metro and Amtrak! Wonderful memories! |
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31 July 2016 |
31st year of my father’s death. |
Rest in peace, dear one. |
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07 & 21 August 2016 |
Germanfest Folk Singers Rehearsals in The Cove |
for our 22nd Germanfest! But first a mgting to discuss a invitation to facilitate the ‘St. Leo IV Church Tour’ for |
Germanfest 2016! I delightfully accepted!
(Germanfest 2016/Folk Singers) |
Germanfest 2016 |
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31 August 2016 |
Catholic Diocesan Television Taping |
Airing: September, November & December 2016 |
Segment: “Lead, Kindly Light!” |
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04 & 25 September 2016 |
Germanfest Folk Singers rehearsals in The Cove! |
Prior meeting with Gretchen Zaunbrecher with details for the 2 day festival! Full days! |
Germanfest Folk Singers |
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03 &0 4 September 2016 |
‘Heritage Family Sequence’ presented to retired Jesuits, Grand |
Coteau, LA/9 and Germanfest mgting to organize the sale of the ‘Germanfest Folk |
Singers’ Songbook at Germanfest 2016!! Sing along with gusto!! |
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15 September 2016 |
My brand new leased vehicle arrives…every |
Three years…tis a wonderful thing! Thank you, husband! |
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13-18 September 2016 |
Trip to Phoenix, AZ/’Wild Horse Resort!’ Visit to the Grand Canyon; my first trip |
was age 16! Drive through the Painted Desert. Hopi, Apache and Navajo Reservations! Wonderful! |
Vigil Mass, Newman Center, University of Arizona! Many miles on the rental indeed! |
O, the Arizona Mall wasn’t bad at tal!! |
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1st & 2nd October 2016 |
Germanfest in Roberts Cove, LA and my 6th Year directing Germanfest Folk |
Singers…11th year as a happy member! Facilitated ‘St. Leo IV Church Tour From The Pew!’ |
# 83 Sat. and #74 Sunday joyfully attended! Retired Jesuit and attendants joined us again this year. Wonderful days! |
Germanfest 2017! |
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4 & 5th October 2017 |
Major trimming of the old magnolia tree on |
Arthur Avenue. She is a little sick, the state team cut and |
shaped and we pray she will recover over time!! |
Poison Ivy and Oak followed!!! |
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22 October 2017 |
Ft. Polk Retirement Day! We journeyed there for |
current military ID cards, etc. They plan a great day |
for all! I love this trip up, there and back with my wonderful |
‘re-fired’ husband! |
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October 2017 |
Lake Arthur Health Clinic Board Meeting on |
Arthur Avenue round the big table!! Wonderful!/7 |
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04 November 2016 |
#19 ‘Place Based Heritage Education’ |
Day on AAvenue: St. Peter Catholic School, Gueydan/9 |
Place Based Heritage Education |
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08-13 November 2016 |
Drove Sr. Mildred Leonards, CDP to visit with German cousins in |
Jasper, IN. Also a visit to St. Meinrad’s Archabbey and the OSB’s on ‘The Mount’ |
in Ferdinand, IN as well as an ‘Olinger Sibling Gathering’ at a charming cabin in the hills! |
Wonderful! |
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16 November 2016 |
Catholic Diocesan Television Taping |
Airing: January & March 2017 |
Segment: “Lead, Kindly Light!” |
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17 November 2016 |
135 years that my ‘Hensgens/Reiners |
Families’ arrived in New Orleans from Germany! Also |
my nine year anniversary of being commissioned as a |
Benedictine Oblate/AR |
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28 November 2016 |
16th year of my dear mother’s death. |
Rest in peace, dear one. You would love the |
Arthur Avenue activities; thank you for being my mother! |
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December 2016 |
Caroling with the Singers of Roberts Cove |
for the ‘Day of St. Nicholas!’ We will visit about 8 homes! |
One of my favorite Cove traditions! |
Cancelled due to cold rain!! Ugh! |
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12 December |
Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe = Spring |
Street Christmas goes up! She is Patroness of the |
Americas…Our Blessed Lady! |
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December 2016 |
Extended ‘Family Christmas Gathering’ on |
Arthur Avenue! This tradition was begun by my parents |
many, many years ago/53! |
Monlezun/Hensgens Family Chronicle! |
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27 December 2016 |
My dear mother’s 95th Birthday. Blessed Day, |
dear one! Tis the day we ‘take down’ Christmas at |
home with a slice of birthday cake, a prayer & candle for you! |
In Gratefulness! |
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Totals to 10 December 2016 |
Link Categories:
Silent Retreat Series: 1989 Virginia and Washington, D.C. Commenced 1990-my home in Lake Charles and 2000 to Arthur Avenue:
08 May 1990 to 23 October 2015 on Arthur Avenue:
LINKS: ‘HeritageCONNECT links now combined:
‘Journals & Binders’ age 16 to date, age 68!:
‘Arthur Avenue Heritage Tours’ 10 February 2009 to 15 April 2016:
‘Place Based Heritage Education Day’ 01 May 2009 to 04 November 2016:
Family Chronicles:
Events on Arthur Avenue March 2001 to December 2016:
Number of persons through the home 03 March 2001 to 23 December 2016: |
# of events, categories or participants:
Total - #699 Retreatants
#49 Silent Retreats - #332 Retreatants
#27
#318
#44 #405 persons smiled thru the home!
#5 school + 17 visits = #444 participants
9 Lineages
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2,172 men, women and children! |
January 2001 to 10 December 2016: 15 years x 52 Fridays in a year = 780 days in the Home
138 events in the home (x 24 for we spend 2 days and one night for each event) = 3,312 glorious hours spent on Arthur Avenue…to date!
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2016: ARTHUR AVENUE BUILT IN 1904 = SHE IS 112 YEARS OLD! |
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2016 |
Combined links for updated website: 1- ‘We Love You More Than Life Itself’, 2- ‘Silent |
Retreat Series’, 3- ‘Read! Read! Read!’, 4- ‘HeritageCONNECT’, 5- ‘Medical Resource Book’, 6- ‘Lead, Kindly Light’ Diocesan Television!’ |
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Summer 2016 |
HeritageCONNECT link combined and established: |
Journals and Binders, Timeline, Family Chronicles and A- Lake Arthur HeritageCONNECT, B- Roberts Cove HeritageCONNECT, C- Heritage |
Study SeriesCONNECT and D- In The Beginning!/26 Links! Wonderful! |
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01 March 1995 to 09 December 2016 |
Medical Resource Books: |
Given away: 1,415 |
Volunteer hours – 3 hours per teaching = 4,686 hours |
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27 May 1990 to 16 November 2016 |
Lake Charles Catholic Diocesan Television Segments: |
‘Points of Interest’, ‘In His Image’, ‘From the Pew’, ‘Building Bridges’ and ‘Lead, Kindly Light’! #477 interviews |
To contact, write and interview – 3 hours per 477 guests= 1,431 hours |
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March 2001 to Spring 2015 |
15th year serving as ‘Eucharistic Minister’ CHRISTUS St. Patrick |
Hospital Dept. of Pastoral Care and tending The Heritage Center est. 2003 |
Spring 2015 …on sabbatical |
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1 & 2 October 2016 |
6th year directing Germanfest Folk Singers!...as well as… |
Facilitating the ‘St. Leo IV Catholic Church Tour’ on Saturday and Sunday/#157 souls in attendance! |
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31 December 2015 – 1st Quarter 2017 |
Leave of absence in some ministries in order to focus on Binders Galore |
(!) to Publish, ‘Silent Retreat Series’/thought and ‘HeritageCONNECT’/thought! |
New and updated website in process…God bless Ms. Renee all the days of her life! |