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14 January 2017 |
39 years of wedded bliss! |
… to the best husband in the whole wide world! By His Grace! |
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December 2016 forward… |
A pesky & persistent medical challenge is now mine to maze through…by His Grace! |
Thank God for my ‘Medical Resource Book’ with Medical Profile/Log and Medication Log, etc. categories! This walk |
will just sharpen my skills for continuing to teach The Book to others who are so much |
more ill and hurting. May God bless them all. |
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January 2017 |
AND, my laptop up’ed and died of pure fatigue; spent |
6 weeks eventually changing over to a new one while reading, journaling, thinking…getting healthy again! |
Wonderful! Now back to the desk! AND, my website is also being revamped! |
God Bless Ms. Renee for all!!! |
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14 February 2017 |
Surprised my sweet spouse of 39 years…Mass and |
Dinner at the Retreat Center joined by my sister and husband! What a lovely way |
to spend time in His presence and with each other. |
Valentine’s Day! |
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16 February 2017 |
We three amigas cantored Mass in the nursing home |
co-owned by our favorite first cousin in Lafayette, LA! Fr. Donald Pelous, our |
teacher and friend of old was Celebrant then off to lunch! Afterwards a visit with a |
another former teacher! Always look forward to this special day! |
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19 February 2017 |
Attended a meeting of the Orchid Society! Have |
always wanted to see and hear about this most interesting of God’s eye for the |
most delicate! The botanical names are plain fascinating |
and their beauty is Light itself! |
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21 February 2017 |
German Heritage Museum invitation to become a |
Board Member and, of course, said yes!! First meeting with the best of |
people and ideas galore in such a sacred space! |
German Heritage Museum |
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07 March 2017 |
Drive ‘Ms. Renee’ to Grand Lake High School |
… teaching of the A.C.T.S. preparatory lessons to many, many students! I visit |
with genealogist/cousin Beverly Delaney whose heart is in calling all in Cameron |
Parish by name; especially ‘our people!’ |
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12 March 2017 |
#2 meeting of the German Heritage Museum |
Board and I have my Wiring Diagram in a Binder all ready to go!! |
Invited first cousin, Wayne Hensgens, to come and see! |
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17-19 March 2017 |
Members of ‘Faith Renewal’ weekend in |
Lake Arthur utilizes Arthur Avenue for rest and prayer/3 women of God. |
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22 March 2017 |
Catholic Diocesan Television Taping |
Airing: May & June 2017 |
Segment: ‘Lead, Kindly Light!’ |
Final airing post 27 years!! |
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27 March 2017 |
Renee and I spend hours at the German Heritage |
Museum, Roberts Cove, LA to work the Hensgens Family Reunion Data, etc…!!! |
Love working in this sacred place! |
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31 March 2017 |
The Germanfest Folklife Singers Committee meets |
for lunch to work on the rehearsal schedule, songs, performance times… |
spending wonderful time together planning for our |
dear Singers! |
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5-7 April 2017 |
A Directed Private Retreat |
on Arthur Avenue with a Spiritual Dir. |
arriving for 3 sessions. |
By His Grace! |
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24 April 2017 |
My daddy’s 100th Birthday on a Monday morning |
which he would have loved heading off to work; “back to the salt mines” he would |
have said! |
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30 April 2017 |
18th JHensgens Family Reunion, Roberts Cove! |
Host Family ~ Nicholas Anthony Hensgens/Deshotels/118 |
19th Reunion in 2019 in Lake Arthur!! |
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01 May 2017 |
Proceeding to go through one Binder at a time mining |
them for publishing. Also color coding so as to disperse in 2029 sending to five |
locations & my ‘Archival Special Collection1’ |
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02 May 2017 |
Two friends of old are visiting kin and friends! |
We were together in the Washington, D.C. area and spent many a good time in that |
glorious Capitol. An ‘Arthur Avenue Heritage Tour’ #46 |
& lunch at ‘The Regatta’ were so enjoyed. |
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15 May 2017 |
Attended first meeting with the ‘No. 1 Ladies Hiking |
Club’ along with my retired military husband who has hiked a few miles in his |
36 year career! Listened to tales of The Camino, Spain. |
Still thinking about walking it! |
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In process … |
Handing up CSPH Heritage Center (Jan.2003-15 August 2017). |
which has been an honor to work with a wonderful team in creating the Center! |
Will work as Consultant. And, more CSPH Heritage |
Ministry on the way! |
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02 June 2017 |
German Heritage Museum-To teach a |
‘Heritage Workshop’ for 1. Organizing a Family Reunion, 2. Ordering |
ancestral archival paper and data/7 |
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07 June 2017 |
American Press Feature Writer on Arthur Ave. |
for a Heritage Tour #47 and subsequent feature article. Also, another feature |
About Teaching Heritage! What does that look like?!?! |
Printed 25 June 2017! |
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11 June 2017 |
Final airing of ‘Lead, Kindly Light’ segment on |
diocesan television,,,27 years later and 480 wonderful people in the Lord’s |
vineyard as His hands, feet, heart and mind! Thank you, |
Father for the opportunity to serve! |
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25 June 2017 |
American Press feature article and pics of Arthur |
Avenue/Mom and Dad in the ‘Life at Home’ section. Rita LeBleu wrote to |
an interesting way to track one’s Family Tree quoting |
Renee Reina and Constance Victoria!!! |
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19-20 July 2017 |
CSPHospital Heritage Ctr. Selections for the exhibit in |
Historic City Hall in commendation to the medical contributions all in celebration ~ |
The 150th Birthday of the Incorporation of Lake Charles |
as a City! |
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24 July 2017 |
Our son is 35 and |
tomorrow my husband will be 81! |
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31 July 2017 |
My daddy’s 32nd anniversary of death. |
Miss his way, wisdom, smile and voice! |
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11 August 2017 |
# 6 Facilitated Spiritual Faculty Retreat Day, |
Sacred Heart Catholic School, Ville Platte, LA held at Mother of the Redeemer |
Monastery in Plaisance! What a privilege!/60. What a grand |
and respectful group! |
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13 August 2017 |
#3 German Heritage Museum Board mgting, |
Roberts Cove, LA…wonderful agenda for creative ideas, to do list for Germanfest, |
etc…great, talented and caring people all! Real workers! |
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15 August 2017 |
Forward movement in the ‘Heritage Center’ |
at CSPHospital by ‘handing up’ the Center to a two ladies who have the heart |
and passion for all things heritage. Twas an honor and |
Privilege to put her together and serve. |
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18 August 2017 |
A Day of Reflection for the dear feature writer |
who compiled and composed the June article on Arthur Avenue – ‘The |
Spirituality of Time Management!’ |
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23 August 2017 |
Opening Mass for Our Lady Immaculate Catholic |
School, Jennings, LA … new principal Rebecca Chapman-Brantley…a special |
friend of old!! I have a special present for her!! |
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12 September 2017 |
Commenced attending monthly Knights of Columbus meetings |
with my favorite husband, Vic and Constance! A rosary is offered, meal is served and the women head home!! |
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17 Sept. and 01 Oct. 2017 |
‘Germanfest Folk Singers’ rehearsal visiting people |
along the way to and from! We attend Mass throughout the Diocese of Laf/LC |
7th year as Director and so very grateful to the singers! |
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22 Sept. 2017 |
Taught the Medical Resource Book’ to the |
Brothers of Mother of the Redeemer Monastery, Plaisance, LA/5 |
Medical Resource Book |
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29 Sept. 2017 |
Opening of the 150 Birthday of Lake Charles |
Exhibit, Historic City Hall to include artifacts and memorabilia from the |
‘Heritage Center’, CHRISTUS St. Patrick Hosp. |
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7 & 8 October 2017 |
22nd Germanfest in Roberts Cove, LA!! |
Anticipating mucho happenings! Seventh year directing ‘Germanfest Folk Singers’/34. Third year presenting the ‘St. |
Leo IV’ Church Tour From The Pew’/54 Saturday |
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10-17 October 2017 |
Visit to Chapel Hill, NC and attending the |
High Point Furniture Mart with my son! The Fall in NC is earthly perfection! |
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14 October 2017 |
Baby Shower to prepare and welcome our |
Monlezun/Peters Baby into the world/15 |
Three generations in the home again tahing-tahing all! |
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24 October 2017 |
Return to Eucharistic Ministry at CSPHospital |
after a 2.5 year sabbatical! Great to return being with the patients and associates. |
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27 October 2017 |
Power washed the graves in the ‘Monlezun |
Neighborhood’, St. Anthony Cemetery in Lake Arthur, LA just in time for All Souls |
Day 2017…all will have their faces washed and fresh |
flowers to boot! |
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15 November 2017 |
Met to discuss “Voices of Daughters’ - an audio of |
Catholic Daughters of Cameron Parish; their remembrance of Hurricane Rita and |
the rebuilding of their churches and parish family! |
To be executed in 2018! |
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17 November 2017 |
10th year as a Benedictine Oblate with Holy Angels |
Convent, Jonesboro, AR! And, 136 years celebrating my Hensgens/Reiners |
ancestors arrival in New Orleans, LA from Germany! |
And, pick up ironing in Roberts Cove, LA!!! |
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24 November 2017 |
The day after Thanksgiving is the day that the |
Christmas decorations are organized and placed throughout the house to seasonal |
music especially Aaron Neville!! Renee takes care of |
the tree every year, bless her heart! |
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28 November 2017 |
My dear mother’s 17th year of death. I miss her daily. |
Ms. Marilyn Flavin invited RAR and I to lunch at the Pioneer Club celebrating our |
friendships. |
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03 Dec 2017 |
Our traditional ‘St. Nick’s’ at specified homes in |
Roberts Cove, LA with the choir of St. Leo IV Catholic Church Parish & |
w/ St. Nick, Little Black Peter AND Santa Claus…all in a |
school bus! What a great time/8 homes places. |
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06 Dec 2017 |
Visit to German Heritage Museum for the visit of |
St. Nickolas on this, his day! He visits with the children and tended by many! On to Sacred Heart School in Ville Platte to |
work details of Place Based Heritage Education Day, a Silent Retreat and/or |
Arthur Avenue Heritage Tour for wonderful children and adults! |
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December 2017 |
The parish priest of Our Lady of the Lake Catholic |
Church parish was given a key to AAvenue for retreat…to discern, write |
and be in the quiet! We are thrilled and so is he! He loves |
the home! |
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12 Dec 2017 Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe! |
Hitting my 70th year stride teaching ‘Silent Retreat |
CONNECT’ and ‘HeritageCONNECT all the years long! |
Thank you, Father for Your will, way and wisdom. |
10th year publishing: www.leadkindlylight.net |
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December 2017 |
Traditional ‘Christmas Family Gathering’ on |
Arthur Avenue begun by our parents many, many years ago. We are 89 in # |
not all are able to gather (!) but gather we do/69 adults (18 |
little ones!) |
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27 December 2017 |
Mom’s 96th Birthday!! Tis the date we take the ‘house |
down’ post-Christmas and enjoy a slice of birthday cake…and gratefully remember. |
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January 2017: ARTHUR AVENUE WAS BUILT IN 1904: ‘The Lady’ is 113 YEARS OLD; our ancestral home of origin! |
Dates: |
Link Categories:
Silent Retreat Series: 1989 Virginia and Washington, D.C. Commenced 1990-my home in Lake Charles and March 2000 to Arthur Avenue:
08 May 1990 to 23 October 2015 on Arthur Avenue only;
‘Speak A Word’: Faculty Retreats & Spiritual Days 07 May 1990 to 11 August 2017:
LINKS: ‘Silent RetreatCONNECT:
‘HeritageCONNECT links now combined:
‘All Along The Way’ New Link:
‘Journals & Binders’ age 16 to 70!:
‘Arthur Avenue Heritage Tours’ 10 February 2009 to 07 June 2017:
‘Place Based Heritage Education Day’ 01 May 2009 to 04 November 2016:
Family ChronicleCONNECT:
Events on Arthur Avenue March 2001 to December 2017:
Number of persons through the home 03 March 2001 to 23 December 2017: |
TOTALS of events, categories or participants:
Total - #701 Retreatants
#49 Silent Retreats – (#332 Retreatants)
#185 Events
#09 not counting sub-links!
#06 not counting sub-links!
16 Main Documents now combined
#320
#46 #408 persons smiled thru the home!
17 school visits, 5 different schools = #444 participants
5 links, 10 Family Lineages
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2,260 men, women and children! Wonderful! |
03 January 2001 to 11 November 2017: +16 years x 52 Fridays in a year = 832 days in the Home
+146 events in the home (x 24 for we spend 2 days and one night for each event) = 3,504 glorious hours spent on Arthur Avenue…to date!
TOTAL Silent Retreats & ‘Speak A Word’: 849 persons hearing of ‘a way’ living the Dailiness of Prayer, Ordering the Home and Time Management with a Christian Perspective!
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01 March 1995 to 22 September 2017 |
Medical Resource Books: |
01 March 1995 to 22 Sept. 2017 Taught in Groups and given to Individual: 1,428 |
Volunteer hours – 3 hours per person culminating to teach = 4,284 hours |
2018- to make the MRB interactive and upload on two new sites. |
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27 May 1990 to 11 June 2017 |
Lake Charles Catholic Diocesan Television Segments May 1990 to June 2017: |
‘Points of Interest’, ‘In His Image’, ‘From the Pew’, ‘Building Bridges’ and ‘Lead, Kindly Light’! #480 interviews |
To contact, write and interview – 3 hours per 480 interviews = 1,440 hours handed up! |
The Diocesan TV ‘Glad Tidings’ ended 25 June 2017 after 27 years interviewing! |
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March 2001 to March 2015 |
15 years serving as ‘Eucharistic Minister’ CHRISTUS St. Patrick |
Hospital Dept. of Pastoral Care and tending The Heritage Center est. 2003 to Spring 2015…on leave! |
24 October 2017 returned to the Dept. of Spiritual Care.’ Forward! |
Handed up the 15 August 2017 |
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7 & 8 October 2017 |
7th year directing Germanfest Folk Singers!...as well as… |
4th year facilitating the ‘St. Leo IV Catholic Church Tour’ on Saturday and Sunday/#211 souls in attendance! |
First year on German Heritage Board of Directors! Wonderful! |
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31 December 2015 – December 2017 |
Sabbatical in some ministries in order to focus on ‘Binders |
Galore’ giving thought to ‘Silent RetreatCONNECT ’ and ‘HeritageCONNECT’ as well as preparing to publish a brand spanking |
new updated website data program which is in process! (10th year publishing lkl.net 2007-2017!) |
God bless Ms. Renee all the days of her life! |
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2018 |
Discerning ‘Roberts Cove Heritage Theater’ bringing together |
intergenerational folk for Germanfest, German Heritage Museum Tours, St. Nickolas for the children at The |
Museum every year, etc…we shall see! |
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2018 forward |
Discerning tying together all links & ministries |
in story form’ from first memories to current date, all in gratefulness, |
as it will be ongoing, til, death do I part!! |
Then all is digitized for the beyond!! |