Arthur Avenue Event# |
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02 Jan 2018 |
Eucharistic Ministry (E.M.) resumed at CHRISTUS |
St. Patrick Hospital somewhat! Ailment persists through January and |
February 2018 however reading David McCullough remedies all |
maladies! E.M. every other Tuesday. |
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14 January 2018 |
40 years of wedded bliss indeed! |
The Father certainly knew what He was doing!! Thank you, Father! |
We spend the day talking about our wonderful son and past military assignments!! |
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Jan/Feb 2018 |
The blasted flu and cold symptoms for 40 days |
and 40 nights with two + relapses! Really!! Sacameh! Cancelled |
meetings, events, appointments…God bless |
the elderly one and all! |
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31 January 2018 |
Little Rock Bible Study/Romans! |
Wonderful ladies all; I am humbled to be in the same room |
with them as I hobbled in…once! MUST recover! |
I AM offering this up, God! |
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12 Feb. 2018 |
Invitation extended to CDA’s, Creole, LA to |
visit Arthur Avenue for a ‘Heritage Tour’…presented as part of their |
monthly meeting. Also, a few other ideas for their consideration…! |
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16 February 2018 |
#1 A Retreat Day on AAvenue for |
a friend; to rest, read and be with The Father! |
I beveraged and fed her while I read, thought and, journaled…! |
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23 Feb. 2018 |
The Day that Christmas ‘came down!!’ Truly!! |
First time in 17 years my Fridays on Arthur Avenue have been severely |
interrupted by the pesky flu and cold maladies!! |
I miss being at home. |
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02 March 2018 |
#20 ‘Place Based Heritage Education’ |
Day on AAvenue: Sacred Heart Catholic School, Ville Platte, LA/47! |
Placed Based Heritage Education Day My sister, Constance, took Group B! |
Their first visit to Arthur Avenue! |
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22 March 2018 |
We sisters-three visited with our first cousin |
who is a recent widow. She said that she thought of all the ‘ones who have |
gone before as we sat around the table ‘catching up’ and munching on much! |
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26 March – 05 April 2018 |
A timely visit with my son who is moving into his new |
Townhouse/Office in Raleigh, NC! Off to the Museum of Art, favorite restaurants & |
Holy Week services at the new Cathedral! AND, plenty of gumbo-making! |
Beautiful Holy Week indeed! |
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09 April 2018 |
‘Germanfest Folk Singers’ meeting in The Cove |
with Josie Thevis then on to a gathering of the Extension Ladies Group |
for a craft day of rosary making and visiting! Love this! I made a ladder |
rosary for my dear husband! |
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12 April 2018 |
My sister, Constance, and I visited our Dad’s favorite first |
cousin in Crowley, LA. She is 100 yrs young; twas a delightful time! |
She tells the stories as we ask the questions!! Thank you, Father, for |
her long and fruitful life. |
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01 May 2018 |
#48 ‘Arthur Avenue Heritage Tour’ for my friend |
Abby Fletcher and her high school classmates/spouses!/9 |
“The house that faith built” says Abby at the end of the Tour! |
Arthur Avenue Heritage Tour |
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04 May 2018 |
#49 ‘Arthur Avenue Heritage Tour’ ~ CDA’s |
of Creole, LA… are relatives and more relatives!!/09 |
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Arthur Avenue Heritage Tour |
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14 May 2018 |
#50 ‘Arthur Avenue Heritage |
Tour’ for Extension Ladies of the Roberts Cove area/07 |
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Arthur Avenue Heritage Tour |
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16 May 2018 |
Met with my pastor in order to share my ministry |
compilation!! I was exhilarated and he was very tired by |
the end! But now he knows! |
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27 May 2018 |
The 53rd anniversary of the drowning |
of my brother and sister; Alvin Joseph age 10 and Veronica Gertrude age 6. |
In His time, will way and wisdom all will be known in an instant. |
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29 May – 21 June 2018 (7 weeks) |
Invited to serve as a ‘Spiritual Care Visitor & E.M.’ with CHRISTUS |
Lake Area Hospital. The dear chaplain is doing mission work in Vietnam as a religious with The |
Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word’, Houston, TX. I am humbled to serve patients in this newest of the CHRISTUS |
Facilities in Lake Charles, LA |
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01 June 2018 |
#51 ‘Arthur Avenue |
Heritage Tour’ for college friends of old |
and their guests/04 |
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07 June 2018 |
Our Lady of the Lake Parish in Lake Arthur - |
Altar Servers’ crayfish boil and walk through on Arthur Avenue |
facilitated by the Pastor/15 |
Wonderful! |
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22 June 2018 |
#2 Retreat Day on Arthur |
Avenue for a friend of old…an accomplished |
pianist; yes, she will be invited to play the old |
piano! |
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04 July 2018 |
Joined Masterworks Chorale |
for the the 4th of July Concert with the Community Band! |
Patriotic Songs All! Wonderful! |
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05/18 July 2018 |
RAR hands up my website for me to tweak, upload and will learn to publish |
She secured lkl.net Dec. 2004 named ‘Web of Gratefulness!’ |
God bless her all the days of her long life; What technical work indeed publishing over a |
thousand pages on my site! |
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Keith Coleman (RIP) was my |
first Webmaster then Renee A. Reina who |
will now teach me. I am so grateful to |
these fine talented people! |
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01-09 August 2018 |
Return visit with my son in Raleigh, NC! I shadow him |
to his vendors, clients, job sites, restaurants, museums, and read |
the time away in his very comfortable townhouse! We love Raleigh! |
Wonderful friends and clients. |
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28 & 29August & 04 & 06 Sept. 2018 |
Invited back to CHRISTUS Lake Area |
Hospital as a Spiritual Care Visitor and E.M. as Chaplain |
will be on retreat & vacation in Ireland! I’ve got this Sister…enjoy |
the Green Isle! |
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12-28 September 2018 |
Our son and friends visit Milan, Cinque Terre, Barcelona, |
Paris and London… his second trip to Europe loving |
and cherishing the experiences each time! Patron Saint |
of Travelers protect my men. |
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29 September 2018 |
Constance Victorias’ 50th Goretti Class |
Reunion with ‘Open House’ on Arthur Avenue!! Special |
weekend for all with pics, memories, stories …’The Goretti |
Collection!’ I was in the kitchen!/85 |
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26 Aug, & 09 & 30 Sept. 2018 |
Rehearsals commence for ‘Germanfest |
Folk Singers!' An anticipated time of year to gather with |
cousins & friends in the tradition of our ancestors! Wonderful! |
24th Germanfest! |
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01 & 08 October 2018 |
My sister Constance signs me up for fun, fun, fun |
participation with “The Liberty Belles”- a singing troupe who |
performs in nursing homes! We started our singing lives at the Jennings nursing |
home now continuing into our late 60s’s and early 70’s!! |
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6/7 October 2018 |
Germanfest! Directing ‘Germanfest Folk |
Singers’ (8th year) and facilitating the ‘Church Tour From |
The Pew!’ (4th year) Love this weekend so ! |
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28 October 2018 |
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital |
Health Screening, Workplace Wellness SWLA, Calcasieu |
Parish Public School employees all!! Served as a ‘Pink Lady’ on |
a Saturday morning! Wonderful! (535)! |
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23 October 2018 |
Medical meeting and lunch on |
Arthur Avenue! The team loves to meet in this home as |
Tina Louise King-Monlezun makes all feel at home/10 |
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02-10 November 2018 |
Our son charters and captains a |
52’ catamaran in the British Virgin Islands for friends! Tis his |
5th trip loving this part of the Caribbean and first trip after the devastating 2017 hurricanes...so sad. |
12 excited folks have signed up! |
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16 November 2018 |
‘The Liberty Belles’ perform at ‘Mistletoe and Moss’ Christmas |
Shopping Extravaganza! The Monlezun Sisters three joined this |
wonderful group of ladies then wandered the isles …shopping, |
visiting singing the Benediction Song that went viral!! |
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19 November 2018 |
‘Speak A Word’ ~ OLQH Parish |
Altar Society of which I am a member like my mother |
and grandmother before me. Talk entitled: |
“Lead, Kindly Light!”/20 |
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25 November 2018 |
Returned to Family Choir as member after a few years |
hiatus! Wonderful to be back with the soprano section and |
hearing the beautiful-prayer-of-music. |
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10 December 2018 |
Troupe with ‘The Liberty Belles’ for |
Christmas fiestas singing in 05 nursing homes! I absolutely |
love this event. The ladies are wonderful and we |
have a ball making sounds of cheer! |
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23 December 2018 |
‘Christmas Family Gathering’ |
on Arthur Avenue for traditional caroling hayride, visiting, music, food galore |
and Santa Claus! This tradition was started by our parents many |
moons ago!/ 69 |
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27 December 2018 |
In celebration of our mothers’ 97th birthday, we three |
sisters arrived at the Bistro Cinema to see “Mary Poppins” |
which was superb! At one point we held up and waved |
our arms in delight! |
DATA:
+ARTHUR AVENUE WAS BUILT IN 1904: |
‘The Lady’ is 114 YEARS YOUNG AND SERVES AS
OUR ANCESTRAL HOME OF ORIGIN.
+ 03 January 2001 (our last parent died November 2000) to 28 December 2018 on Arthur Avenue:
a) 17 years x 52 Fridays in a year = 884 days spent in the Home
b) 156 events in the home (x 24 for I spend 2 days and one night for each event) =
3,744 glorious hours spent on Arthur Avenue, to date!
c) Number of persons through the home 03 January 2001 to 29 December 2018: 2,608! Wonderful!
My website, www.leadkindlylight.net needed and accepted a new program under the expert guidance of Renee A. Reina, M.Ed:
a) A thousand + pages were reworked over a two year time period.
b) Now, 3 major link categories on the Main Page:
Silent RetreatCONNECT
DATA: Silent Retreat Series:
1986 Springfield, VA and Washington, D.C.. Commenced 1990 in my home in Lake Charles and March 2000 moved the Retreat to Arthur Avenue – 1986 – 2018: Total: #725 Retreatants
https://www.leadkindlylight.net/silent-retreatconnect/
HeritageCONNECT
‘Arthur Avenue Heritage Tour’: 10 February 2009 – 01 June 2018, Total: #51 Tours
‘Place Based Heritage Education’ Day on Arthur Avenue: 01 May 2009 to 02 March 2018, Total: 18 events, Total: #488 principals, teachers, students and parents!
https://cms.e.jimdo.com/app/saddb8254b81b8d91/p89ed477983821ec3/?cmsEdit=1
Read! Read! Read!
AND…
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March 2001 to December 2018 |
17 years serving as ‘Eucharistic Minister’ CHRISTUS St. Patrick |
Hospital Dept. of Pastoral Care and tending The Heritage Center 2003 - 2018 |
2018-CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital work with same dept.. |
‘Medical Resource Book’ now given personally one by one! |
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2018 |
8th year directing ‘Germanfest Folk Singers’ …as well as… |
5th year facilitating the Germanfest ‘St. Leo IV Catholic Church Tour’ on Saturday. |
Second year on ‘German Heritage Museum’ Board of Directors! |
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2019 forward |
Discerning: MSU Depts. of History & English with Arthur Avenue in a sort of Heritage Dance!
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Discerning pursuing my ancestral foremother lineages and data: Peterson, Miller and Broussard!! |
To organize a ‘Tidy-up and Plug In Santa Day’ on Arthur Avenue! |
JHensgens Family Reunion ‘19 Updated Data requested January 2019…to receive and compile. |