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Dear Sisters and Friends: Seeds of Hope community is happy to be able to be sending this Seeds of Hope Newsletter Winter 2019 to all of you. We are deeply grateful for your ongoing interest and support which has accompanied us for over 25 years. Our journey together has been full of growth and we are excited to share with you the birthing of our new directions. With gratitude and blessings for the Christmas season,

Warm Christmas Greetings dear Sisters and Friends. We are pleased to share with you this Christmas reflection which was prepared by Sister Eleanor Gleeson. Christmas 2019 Reflection Many blessings during this special season and in the year to come.  

DRIES, SISTER JULMA (Julma Evelyn) entered Eternal Life on Tuesday, November 26, 2019 at Villa Angela in Chatham, Ontario. Born in Ruscom, Ontario in 1921, the daughter of the late Isadore and Stephanie (Schiettecatte) Dries. She entered the Ursuline Sisters of Chatham in 1941. During those years she served the Ursuline Community as a homemaker at “The Pines” and Glengarda, Kindergarten teacher and social worker in Drumheller, Alberta, Sacristan at “The Pines” and in 1997

Villa Angela Sisters welcomed the team from the Brescia University College centennial Mural Project for a creative experience of participatory art making. In order to preserve the history of 100 years of Brescia life, each and every personal story shared by the sisters is so valuable. The leader of the mural design, Melanie Schambach specializes in making the creative process accessible and attractive to all. Melanie is committed to the participatory arts process – creating