The boarding facility was able to celebrate its grand opening with the District Superior, Fr. Couture; Mayor of New Hamburg, Les Armstrong; MP, Harold Albrecht; parishioners; boarders; family and friends!
Find out more details on Our Lady of Mount Carmel's website here.
Check out the photos:
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| Statue of Our Lady |
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| Our Lady and the cake to celebrate the grand opening |
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| Friends and family arrived to celebrate the blessing |
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| Fr. Stannus speaking with guests |
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| Some of the boarders looking forward to the blessing of their new home away from home |
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| District Superior, Fr. Couture, and Fr. Boulet joined the grand opening |
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| Guests socializing |
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| Fr. Sherry opening up the grand opening |
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| Darleen McLean, Harold Albrecht and Les Armstrong |
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| Fr. Couture, District Superior |
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| Guests |
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| More guests |
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| Fr. Sherry addressing the guests |
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| Boarders lining up to sing the Asperges Me |
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| More boarders ready for the blessing |
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| Fr. Couture blessing the building |
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| A few servers assisting with the blessing of the building |
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| Fr. Couture blessed each floor of the building |
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| And each room |
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| The beautiful vestment worn for the blessing ceremony |
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| Fr. Couture returning to the bottom floor to finish with the final prayers |
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| Fr. Couture and his servers |
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| Fr. Sherry, Fr. Boulet, and Fr. Stannus in prayer |
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| Fr. Couture giving a final blessing |
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| Guests awaiting the final presentations of the grand opening |
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| Fr. Sherry giving a short recap of the journey to building the new boarding facility |
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| Guests applauding |
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| Fr. Couture giving a small talk about the importance of education and formation of Catholicism |
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| Tour guides making themselves known |
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| Fr. Couture giving one final note |
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| Fr. Boulet getting the perfect picture of the cake |
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| Harold Albrecht giving Fr. Sherry a congratulatory note with Fr. Couture |
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| Harold Albrecht, Fr. Sherry, Fr. Couture, and Les Armstrong |
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| The boarders joining in on the photo |
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| Harold Albrecht and his wife taking a photo op with Fr. Couture |
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| Our "retired" engineer, Mr. Zepf, catching up with our long time contractors of the project |
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| Fr. Stannus socializing with guests |
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| The bust of St. Pius X sitting outside the boarding facility |
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| Fr. Couture cutting the cake |
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| One of the Tour Guides giving a tour to a couple of guests |
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| A close look of the congratulatory note from Harold Albrecht, MP |
Deo Gratias that the dormitory is now fully functional and houses the many boarders at the school this year. We are grateful for all of those who made it out for the grand opening, and also to those who have donated and contributed in any way to make this project possible.
We continue to implore the help of your generous donations. As a private school, we rely completely on donations and the hard work of our volunteers and staff to keep the school going. Therefore, we ask for those who are able, to donate to our GoFundMe page or follow the link to find other ways to help the school here.
Thank you and God bless 🙏
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