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Walk with Us Golden Jubilee Celebration for Sister Bernadette Murdoch MSHR Jubilee Barn The tables were festooned with fine cloth and each
with a lantern centerpiece and a bottle of wine labeled with a special
celebratory
label with Bernie’s name and date of profession. The food was
home-style, in the Miramichi tradition, as was the music performed
by Bernie’s internationally knows musician cousin, Matilda
Murdoch. Matilda, at age 85, still plays a fiddle that would set
any toe tapping. Her sons, musicians in their own right, joined
Matilda and were followed by younger family members who gladly
displayed
their own nascent talent. It seemed only right that the barn be the setting for this joyful event, a simple setting for people close to their land and beloved river. A people of faith, who long years ago gave up a daughter of Murdoch Road to follow a vision and seek out her own roads in the missionary journey. All that is good came into this world from a setting such as a barn. All that flows out of that good was manifested in the barn on Murdoch Road i.e. love, caring, family and friendship. Ad multos annos Bernie. HOME | Our Inspiration | Missions & Ministries | Our Community | Our Spirit | Justice & Peace | Help | Contact
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If Jesus can be born in a stable, then why not celebrate in a barn?
That is exactly what the Murdoch clan did to honor their sister,
in-law, aunt, cousin, neighbor and friend as they feasted and feted
Sr. Bernadette Murdoch MSHR on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee.
The family barn on Murdoch Road, not far from the Miramichi river
in Napan New Brunswick, Canada, is not just an ordinary barn but
one lovingly restored for a recent family wedding reception by
Bernie’s brother John. It more than adequately accommodated
the 80 plus who attended to show their admiration and love for
one who long ago left the embrace of their caring family and community
but never their hearts.
The element of surprise was in play throughout.
An added element was the beautiful hand made quilt hidden behind
a white cloth on the wall and appropriately unfurled to show its
beauty and workmanship. The quilt, a gift of her nieces and nephews,
displays a map of Africa and crosses stitched in the areas that
MSHR are missioned.