Next weekend 30th april - 6th May we travel again on our annual Lourdes Pilgrimage.
This year we have a group of thirteen travelling, of which five are staying in the Accuile Norte Dame (Hospital), three Hotel Pilgrims and our members on ward and kitchen teams staying in the Hotel Alba.
As a group of thirteen from Drimnagh, we are part of the Order of Malta National Pilgrimage and again this year we have three full flights going out from Ireland, two from Dublin and one from Knock.
In Lourdes we will join up with the Order of Malta International Pilgrimage, groups come from as far away as the US and Australia.
This year we will have two members from the Australian Order of Malta working with us on our ward team.
Fr. Martin Ryan said to me on one trip, that the pilgrimage bit "was the journey there and back" and while in Lourdes we pray, relax, do a couple of outings and have a party.
One of our Drimnagh guests staying in the hospital celebrates her 90th birthday while in Lourdes and we will celebrate it with her.
Look out for the photos when we return.
Friday 22 April 2011
Cadet Regional Competitions Competition - Region 9
The tradition lives on !
The Regional Cadet Competitions were held last Sunday 17th April in Hartstown Community School in Cloncilla (Great School).
We entered several sections and brought home many trophies and medals.
Congratulations to all of the Cadets who participated in the competitions - You all done very well.
I think we should also note the time and effort of all of our trainers - your efforts paid off.
The following are the results for our competitors;
3rd Place
- Junior Cadet of the Year
- senior Home Nursing
2nd Place
- Senior Cadet of the Year
- Junior Team
1st Place
- Footdrill
- Junior Home Nursing Team
- Senior Boy Individual
- Senior Girl Individual
Because of the up coming Bank Holidays and our Lourdes pilgrimage, the Cadets will take a two week break and then the training goes on.
PARENTS - Please Take Note:
The above competitions were not games !
They were the results of weeks of training - Your kids were tested under strict criteria using realistic make-up, trained patients and simulated injuries, to treat casualties as if in real life situations. BE PROUD of THEM.
Who ever you are looking into this Blog, if one of our Cadets has the confidence in a real life situation to say "I am an Order of Malta First Aider - Can I help"
Let them at it - Despite their size and age, they have been trained. just look at our results.
Pat Conway
Officer-in-Charge, Drimnagh Unit
The Regional Cadet Competitions were held last Sunday 17th April in Hartstown Community School in Cloncilla (Great School).
We entered several sections and brought home many trophies and medals.
Congratulations to all of the Cadets who participated in the competitions - You all done very well.
I think we should also note the time and effort of all of our trainers - your efforts paid off.
The following are the results for our competitors;
3rd Place
- Junior Cadet of the Year
- senior Home Nursing
2nd Place
- Senior Cadet of the Year
- Junior Team
1st Place
- Footdrill
- Junior Home Nursing Team
- Senior Boy Individual
- Senior Girl Individual
Because of the up coming Bank Holidays and our Lourdes pilgrimage, the Cadets will take a two week break and then the training goes on.
PARENTS - Please Take Note:
The above competitions were not games !
They were the results of weeks of training - Your kids were tested under strict criteria using realistic make-up, trained patients and simulated injuries, to treat casualties as if in real life situations. BE PROUD of THEM.
Who ever you are looking into this Blog, if one of our Cadets has the confidence in a real life situation to say "I am an Order of Malta First Aider - Can I help"
Let them at it - Despite their size and age, they have been trained. just look at our results.
Pat Conway
Officer-in-Charge, Drimnagh Unit
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