Tribute to a Sister
Author: Her Excellency Mrs. Pauline Tallen, Deputy Governo | Date: 03/03/2009
The great and sad mistake of many people, amongst them even pious persons, is to imagine that those whom death has leave of, they do leave us. They remain. Where are they? In darkness? Oh, No! It is we who are in darkness. We don not see them but they see us. Their eyes radiant with glory are fixed upon our eyes full of tears. Oh infinite consolation! Though invisible to us, our dear Kate is not absent but living near to us, transfigured.
My sister, my lovely darling sister. The tears keep rolling down my checks. How can I live with the reality that you are no longer with me. It is difficult to live with this. I will miss you for your good counsel, wonderful advises and great wisdom. You were always there for me whenever I call. Even when I don’t, you were always by me to encourage and support me.
My recent meeting with you before you took ill was wonderful not knowing that it will be the last conversation we will have together. I kept praying alongside many of my friends for your recovery but GOD took you away. I will forever thank GOD for blessing me with a sweet and kindhearted sister like you. My great consolation is that you lived for God and though you are physically absent from us, we hope that one day we will meet to part no more. Adieu my lovely sister. May God grant your sweet and gentle soul eternal rest with our Lord. Amen.
POVERTY AND THE FAMILY IN THE THIRD WORLD
The family remains the basic unit of society in the world today. In its modern meaning, the family is that social unit comprising a man, his wife and their children. In most sub-Saharan African countries, the extended family, which is a more inclusive definition of the family, includes uncles, aunts, cousins, grandparents and other distant relations. This paper has deliberately chosen to make the family its center-piece for a number of reasons.
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The Holy See delegation has participated actively in the negotiations leading to this special session of the General Assembly, a session which has raised issues of critical importance to the lives of millions of women worldwide, and which has been evaluating the progress that has been made since the Fourth World Conference on Women.
