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Friday July the HERALD Religion Time spent travelling can prove instructive By JIM RYAN Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Times Mark July 1991 TOMS TRIP My younger brother has just returned from a month long trip in Ireland I picked him up at the airport last Sunday He had a great time but was tired and was glad to be back for Canada Day Driving back from the airport in the midst of stories about the pubs in Bloomsday in Summer camp Giving your child a few days at summer camp just got a lot easier thanks to Beth El Chris tian Keformed Church and Acton Baptist Church Weve transformed our buildings into friendly campsites complete with Bible stories crafts learning ac tivities snacks and lots more fun too a press release states The 10day Camp CanDo program is being run in two parts at the local churches Days 1 to 5 of Camp CanDo will be July 8th to 12th held at Beth El Chris tian Reformed Church 369 Queen Street Children ages to 12 can join in on the fun every morning from to 1200 Please call for more information The last days of Camp Can- Do will be August 19th to 23rd at Acton Baptist Church Mill Street East Days to 10 will be full of surprises every morning from 900 to 1145 for children ages to 12 Please call for more information registration will be Thursday August 15 from At Camp CanDo we plan to have lots of fun without the mos quitoes We hope to see you and your friends at Camp CanDo where we can do all things through Christ Dublin endless walks along cliffs and over mountains and the rain Tom said When you travel along you have too much lime to think We prepared a welcomehome barbecue lunch and spent the afternoon sitting out under my favorite tree in the backyard But we didnt talk about his tnp We talked about his two jobs in Ottawa the one in the bar and the one in the bank We talked mostly about his job in the bank I began to fall asleep After some time discussing the various scams that people play to get money Apparently bank robberies are almost obsolete With security systems and com puters there are other ways to supplement ones income I said Its funny Tom but youve just spent a month in Ireland and yet all youre talking about is your life here in Canada Was that what Ireland was all about Were you sorting out your future and your past Yeah All that I was thinking about what I want to do with my life I mean if I worked in a bank Id only start at two weeks holi day a year What kind of family life would you have Family is important to me The other thing was all the dreams I had in Ireland All about the people that Ive met It was amazing TOMS STORY This happened in one of the ten Ryan pubs in Tipperary It was rundown dark and small only three rooms connected by the bar in the middle There were five or six men in the bar They were all sitting together except for one man who appeared to be retarded He was sitting by the wall by himself The men in the bar were work- nna hristines h 1 HOUR SAME DAY NEXT DAY Passport I ln3Min I VIDEO CAMERAS fl77RQJi Oil J IB Religion and Reality by Jim Ryan a men A welldressed man walked into the bar He sat down by himself The others asked him to sing a song He declined so they went on talking among themselves Suddenly he began singing Everyone stopped and listened He had a beautiful voice Do you know the Rita song about the miners Thats what he sang The well- dressed man sang a song about working men The other men in the bar were very still It was a beautiful moment Id never want to work in a mine going underground Anyway the men understood his song They knew what he was singing about When he finished they went back to their beers They asked me to sing but I dont know a song I think Ill learn Big Joe feraw the Ottawa Valley Paul Bunyan song When I go back I could sing it JESUS TRIP In todays gospel story Jesus goes back to his hometown Nazareth with his disciples He goes into the synagogue to teach but they wont listen he goes into the marketplace but he cant work a miracle Mark reports 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