Dear Community of South Africa,
Finances
As the Treasurer on National Exco I thank all CLC members for their financial contribution to their regions last year. I want to encourage each and every member to contribute something monthly to the financial stability of CLC SA. Remember every little drop counts. Veronica Wellburn
The National Assembly – early warning info
Date
Will take place at the end of September this year: Friday evening 29th September – Tuesday midday 3rd October at La Verna on the Vaal just south of Johannesburg. You may remember the last La Verna Assembly where we froze our toes but made it through nonetheless. Note the time has shifted to October so the weather should be balmy.
Cost
The cost of the Assembly for the four nights is R1520.00 which includes full board and lodging:
Transport
Transport from Johannesburg airport will be arranged. Your arrival time however, must be before 13h00 on the Friday to avail yourself of the transport. Transport will return to the airport on Tuesday: leaving La Verna at 2pm. The trip to the airport takes 1 ½ hours so book tickets accordingly ie no earlier than 16h30.
We will also celebrate the 50th anniversary of CLC as it is today. Please reminisce and send your thoughts and sharings of CLC – even if you have only been in CLC 5 years. Please send to me by return of mail.
We look forward to a full house at the Assembly.
The Pope drives a Limo
After getting all of Pope Francis’s luggage loaded into the limo at the airport, (and he doesn’t. . . travel light), the driver notices the Pope is still standing on the curb.
“Excuse me, Your Holiness,” says the driver, “Would you please take your seat so we can leave?”
“Well, to tell you the truth,” says the Pope, “they never let me drive at the Vatican, and I’d really like to drive today.”
“I’m sorry, Your Holiness, but I cannot let you do that. I’d lose my job! What if something should happen?” protests the driver, wishing he’d never gone to work that morning.
“Who’s going to tell?” asks the Pope with a smile.
Reluctantly, the driver gets into the back as the Pope climbs in behind the wheel.
The driver quickly regrets his decision when, after exiting the airport, the Pontiff floors it, accelerating the limo to 130 mph. (Remember, the Pope is Argentinean, and Fangio, the famous racer, was Argentinean.)
“Please slow down, Your Holiness,” pleads the worried driver, but the Pope keeps the pedal to the metal until they hear sirens.
“Oh, dear God, I’m going to lose my license — and my job!” moans the driver.
The Pope pulls over and rolls down the window as the cop approaches; but the cop takes one look at him, goes back to his motorcycle, and gets on the radio.
“I need to talk to the Chief,” he says to the dispatcher.
The Chief gets on the radio and the cop tells him that he’s stopped a limo going 130 mph.
“So bust him,” says the Chief.
“I don’t think we want to do that. He’s really important,” said the cop.
The Chief exclaimed, “All the more reason!”
“No, I mean really important,” said the cop with a bit of persistence.
The Chief then asked, “Who do you have there, the mayor?”
Cop: “Bigger.”
Chief: “A senator?”
Cop: “Bigger.”
Chief: “The President?”
Cop: “Bigger.”
“Well,” said the Chief, “who is it?”
Cop: “I think it’s GOD!”
The Chief is even more puzzled and curious, “What makes you think it’s God?”
Cop: “His chauffeur is the Pope!”
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Give me a sense of humour, Lord, give me the grace to see a joke, to get some humour out of life, and pass it on to others.
…definitely while becoming aware of the presence of God.
Mandy for the National Exco
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