2024年7月の日々より

― 松原教会　Matsubara Catholic Church

松原教会の方々5名がカリタス南相馬に日帰りで来られました。限られた時間の中でしたが、幸田司教様の案内でいろいろ現状を見ていただくことができました。東電の廃炉資料館見学、浪江の道の駅に立ち寄り、あとは６号線にそって小高へ。
おれたちの伝承館にも寄り、小高工房では広畑裕子さんにお会いして広畑さんの話を伺うこともできました。
Five people from Matsubara Catholic Church in Tokyo came to Caritas Minamisoma on a one-day trip. Although the time was limited, Bishop Koda guided them to see the current situation of Minamisoma.
They were able to have a look at the current situation in various ways. They visited the TEPCO's decommissioning museum, stopped at a roadside station in Namie, and then followed Route 6 to Odaka. They also stopped at 'Oretachi no Denshokan' (Folklore Museum) and met Ms. Hiroko Hirohata at the Odaka Kobo, where they were able to listen to the story of her experience at the time of the disaster.

― カリタス食堂　Caritas Restaurant

カリタス南相馬としては初めての「カリタス食堂」。まずは、さゆり幼稚園関係者対象。メインシェフは幸田司教様でチキンカレー、サラダ、デザートにアイスクリーム。麦茶も用意。帰りにはお土産として聖心女子大学のマグダレナソフィアセンターからいただいた玄米粥と野菜カレーの素を自由に持っていっていただく。カレーは50人分用意しましたが、実際に来られたのは７家族、17名。
午後1時30分から場所の準備、食器等の準備、野菜、肉の準備、、、、皆で大働きしました。幼稚園の子どもたちなので、かなり賑やかでした。
This was the first trial of "Caritas Shokudo" for Caritas Minamisoma. To begin with, we planned to serve mainly single parent families from Sayuri Kindergarten. The main chef was Bishop Koda, who cooked chicken curry, salad and ice cream for dessert. We also prepared barley tea. On the way home, the guests were welcomed to take brown rice porridge and vegetable curry that had been donated by the Madeleine Sophie Centre of the University of the Sacred Heart. We prepared rice with curry for 50 people. Actually 17 people from seven families came and enjoyed the meal.
From 1:30 pm, everyone at Caritas Minamisoma worked hard to prepare the place, dishes, vegetables and meat, etc., ….. The children were kindergarteners, so it was quite lively.

6月28日には幸田司教様をはじめカリタス南相馬のスタッフ、小高の援助マリアのシスターたちと小高の「おだか0円食堂」に行きました。開店一周年のお祝いを兼ねて、カリタス食堂を始めるにあたって、どのようにしているかを見てきました。On June 28th, Bishop Koda, staff from Caritas Minamisoma and the Sisters of Mary Auxiliatrice of Odaka went to the Zero Yen Restaurant in Odaka. We celebrated the first anniversary of the opening of the cafeteria and observed what they were doing in order to help starting the Caritas Cafeteria.

― カリタス憩いカフェ　Caritas Ikoi Cafe

今年から月2回、午後1時半から2時半までカリタス南相馬で「憩いカフェ」の集まりが始まりました。今回は原町カトリック教会の小林和江さんの指導で扇子に墨絵の下絵を貼って、顔彩で色をつけて出来上がり。綺麗な扇子が出来上がりました。あとはお茶をいただきながら、ゆっくりおしゃべりを楽しみました。
This year, twice a month, from 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm, the 'Relaxing Cafe' gatherings started at Caritas Minamisoma. This time, we each made our own fan. The teacher was Ms. Kazue Kobayashi of Haramachi Catholic Church. We pasted ink painting sketches on fans and coloured them with a special kind of paint. Beautiful fans were made. After making the fans, we enjoyed chatting over a cup of tea.

― おれたちの伝承館　天野寛子刺繍画展　Oretachi no Denshokan: Ms. Hiroko Amano Embroidered Picture Exhibition

小高の「おれたちの伝承館」で天野寛子さんの刺繍画展をみる。原発事故からの今までの様々な想いを刺繍画で表現。和歌、俳句などの詩も刺繍で、見事でした。
We saw an exhibition of embroidered pictures by Ms. Hiroko Amano at the Oretachi no Densho Kan (Folklore Museum) in Odaka. The embroidered pictures express various thoughts and feelings from the nuclear power plant accident in 2011 to the present. The embroidered waka and haiku poems were also beautifully done.

― 高校生たちのボランティア　 Volunteer work by high school students

夏休みになり、いつも来てくださる幾つかの高校の生徒たちが今年もボランティアに来られました。東京清瀬の東星学園高等学校、仙台の聖ウルスラ学院英智高等学校、京都暁星高等学校の生徒たちです。暑い中、熱中症にならないようにと心配しながら、草抜きなどの作業をしていただきました。
During the summer holidays, students from some of the high schools that often come to Caritas Minamisoma came to us again this year.
They were high school students from Tosei Gakuen in Kiyose, Tokyo, Sendai Ursula Gakuen and Kyoto Gyosei Gakuen. In the hot weather, we were worried that they might suffer from heat stroke. The volunteer activities were mainly weeding in several places.