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Wednesday, October 15, 2008 – The Cultural Development Foundation in
collaboration with the Ministry of Education & Culture will be hosting the 2008
La Marguerite Flower Festival on Friday October 17th in the communities of Gros
Islet in the north, Laborie in the south and Soufriere on the west coast.
The observance will commence with church services at 10 a.m. at the Roman
Catholic Churches within each community. Msgr Patrick Anthony will be
officiating at the St. Joseph the Worker Church, in Gros Islet where the
following schools will participate: Anglican Primary, Ave Maria Primary,
Babonneau Primary, Balata Combined, Camille Henry Memorial, Carmen Renee
Memorial, Dame Pearlette Louisy Primary, Dennery Infant, Dunnator Primary, Gros
Islet Primary, Marchand Combined Methodist Infant, St. Aloysius R.C. Boys
Primary, Ti Rocher (Castries) Primary and the Vide Bouteille Infant and Primary
schools.
Five La Marguerite community groups from Au Leon Dennery, Laborie, (Grande
Riviere in Dennery and Vieux Fort, will join schools from Laborie, Choiseul,
Vieux Fort, Reunion and Dugard at the Laborie Roman Catholic Church where Fr
Cetoute will celebrate the La Marguerite Mas.
In Soufriere the schools from District 8 will attend church service at the Lady
of the Assumption Church to be officiated by Fr. Raymond Laurent. Schools from
District 8 attending the church service are Fond St Jacques Combined, Les Etangs
Combined, Bouton Combined, Soufriere Infant and Soufriere Primary, Grow Ed and
Canaries Infant, Canaries Primary Kids World Preschool and Fond St. Jacques Day
Care.
After the church services, the community groups and participating schools will
return to their respective areas to continue the La Marguerite celebrations.
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