In-touch.online
Theosophical Order of Service International e-Newsletter
EN 49 - December 2018
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In this issue:
- Au revoir, Carolyn!
- Women’s Empowerment, TOS Odisha Region
- Live and Let Live
- TOS Around the World: Brazil, New Zealand & France
- On the Watchtower
- Do We Have Your Group’s Updated Contact Info?
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Dear TS and TOS members and friends,
We wish to thank you for all of the TOS annual reports received. We learned so much from the delegates to the International Conference about the work going on in their countries, even more in their annual reports and from the reports from countries that were not represented at the Conference. All of this information is compiled into the International TOS's annual report to the President. Highlights are then shown in the President's annual report at the Adyar Convention and will be seen on our Facebook Page. Our e-Newsletter "Around The World" section this quarter contains three of these reports. Those from: Brazil, France and New Zealand. They tell of the service work going on in those countries and give a good overview of the kinds of work that many of our groups are doing. Please take a look at them. If you haven't yet sent in your report, please do so now. Include pictures if you have them.
As always, the TOS will have a session of its own as a part of the Adyar Convention this year. Several short talks on the theme, TOS: Beyond Suffering will be given by members from various countries. We welcome this opportunity to share our work with the delegates in attendance from TS Sections around the world.
December is a time of celebration with Holidays based on several religions and traditions. The TOS in-touch online team wishes all of you who are celebrating Holidays this month a joyous and peaceful season, and we wish a Happy New Year to everyone.
As always, we want to know what you and your groups are doing. Please send information about your activities with good quality photos, to: nancy.tosinternational@gmail.com.
Yours in service
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he TOS in-touch.online tea
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- David Sztain, Editor
- Nancy Secrest, International Secretary/Editing
- Rozi Ulics, Webmaster/Editing
- Vicki Jerome, Proofreader
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“For your devotion and unselfish labour, you are receiving help, silent tho' it be.”
Master K. H.
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It is with great sadness that we farewell Carolyn Harrod of Brisbane, Australia, a veritable star in our TOS firmament, who passed away on October 14. She was an outstanding volunteer, both within Australia and at international level.
Readers: discover more about Carolyn’s remarkable life here and enjoy a collection of photos of her in action within the TOS.
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Carolyn Harrod of Brisbane, Australia
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Karate training courses conducted by the TOS Mahabharat Group
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Women’s Empowerment, TOS Odisha Region
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We applaud the initiative of the TOS Odisha Region and the support given by TOS Italy and TOS New Zealand. The women’s empowerment program in the Odisha Region offers several avenues for training for women to better their ...
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Live and Let Live
By
Professor Sahadeb Patro
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“If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you?” A meaningful life comes from a deep sense of awareness about who you are and why you’re here. Our souls sing of faith, and our hearts ...
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TOS Brazil - Annual Report
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A joint effort was made to raise funds to help a homeless man, who lives in the headquarters of the National Section, who, due to the death of his companion, his five children came to live with him, at the headquarters’ house. There are young children and two teenagers. The amount collected was R$8,548.00 (to date), for the purchase of bunk beds, mattresses, pillows, bedding, a table and a closet. The Brazil OTS sought psychological help for the children, and referred them to a clinic with psychologists, where they ...
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TOS New Zealand - Annual Report
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There are a number of people I would like to thank on behalf of the TOS NZ for their support:
National President of TS NZ John Vorstermans, the team at National section, Vicki Jerome for child sponsorships, Valerie White for her continued support, and Juliet Eden for helping with receipts. Special thanks go to Elizabeth Sell, Diana Dunningham Chapotin, Elizabeth Olivan, Rekha Nehar Shardar and Vic Hao Chin ...
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TOS France - Annual Report
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Our approximately 180 regular donors enable us to support a dozen humanitarian service projects in France and abroad, including:
• A retirement home for childless, abandoned widows in Chennai, India
• The Indian TOS’s wheelchair and crutches programme for the needy in Guwahati, Assam
Some of our members also enjoy knitting teddy bears for the international project “Teddies for Tragedy” and rabbit ...
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On the Watchtower
by Radha Burnier, former International President TS/TOS
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Unfortunately, not enough members of the Theosophical Society realise that the Theosophical Order of Service is a wonderful means to the realisation of unity. Its work has the potency to ennoble the worker, while relieving the distressed. When the Order was founded, many groups (then called leagues) came into existence throughout the world. In the course of many years, an enormous amount of work has been done ...
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Radha Burnier in her 80's
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Do We Have Your Group’s Updated Contact Info?
Please check your country's TOS information on our
website here
. You'll find it in the yellow, right-hand column on the home page. Click on your country's name and if the info is not correct, let us know. We want to make sure that your TOS group's information is up-to-date for our new website which is being designed.
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“Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.”
Bhagavan Raman Maharshi
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