Do This in Remembrance....
- Costumed as the 'servant girl' who baked the bread and served the wine at the Last Supper, Eleanor Glenn takes her captivated audiences with her as she moves on to witness the crucifixion, the women returning to tell Peter of Christ's resurrection,the coming of the Holy Spirit and a visit of St. Paul.
- Letter: Archdiocese of Kingston
About The Play & Eleanor Glenn
Introduction to Eleanor Glenn
Eleanor is a retired Ontario, Canada Catholic Elementary School Principal with a Religious Education Specialist Certificate and a love for writing, directing and performing. During her 30 plus years in Catholic education, she enjoyed writing and directing school drama productions, working with her peers in revising the Ontario Drama Curriculum, while performing herself in numerous Community Theatre productions.
Eleanor is the mother of 2 Irish twins Brian and Ryan and the grandmother of Dillon 15, Ashley 14, Cooper 3 and Carter born Nov 2009.
Upon retiring, Eleanor was led by the prayer “Lord, whatever you want me to do I will do.” She has served on the parish council in her home parish of St. Francis de Sales, Smiths Falls as well as lector, Eucharistic minister, cantor and leader of the RCIA program. She is a Lay Associate of the Companions of the Cross.
Inspired by the Ark of the New Covenant when it passed through her parish on its Eucharistic journey in early February 2007, Eleanor felt encouraged to create her own motivational instrument to encourage Canadians to attend the 49th International Eucharistic Congress in June 2008. Hence the creation and performance of the stage play, “The Servant at The Supper”.
Beginning in the fall of 2007, through to June 2008, Eleanor was prepared to go anywhere to perform this play. The result was that she performed the play in various parishes and Catholic conferences across the province of Ontario. She feels that if, through her performance of this play, even one person feels encouraged to deepen their personal relationship with the Eucharist and perhaps attend a Eucharistic Congress, her efforts will have been worthwhile.
Inspired by her personal attendance at the 49th International Eucharistic Congress in Quebec City in June of 2008 and having witnessed the deeply moving spiritual reactions to the play of her countless audience members, Eleanor’s long term goal is to tour the country of Ireland and perform the play as a motivational tool for the Irish people to attend the 50th International Eucharistic Congress to be held in Dublin, Ireland in 2012.
In 2008 – 2009, the year designated by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI as ‘The Year of St. Paul’, the play became an example of one Catholic woman’s attempt to capture the evangelical fervor of St. Paul in the 21st century.
…that of being called by God and sent by God to speak the words of this Eucharistic play, thus providing yet another creative vehicle for God to ‘touch the hearts’ of its audience inspiring them to become “the messengers of the Good News” by deepening their personal relationship with the Eucharist.
Currently, in 2010, the play incorporates the theme for the 50th International Eucharistic Congress: Communion with Christ and With One Another.