July 2010
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Summer brings gardening…
I have heard that there is something that can be very therapeutic about gardening. I think I have learned this first hand within the past month. This summer one of the monastic associates asked if he could reclaim one of the many gardens on the property that had been neglected. (Actually, the monk that had [...]
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Again had the pleasure of hosting 60 some youngsters for a tour of the Abbey Church as well as midday prayer.
Pictured are half the participants of the third session of Leadership Camp sponsored by Saint John’s Preparatory School.
A wonderful group of young people who are blessed to have excellent counselors and directors!
Peace, bpv
Monastic Bee Keepers…
Two of the novices began keeping bees on campus again. Over the years the bee hives have “come and gone” and for a few years we were bottling honey for our own use. Two hives were begun again this spring with the novices being coached by monks who had kept them in the past. So [...]
