Let Freedom Ring
Sr. Mary Veronica on the way to Calvary Heights
Sr. Maria Faustina is ready for the Weeding Posse Clean-up Crew.
Mother John Mary and Sr. Mary Veronica led the gardening efforts.
Our newest aspirant, Abbey, hard at work among the day lilies.
Postulant Theresa is positively glowing - is that the look of holiness or an impending sunburn?
Sr. Mary Veronica and Abbey.
Sr. Maria Faustina shows off a moth she found. Look at the cross on its wings!
A beautiful day to be outside.
Sr. Mary Andrea refueling the weed-eater.
Sr. Frances Marie and Sr. Cecilia Maria gardening in the monastery courtyard.
Sr. Cecilia Maria and Abbey deep in ice cream contemplation.
A rousing game of washers ensued. Here’s Sr. Maria Faustina showing off her throws.
Nothing like a lawn game to bring out Mother John Mary’s competitive streak.
The peanut gallery - content to eat ice cream and give sage advice on the art of washer-flinging.
Sr. Frances Marie gives it a try.
Sr. Daniela experiencing her first American Independence Day!
The 4th of July brought our customary Independence Day gaudeamus. Mother John Mary and Sr. Mary Veronica rallied the troops to liberate the flowerbed on Calvary Heights from the oppression of weeds and day lilies. Several other nuns spent their morning in their gardens, too, so everyone worked up an appetite for a big feast of hamburgers and all-American fruit cobbler. After the morning’s hard work, everyone enjoyed an afternoon resting under tents on the cloister patio. There were ice cream bars for all - a real treat! - and some of the more energetic (and competitive) nuns instigated a game of old-fashioned washers. It was a joyful day of fraternal fellowship and celebration of our country’s heritage of freedom.