Mount Saviour
Monastery
May
2007
News:
The lambing season ended with a surprise: one ewe had a
black lamb and a white one. It is a phenomenon that seems to
occur every 5 years.
It was a good season as 136 ewes gave birth to 218 healthy lambs.
I the middle of May, the lambs receive a vaccine and at
shearing time, on May 26th, they received a second shot. A
guest took pictures and commented on
Shearing
Day. On
May 2nd., the community received a course on CPR and the use of a
defribillator. We are prepared for emergencies and hope that we
are spared from such a challenge. On May 6th, Sr. Mary Collins
gave a presentation for the 5th Annual Damasus Memorial Lecture.
Her topic on Faith and Worship interested the participants: friends of
the monastery, some Trappist monks and some Dominican nuns from
Elmira. Our honey production will be affected this year due to
the visit of a bear that tipped over many bee boxes. They had to
be moved to a more secure location.
Summer
Experience, July 1 - July 31
A four-week experience in
a Catholic Benedictine
monastery that draws participants – through prayer, community life,
work and
study – into a world of relationships and networks that reveal God.
An experience for men
ages 20-35
N.B. We lost the
e-mail of a correspondant, please, write again.
Dedication Day will be
Sunday, August 12 with Mass
at 10 AM followed by a
brunch and then
music in the
Chapter
Room
around 12:30 P.M. This is a special occasion when
we thank
God that we are here and thank all the people who have helped us be
here.
We invite you to join us in thanking God for the blessings you have
received
especially in the past
year.
Emmaus Experience VI, and
ecumenical conference for lay people,
will take place at Mount Saviour Monastery from late afternoon on
Friday October 5, 2007 through noon on Monday, October 8, 2007.
This
year's theme is: "The Parable of the Prodigal Son: Stories of
Forgiveness, Healing and Reconciliation." Interested participants
can
reserve a space by obtaining materials from Mary Ann Cleary whose email
address is percy50@msn.com.
Cost varies for day and boarding participants and includes all meals.
Guest Brother E-mail:
guest@msaviour.org
Monastery E-mail:
info@msaviour.o