Salutations sojourners!
How are you? You must be chilled to the bone, travelling out in this wintery weather! Come in, come in and
sit down...So what is new with you and the outside world? Yes.....really?....my my my....well, the world just keeps
turning. What? You'd like to know what's new here at the Abbey. Oh well, just because it's winter doesn't
mean things slow down here.
Of course, we have a new schedule, list of celebrations, and recipe in the Dining Hall. From there if you
check the Liturgical Calendar you'll find we have information up now on Shrove Tuesday n Mardi Gras and Ash Wednesday
n Lent. Of course there is something there about St. Valentinus and his day too. Speaking of celebrations,
remember to stop in at the Abbey Arena, we'll have posting up of all the latest to do with the Winter Olympics in Vancouver!
What else? Oh, and this Christmas we discovered a group that sings a lovely, almost Renaissance, Native American, Christmas
carol. The information and history about that piece are located in the Native American Hall. Of course we're loaded
down with prayer requests as usual, so many friends and family needed so much support, not to mention half the world! The
requests are in the catecombs. Take a moment to stop, meditate, and pray.
But goodness, listen to me prattle. You know you're always welcome to look around the Abbey. You go on ahead
and take the tour, see what's new here. I'll go and prepare a guest cell for you to stay the night in, and I'll catch
up with you later. Till
then, all of us here wish you a ........
Happy St. Valentine's Day,
a Happy Mardi
Gras,
and a Blessed start of Lent.
