Tet 2024

Happy Lunar New Year! We celebrated this festive holiday on February 11 with dancing, games, lucky money, and of course delicious Vietnamese treats!

To begin, the novitiate sisters (and some friends) did a beautiful dance for us.

Sr. Carmen Gloria, Sr. Mary Christine, Sr. Mary Pauline, Sr. Mary Giuse, Sr. Marie Augustine, and Michelle

Since this is the Year of the Dragon, we honored our three “dragon” sisters in the community. You can see our “Tet tree” with its lucky money envelopes in the background. Naturally, we turned the money in to the Bursar and got tickets for playing the games in its place.

Sr. Bernadette Marie, Sr. Mary Dominic, and Sr. Maria Cabrini

One of the sisters read the personality characteristics of people born during the Dragon year, but we have to say most of them didn’t seem to correspond with what we know of our sisters! That’s why we rely on real life experiences, not horoscopes. But it was fun, anyway!

We played some games, too. One game involved trying to hit a tennis ball into a hole. Sr. Mary Pauline, Sr. Marie Augustine, and Michelle did very well with this! Some of the rest of us also managed to get the ball in the hole, but for many it could only be called “a good try”.

The final game was our Vietnamese lottery game. It used to be a little complicated, but one year Sr. Mary Christine just put all the different animals (and the squash) used in the game on a large homemade die, and so we just throw the die and see what comes out on top.

Sr. Mary Margaret prepares to throw the die as all look on expectantly. You can see the tennis ball game in the background.

Each sister received a Mass intention slip, to be filled in with the name of the person she would like Mass to be offered for, and each sister also received a prize. It was a delightful evening, and now we are all ready to begin the discipline of Lent on Ash Wednesday. May God grant you all the blessings He has in store for you, and know we keep you in our prayers!