We had a wonderful Thanksgiving celebration this year, full of laughter, fun, and feasting.
As usual, we decorated the community room and set up tables so we could display and eat the food together. Seeing the full tables reminded us how blessed we are and how God always finds a way to provide us with everything we need. Friends of the Monastery were so generous, as they are every year, so we had plenty of food and treats. We even had an “international” table, with Vietnamese pho soup and a couple of Tanzanian dishes.
We’re especially thankful for our hard-working cook, Sr. Marie Augustine (pictured with a pie).
Other than feasting, we spent the day recreating with each other in the community room. We talked and laughed and relaxed together.
In the evening, we went outside for out annual fireworks display. Sr. Mary Christine was in charge of lighting them while most of us sat and watched, but when she brought out the individual sparklers we all took some to put on our own fireworks show.
When we were done with the fireworks, we went back inside to relax. We had enough time for our aspirant, Sophia, to entertain us with some musical pieces on the piano.
Sophia is an extremely talented pianist, and we all enjoyed chair dancing to her music.
As usual, we had so much fun on Thanksgiving, and it was a wonderful day for the community to come together as a family. We are all so thankful for our monastic vocation, each other, and all of our wonderful benefactors who make our life possible.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Dominican Life on Lotus Lane 