On the Solemnity of Christ the King, the novitiate celebrated the feast day of our novice mistress, Sr. Mary Christine. The novices prepared a day of fun, games, and surprises for our hard-working sister.
The novitiate can’t wait to show the novice mistress what they’ve planned for her.
First, the novitiate sang a special song and put on a musical performance (which they later showed to the entire community so we could all enjoy it). Then the group played games the novices had made up.
The party had both meals in the novitiate courtyard, with lights strung up overhead to add to the festive mood.
Sr. Mary Christine also opened up her many gifts, from the novices as well as from the community. She loves to garden and do crafts, so we gave her lots of gifts to help her with her hobbies.
Sr. Mary Christine is happy with her beautiful new peacock fountain.
In the afternoon, the party watched the movie Enchanted, a funny live-action Disney spoof of traditional fairy tale movies. They liked it so much that they showed it again later in the week so the entire community could enjoy it.
Sr. Mary Christine works very hard to show our new sisters what to do and to help them integrate into our community and the monastic way of life. It’s important for us to give her a special day to show her how much we appreciate her, and we’re happy she enjoyed her special day.
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