Tag: Columbus Day

This year’s Columbus day celebrations included drives in our new golf carts, fun with bubbles, and lots of games.

We began the day by pledging alegiance to the flag and singing some patriotic songs.

Then some of the nuns piled into our golf carts for a drive around our grounds. Thanks to the Knight of Columbus, we now have a huge new golf cart that can hold seven of us at once, so a lot of us can go together.

We recently received a lot of large bubble wands as gifts, and Columbus Day was the perfect day to go outside and have bubble fun.

It was such a nice, breezy day that we could just hold our wands out and the wind made the bubbles for us!

After a morning outdoors, it was time to come inside for some good food and table games.

Sr. Maria Cabrini, Sr. Mary Dominic, and Sr. Mary Jeremiah play Rummikub.

Sr. Mary Rose, Sr. Mary Therese, Sr. Mary Christine, and Sr. Marie Augustine play Yeti in My Spaghetti.

Sr. Mary Christine manages to remove a spaghetti strand without dropping the Yeti!

As usual, we had a wonderful Columbus Day. We give thanks to God and to our country.

Every year we celebrate Columbus Day with a big picnic day, full of games, food, and community fun.

We began the day gathered around the flagpole to pledge allegiance and sing patriotic songs.

Some of us wore patriotic hats and leis to begin the celebration.

Sr. Mary Veronica and Sr. Marie Augustine pose with some pumpkins a benefactor kindly donated to us.

We put some of the pumpkins outside to decorate the monastery.

Since the weather was so nice, some of us decided to explore our grounds (which encompass 80 acres, only some of which are actually within our enclosure). We’re putting up a new fence around our perimeter, so it was fun to see the progress the workers are making.

We encountered some workers putting up the new fence.

Sr. Mary Margaret drove around to inspect the part of the fence that had already been put up. It looks great!

Afterwards, we gathered in the community room to play games. We have our regular favorites, and this year some of the sisters tried their luck at Jenga.

Sr. Mary Magdalene considers her next move while Sr. Mary Rose watches.

Sr. Mary Margaret very carefully makes her next move.

Sr. Mary Margaret very carefully tries to remove a piece.

As usual, we had a lot of fun (and ate a lot of great food!) as we celebrated our country and our community, for both of which we’re very thankful.