Busy weekend

The picture with the windmills in the background shows part of the new soccer field which is being built this fall to accomodate more facilities for recreation. The other picture is just a scene from this fall. By now most of the color is gone from the trees but when this was taken on October 29, the trees were still in full color.

Last weekend was a very busy weekend here at Conception with, I believe, every bed in the guest houses filled. In fact they had to put some of the young men here for the "Encounter With God's Call" weekend in the student dorms with some of the students sleeping in the lounges on the floor.

It was also the weekend for the drama production by the seminary. This year they did a comedy called The Canterbury Tales, or...Geoffrey Chaucer's Flying Circus by Burton Bumgarner. The production was put on Friday evening, Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon. It was delightful and filled with many laughs. It was directed by Brother Cyprian.

Tuesday of this week I spent all day in St. Joseph, MO. The dermatologist had discovered a skin cancer on my nose so she took that off surgically. She had to do it twice to make sure she had gotten all the cancer cells. Then she had me go to a plastic surgeon nearby to have the wound closed. So I left here at 7:30 AM and arrived back home about 7:00 PM. A pretty full day.

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops this week at their meetings in Baltimore, approved the Revised Grail translation of the psalms for use in the liturgy in the United States. This translation was done right here at Conception Abbey, primarily by Abbot Gregory. The bishops approved it for use by a vote of 203 in favor and only 5 opposed.

We have had a lot of rainy and dreary weather this week with the temperatures fairly cold. Today the sun is shining again so that is great. Thanks be to God.

Have a good week and let us pray for one another.