Blessing of Windmills

Yesterday on June 12 we had a blessing of the wind turbines in our area. It was scheduled to take place out at the site of the windmill located on our property, but after over 2 1/2 inches of rain the night before, it had to be moved to the outside terrace in front of St. Raphael Hall. Abbot Gregory had the blessing. Refreshments were served after the blessing in St. Raphael Hall. A number of our neighbors as well as representatives of the Wind Energy firm and John Deere were present for the blessing. The turbines are almost all in operation now and generating electricity.

Yes, the rain still seems to be coming. All the local rivers are full and overflowing. Just to the north of us in the state of Iowa the flooding is even worse. They have had more rain and have also had tornadoes and hail.

This weekend is the annual boys camp here at Conception. It is for grade school boys and hopefully begins the process of their beginning to think about the possibility of a priesthood or religious life vocation. There are close to 60 expected for this weekend. Some of our own seminarians as well as other high school students come to help supervise the weekend and it's many activities.

We have been without an elevator in the infirmary for about the last six weeks or so. The Otis elevator company is here now and making some major repairs. They hope to have it in operation again by the end of next week.