BLESSED AND HAPPY NEW YEAR

I wish everyone who reads this blog many blessings in this year of 2010. The years seem to go by so fast. Did you stay up on New Year's eve to see the new year come in? I personally have not done that for a long, long time. Here in the monastery we have a little New Year's eve party in the evening after vespers. Then from 8:00-9:00 PM we make a Holy Hour for peace. After that I went to bed. I figure the new year will come in without me watching it.

On Christmas eve and Christmas day we had quite a snow storm. High winds and a lot of snow. It was difficult, if not impossible for people go to where they had planned to celebrate Christmas. Our basilica is usually pretty well filled for midnight Mass, but this year we only had about thirty people in church. I had to work in our Health Care Center all night on Christmas eve as we could not get nurses in to work. It has also been very, very cold with temperatures the last couple nights down to zero or below. Last night we had about another inch or two of snow.

We are now pretty well moved into the renovated St. Stephen Health Care Center. It is very nice and all the residents seem to be happy to be there. There are a few little things that will still have to be done but for the most part it is completed.

Below are some pictures of the renovated building.

First floor: kitchen

First floor: dining room

First floor: sun porch

First floor: exercise room

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