Mount
Saviour Monastery
June 2000
Orchard and Garden:
The rainy spring season helped the garden grow well but it affected
the orchard with catastrophic results. Brian Caldwell and
Caleb
Torrice, cooperative extension agents, confirmed the presence of fire
blight in the orchard. Fire blight, a bacterial disease is
considered the most damaging disease of apples and pears in north America.
90% of this year's crop has been destroyed and permanent damage has been
done to the orchard.
News:
For their June meeting, the Friends of Mount Saviour invited
Brian
Jones who had an exhibit at the Smithsonian museum in Washington DC
for a slide show on African American Religion. The refectory has
a new look with the addition of chairs. The benches (for two) were
rather "restrictive" for some bodies. On June 24th, the Loaves
and Fishes Group from Ithaca spent a week-end in the guest house and
invited us for an ice cream Social. The wet spring continues; we
recorded almost 7 inches of rain in June. Br. Alexis Foyo
went to attend the funeral of his aunt Yolanda. His paintings (shown
below) are for sale: Framed 8 X 11 inches, $100.00
Major
Feasts:
With the late Easter celebration, the month of June had a record
number of liturgical feasts: The Ascension marks the 40 days of
Easter. Pentecost reveals the promise of Christ who bestows
on us his grace.
The Trinity is revered by monks as and ideal of community life.
On June 24th, St. John the Baptist is considered as the first monk
who lived a prophetic life of simplicity in a world of turmoil. "Corpus
Christi" makes us meditate on the humanity of Christ. The feast
of St. Peter and Paul is a solemnity to remember the pillars of
the primitive Church. The feast of the Sacred Heart reveals
the love of God for his creatures.
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