I first of all want to let you know that we now have two new postulants in the monastery. While they are at this time just in the postulancy stage, we are still happy to see people looking at the monastery and considering a monastic vocation. Both have come since Christmas and are now here and living in the monastery. Pray for them that they will persevere if such is God’s will for them.
One of our faithful oblates for many years and a good friend of Conception Abbey, Mary Walter, celebrated her 90th birthday about a week or so ago. Mary received enough birthday cards to fill her table (see picture below)!
Bibles in guestrooms project:
By now you who are oblates and have e-mail, have probably received from me an e-mail concerning something that was presented to us oblates last summer. One of our oblates suggested we try to supply a bible for each room in the guest house. We will begin with Marian Hall and that alone has 62 rooms. To obtain good hard bound bibles we have been given a price of $14.75 each by the publisher. For 62 bibles that would come to $914.50. We have already received from a generous oblate $500.00 so our aim is to get the remainder of the money so we can at least begin with bibles in each of the rooms in Marian Hall.
If by chance you are an oblate and do have e-mail but did not receive this information by e-mail, let me know.
Thank you.
Fr. Kenneth
Pictured above is Mary with her table filled with cards
that were given or sent to her for this special occasion.
Pictured above are the two postulants: on the left Manuel Santarriaga
from the El Paso, Texas area, and on the right Daniel Friedel from East
Alton, Illinois.