Feast Days and the Like- 8-7-12

The last few weeks have been a flurry of feast days. A feast day is when we, as a community, celebrate the saint that a Sister is named after. For example, if a Sister's name is Sr. Mary Claire, her feast day would be August 11th which is the day the Church celebrates St. Claire.

As a community, the Sister whose feast day it is, gets to pick/suggest her meal, a paticular recreational activity, and a mass said for her and her intentions. It is such a fun day! This day is celebrated more than her birthday.

On August 5th we celebrated our superior's feast day... a day late though. Now her feast day is a bigger deal- she gets all the normal things but..... she also get's entertainment provided by the other sisters. This time was a flash mob/games hour at lunch time. *Cue corny "The Dating Game Show" theme song* A bunch of the junior (in temporary vows) and us two candidates get up and start dancing and set up for a silly game show. It was a blast.

So yes, Sisters like to celebrate and have a little fun too!!!

God Bless,

Ari :)