Have been busy.
On Thursday, I had the 11am Mass, then stopped into visit Joan Beall, we haven’t had a chance to talk lately and I had a nice cold drink of water and a nice visit.
Then I heard confessions. During the confessions, when no one was there, the fire alarm went off. I was on the second floor, so I looked out and couldn’t see smoke. Then I looked out the window and lots of people were standing around. I decided it wasn’t worth walking down the steps and so I went back to my rosary. After 20 minutes, the bell stopped ringing and sister came and checked on me. She said it was a fire drill but she didn’t tell them I was there (because she didn’t want me to have to walk down the steps!!) and so they pasted the test.
I came home and met with a lady who is in the RCIA but has a conflict for the weeks of October. We covered three classes and will do that again in late October. It was fun.
On Friday morning, I drove around to two parishes to get baptismal certificates for weddings I’m doing. It was easier than the phone. One of my stops was St. Bernard’s, where I am happy to say they have restored the lobby of the rectory (we had to put up walls for office space in my time). It looks elegant!!!
I also learned that the charter school that was there has left and so the school is not being used except for Religious Education. Too bad.
Then I stopped to see Marie and then headed home to go to the nursing home for the 1:30pm Mass. Martino went with me; he is such a help!
Then a quiet night of TV and reading.
On Saturday, I had the 11am Mass and afterwards, a baptism. Please keep Thomas Hunter in your prayers.
Then I had confessions at 4pm. Talked on the phone to my cousin, Mary, who was celebrating her 80th birthday and wanted me to come to dinner on Sunday but I was already engaged. We had a nice talk. I also had a great talk with another cousin, Helen Marie. I also talked with my brother-in-law, Rick who is being kept very busy by his family. He sounded good.
This morning I had the 11am Mass out at Our Lady of the Visitation, Ray Fecteau’s parish. He had something with the police, of which he is the chaplain. After Mass, I met Eileen, Joe DiJanni’s sister in law, which was a very nice surprise as I have lost touch with Joe, whom I went to grade school with. Also Jay Horman, who was a GC student and whose parents I really liked, stopped and introduced me to his wife, Stacey and their children, Jane and James. It was so nice to see them and catch up on family and friends.
Maggie had a pre-cruise meeting at the rectory at 2pm for some of her classmates from Notre Dame, who are going on a cruise from Baltimore up to New England. They leave Thursday and go for nine days. It is to celebrate their common 70th birthdays. I horned in on the meeting since I know a lot of them. Kerri and Tim provided wonderful food and drink and I think everything went well. Marie came, even though it is not her class. She knows lots of them also. She is going on the cruise!
I had hoped to go down to St. Mary’s county today for a farewell for Kevin Norris as he heads off to training as a Marine; and to get to a TEAM meeting with my married couples but the schedule got changed because of my being away and I ended up having the 5:30pm Mass today.
Now I am getting ready for the Mass, then some food and another relaxing evening of TV. I finished the book on Sister Therese and Tom Merton. It was great and it brought back wonderful memories of my days at Mount St. Paul, where Sister taught. It also awakened in me a desire to re-read some of Merton’s works. Maybe for Advent.
Small world: my friend, Sharon, is also going on the cruise leaving Thursday. She is a Red Hatter and going with a group. Guess Maggie and Sharon will never meet up but it is fun to think of that possibility!