After a much hyped beginning of
the football season, which finds Bob and Charles glued to their TV’s on Sunday
afternoon game days, the results have been lackluster and gloom hovers like
grey clouds over many heads. In
addition, without the presence of volunteers, which gives this community its
main mission, it is hard to work up much enthusiasm some days.
October 15 and 16, John was at the Archdiocesan Catholic School
Administrators’ Convention in Bay St. Louis where Robert [Louis] Marzano gave
talks on “Formulating a School Culture to
Meet the Individual Needs of the Students We Serve.” Bob is a graduate of O’Dea High School in
Seattle and joined the Brothers in 1964, the same year John did. Bob left the community in 1968 and went on to
author thirty odd books, and become a valued researcher and presenter on
educational topics. John was able to spend time with him, attend Mass with him,
and share breakfast with Bob and several staff members of the School Leadership
Center where John does some consulting.
Sr. Monica Gundler facilitated a
community meeting on October 27 and on the 29th we celebrated
Charles 89th birthday. During
the day the community presented a donation to Lantern Light Ministries in
Charles’ honor, he distributed treats to the guests. That evening we celebrated his entrance to
his ninth decade at a local restaurant with Presentation Sisters Vera and Enid
and Holy Faith Sisters Nancy and Pauline.
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| Charles on postal duty on his 89th birthday! |
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| Ice cream bars or ice cream sandwiches handed out by the birthday boy. |
Br. Kevin Bernard, ’64, Deputy
Regional Leader of the Latin American Region, arrived that same evening He came to spend some time at the end of his
two month sabbatical in the US. Kevin
and John drove to Mobile, Alabama on Friday and enjoyed hours of exploring the
Battleship Alabama anchored in Mobile Bay.
Saturday was spent at the Mobile Museum of Art, a small but excellent
assembly of beautifully displayed objects.
After lunch they discovered the Cathedral and Kevin discovered the
stairs down to the crypt. Heaven. On Sunday, they visited Bellingrath House and
Gardens which had a great cafeteria.
Kevin returned to Peru on Tuesday, November 4.
On the 5th John went
in for the excision of a basal cell carcinoma.
Pictures tell the story. John is
thinking about dressing as a pirate for Mardi Gras if the scar does not heal.
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| Just an 8 inch long excision and you'll get a face lift thrown in! |
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| They looked in but found nothing! Perhaps I'll go as a pirate to Mardi Gras. |
On the 8th we had a
great group from Iona Prep for dinner and reflection.
Bob attended the Catholic
Volunteer Network in Denver from November 11 to 15 and got some good ideas; he
was, however, unable to connect with Kyle Fischler, one of our alumni
volunteers who we believe is living in Denver. The 11th was John’s
birthday so he and Charles went out to dinner just around the corner at Baie
Rouge—yummy.
Now we are looking forward to
Thanksgiving—hopefully the Saints game will pick up also!
IN CASE YOU ARE INTERESTED:
A reflection for the CLARION
HERALD special issue on Consecrated Life.
http://clarionherald.info/clarion/images/pdfs/consecrated_life/page03.pdf
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