Leisurely monks

The event of the week was our Fourth of July cookout (on the sixth of July which was Monday, our sabbath day). For these cookouts, Br. Josép gets us organized to lay out the table and the buffet. He does the shopping, the cooking and the grilling. And it is gooood!

The weather was good and Br. Aidan got home from visiting his Mom in Virginia just in time for the cookout. He wore his mask and kept the needed distance. He got tested in the next day or so and eventually was found negative. He could then put an end to his quarantine. After his one week visit to his Mom, he's been on an eight day staycation. He gets back to work on Tuesday.

During the week, we had our regular contemplative days from Tuesday to Thursday. I got a lot of prayer, reading and cleaning done.

We now have gotten into a routine of each doing our cleaning chores. The enclosure and the church look spick and span!

Monks at leisure. From top, clockwise: a big attraction of Sunday Movie Night is Br. Josép's pop-corn; Br. Bernard's right ear while watching "Riding in Cars with Boys"; cookout chilling (Bros. Randy and Josép); (Br. Bernard and Yanick Savain in the front); (Bros. Luc and Randy enjoying the food and a cool beer).

Summer blessings to you!