Waterlily pads

This week, Br. Luc returned from South Africa. Br. Daniel Ludik, from St Benedict's Priory in Hermanus arrived with Br. Luc. Daniel is going to stay with us in West Park for a few months. We also welcomed an intern and an aspirant. Mr. Jim Huston, will be with us till the summer as monastic intern. Mr. Anthony Letchworth, of Pittsford, NY, is visiting us for a three-week aspirant visit to further discern a monastic vocation in the Order of the Holy Cross.

Waterlily pads and Hudson river. Top four pictures: paintings by friend and artist, Joan Monastero; panoramic view of our meadow under some snow.

This week, Br. Robert Leo helped our friend Joan Monastero, of Saugerties, NY, to hang a collection of pictures based on water lilies leaves collected on Cape Cod. The exhibition will be in our gallery until the summer. Joan is generously donating the sale proceeds of her paintings to the monastery.

We had a light coat of snow this Saturday. The Hudson valley always looks lovely under snow.

This weekend, we are hosting about twenty religious in formation with their formators for an inter-novitiate formation on "Contemporary Mysticism."