Christifideles commissioning

After a great dinner party at the cottage last night the keeper left me early today to cheer on a friend who  was commissioned today as a LEM.

In addition to the commissioning of LEMS, they also commissioned the Latino catechists and the keeper ran into a lot of old friends from several parishes.

Our Favorite Dental Team

I am very grateful for the keeper's dentist who does not recommend pet dentistry.

Their visits are full of wild political conversation, travelogues, and whatever else Zoey brings up.

Prayer for Charleston

A terrible tragic shooting happened at a historic AME church in Charleston. 

Senseless violence perpetrated upon innocent people.

After the dinner, the group prayed for Charleston, for the victims, the families, al whose lives are ripped apart by violence, which would be all of us.

They lit up the night with their singing, their prayer, their candles.

The Ministries Dinner

Yes, my friends. I waited until almost 10 to eat tonight. Now, if I were from some other land, this would be fine. But,I live here and my culture should be respected. I like to eat at 6. The cause of my late dinner? The keeper went to the dinner at the parish and actually helped serve. But I was not served. Nor was I impressed.

But it appears from the photos that she had a rollicking good time talking to lots of folks and waiting on tables.  I hear they had some very fine chicken. But no kitty bag came home with her.

Margaret was the organizer of the keeper and the other servers.

This was the crew that mostly worked the bar.

Clarity

The keeper was out at Sea Tac yesterday to get the pass to help 

her avoid being stuck in long lines. She saw a lot of people her age carrying these signs at the TSA checkpoints.  

Constant reminder that she is closer to the end of the metaphorical big line than she thinks and that she better have fun before the green sign shows up for her once and for all!

Sacred Memorabilia

Others at the event tonight brought photos, banners, buttons, flags, mementos of their days with Dutch. It never crossed her mind to do that. When she got home she showed me two buttons that she displays proudly in the den, from her protest days and from her Concerned Catholic days.

A Still and Quiet Conscience

Tonight I ate very late, and you might call it fashionable, but I don't.

The keeper stayed in town to attend a lecture about her hero and inspiration. There was a book signing  too, even though she had read the book several times already.  She knows the author and is lucky to be able to work with him once in awhile.

The Cathedral Hall kept filling up but everyone fit after they brought out every available chair.She said it was a wonderful gathering of old companions from "the day." It was inspiring, and sad.

She came home carrying melancholia and awe that she had the good fortune to know such a prophet.