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Post by pianistclare on Feb 18, 2017 23:09:24 GMT
PS: My obsession is jigsaw puzzles. Started a 1000 piece one yesterday afternoon, almost finished.
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Post by tawny on Feb 19, 2017 0:15:59 GMT
Hi again all. Born upstate NY in the Adirondacks (Or as we say in NY, God's country). Moved down to NYC at a young age. Grew up with a solid Catholic education & upbringing. Mother was the Church Secretary, Father was the Church Sacristan. Brother was an Altar Server (Served Archbishop's Sheen's Masses at St. Agnes & St. Patrick's). Widowed (lost husband in Vietnam), with 2 grown children, no grandkids yet (hoping/praying). Masters Degrees in both Nursing & Health Care Administration, currently working at the City University of NY as a Nurse Educator specializing in Community Mental Health. Currently enrolled at St. Joseph's Seminary, Dunwoodie for Masters in Theology. I'm also a Professed Third Order Franciscan, serving in my Parish as a EMHC, Lector, RCIA/CCD Instructor, Sacristan, Columbiette & Cursillista Liason.
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Post by oralabora on Feb 19, 2017 1:42:38 GMT
So what do y'all do for fun? My main drug is road cycling, 4270 km last season, 43,000 meters vertical. In winter, Julie (my wife) and I hike/snowshoe in the local mountains; we snowshoed this afternoon in fact. I'm 20 minutes from a mountain that in the UK would qualify as a "Munro" (at least 3000 ft tall), in the Quebec branch of the Appalachians. Used to be into aviation in a big way, but a growing gap between what it costs and my post-retirement income has put the kaybosh on that.
I also have a job one day a week working as an assistant librarian at my abbey. But I consider it one of the things I do for "fun". I love books, and I love the monk I work with, we have a hoot together! He's got such a great sense of humour! The big temptation is avoiding wasting time perusing the books, we have a job to do, we inherited a couple of large collections recently from a recently deceased priest, and an elderly oblate who had to donate his collection before going into a nursing home. Currently sorting them out using the Library of Congress classification system. This dog is never too old to learn new tricks!
Oh yeah I'm also on the organizing committee of the next World Oblate Congress (Rome, Nov. 4-10 2017). I've been to Rome every year since 2013...
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Post by pianistclare on Feb 19, 2017 2:19:26 GMT
Wow. That's impressive. Jigsaw puzzles, music, those are what I do for fun. I also make rosaries....bit most of the people I know already have one of mine, so I haven't made one ina while. Irishmom keeps telling me to sell them on Etsy, bit full time at the parish keeps me from it. Bit I. Love love ❤ love jigsaw puzzles. My hubs has clocked me. I place about 10)12 pieces per minute when I'm in the zone. Tonight I'm giving a lesson to eight older teens who are having a lockin at church. Topic is Aqunias and continuing conversion through reconciliation. They're out bowling. Waiting for them to arrive. 😉
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Post by tawny on Feb 19, 2017 3:02:00 GMT
My fun pastime is gardening, just love growing things. Right now my project is fruit tress. I have peach, pear, cherry, fig, plum & Asian pear. Also growing grapes & can't wait to start the veggie garden. I enjoy getting my hands dirty in the soil. We have rich red clay soil on the island; great for anything that grows above ground. I find it relaxing & therapeutic. Great tension reliever. When I'm hold up in the house during the Winter months, oil painting is my hobby. Mainly into landscapes.
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Post by pianistclare on Feb 19, 2017 6:17:12 GMT
Irishmom also paints landscapes
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Post by upupandaway on Feb 19, 2017 12:22:02 GMT
...whoa. I fell asleep in The Other Place and woke up here. Freak-y. Definitely Catholic, but looking back on my life it's clear that I'm 100% devoid of common sense. May I stay anyway?
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Post by sirach on Feb 19, 2017 13:59:35 GMT
Oh yeah I'm also on the organizing committee of the next World Oblate Congress (Rome, Nov. 4-10 2017). I've been to Rome every year since 2013... How impressive! I was in Rome only one day, which happened to be a tack-on to my main tour in the Holy Land. We could not enter the Sistine Chapel, since the Pope was there, so it wasn't a good trip. When we had dinner, I was ready for a good salad, since we were not allowed to eat any fruit or greens the whole 8 days in the Holy Land. My mouth was salivating, thinking that when I ordered Antipasta, it would be so refreshing! Well, you can imagine my sheer disappointment and shock when they delivered a plate full of lunchmeat! I also ordered a set of slides from one of the local vendors, and again, felt stupid since they were all in Italian! Not too happy with Rome.
But what I wanted to ask you, if you care to share it -- did you take a devotional name when you were professed in your Order? I just watched Fr. Cedric's program this morning, and the name he chose when he was professed (Order of Passionists) is Cedric of Jesus, of the Agony in the Garden. In my order, I never heard anyone choose this name, but I can appreciate his special devotion, which is the main reason for its unique selection. My name is Mary Carole of the Blessed Sacrament, since I owe my conversion to seeing people receive holy communion.
So, Michel, who are YOU?
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Post by pianistclare on Feb 19, 2017 14:55:53 GMT
...whoa. I fell asleep in The Other Place and woke up here. Freak-y. Definitely Catholic, but looking back on my life it's clear that I'm 100% devoid of common sense. May I stay anyway? Wow!!!!! Welcome! So glad you landed here! I missed you. What do you think of the place? It's homey and colorful!!!! No fighting! You recognize most of the people I'm sure. So happy you came. God bless you! Clare
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Post by upupandaway on Feb 19, 2017 22:26:12 GMT
Wow!!!!! Welcome! So glad you landed here! I missed you. What do you think of the place? It's homey and colorful!!!! No fighting! You recognize most of the people I'm sure. So happy you came. God bless you! Clare I find the wasabi green quite soothing, and who couldn't use a bit of soothing? Now that we're all here, hope we don't get on each others' nerves...
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Post by tawny on Feb 19, 2017 22:45:03 GMT
...whoa. I fell asleep in The Other Place and woke up here. Freak-y. Definitely Catholic, but looking back on my life it's clear that I'm 100% devoid of common sense. May I stay anyway? Welcome to sanity UUAA; glad you made it over here.
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Post by oralabora on Feb 19, 2017 23:17:32 GMT
...whoa. I fell asleep in The Other Place and woke up here. Freak-y. Definitely Catholic, but looking back on my life it's clear that I'm 100% devoid of common sense. May I stay anyway? Welcome Up! I remember you from the Other Place! You're a francophile, and I'm a francophone!
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Post by oralabora on Feb 19, 2017 23:24:15 GMT
Oh yeah I'm also on the organizing committee of the next World Oblate Congress (Rome, Nov. 4-10 2017). I've been to Rome every year since 2013...
But what I wanted to ask you, if you care to share it -- did you take a devotional name when you were professed in your Order? I just watched Fr. Cedric's program this morning, and the name he chose when he was professed (Order of Passionists) is Cedric of Jesus, of the Agony in the Garden. In my order, I never heard anyone choose this name, but I can appreciate his special devotion, which is the main reason for its unique selection. My name is Mary Carole of the Blessed Sacrament, since I owe my conversion to seeing people receive holy communion.
So, Michel, who are YOU?
Well, Michel really is Michel Typical of the Order, Benedictine houses, and their oblate programs, are highly individualistic. In our house we don't take a devotional name. Some abbeys do. Technical point, we don't profess, we promise. As a French-Canadian though, it was typical to have a devotional name on our baptismal record. Mine is Jean (not the female name that rhymes with the apparel, but the French version of John). It's actually the first name on my baptismal record, but nobody, including my parents, ever used it. They always only ever called me "Michel"; to many of my anglophone friends I am known as "Mike". I speak both langues fluently so I have friends from both of the "solitudes" (look up "The Two Solitudes" on Google!)
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Post by pianistclare on Feb 19, 2017 23:33:21 GMT
Wow!!!!! Welcome! So glad you landed here! I missed you. What do you think of the place? It's homey and colorful!!!! No fighting! You recognize most of the people I'm sure. So happy you came. God bless you! Clare I find the wasabi green quite soothing, and who couldn't use a bit of soothing? Now that we're all here, hope we don't get on each others' nerves... "wasabi" LOL
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Post by sirach on Feb 20, 2017 1:02:04 GMT
Well, Michel really is Michel Typical of the Order, Benedictine houses, and their oblate programs, are highly individualistic. In our house we don't take a devotional name. Some abbeys do. Technical point, we don't profess, we promise. As a French-Canadian though, it was typical to have a devotional name on our baptismal record. Mine is Jean (not the female name that rhymes with the apparel, but the French version of John). It's actually the first name on my baptismal record, but nobody, including my parents, ever used it. They always only ever called me "Michel"; to many of my anglophone friends I am known as "Mike". I speak both langues fluently so I have friends from both of the "solitudes" (look up "The Two Solitudes" on Google!) Very interesting, and I am really surprised, since I would have thought you took a religious devotional name along with your own. I see that I used the wrong designation (professed) -- I agree with you, that even in my order, it is referred to as a "promise." We make the first one after a year, and after three years, for life. Some are permitted to make a vow in connection with their promise, but I never felt called to that. Thanks for updating me. Some day we will need to explore the different orders and their requirements.
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