After months of planning and weeks of preparation the result of the St. Francis Fall Festival was a rewarding day for all of us here at St. Francis of Assisi School.
Many might envision the life of a Franciscan Sister of Christian Charity to be placid and prayerful at all times. Here’s visual proof that this is not always so. Though our activities are many, they give the opportunity for many joys. This being Hispanic Heritage Month, our school is involved in many activities highlighting the culture of our Spanish-speaking people. The local 4-H office volunteered to come and do a paper flower making project with our Pre-K through Grade 2 students. The only thing brighter than the tissue paper layers were the smiling little faces.
The sense of taste was educated in the Hispanic flavors as our Pre-K and Kindergarten students experimented with the taste of tamales. These were hand made by two of the
parents from the class. After the children read Too Many Tamales they enjoyed tasting the real thing. Classes also enjoyed tasting Mexican strawberry water, straberry pastries as well as tortilla chips and salsa from a local Mexican restaurant owned by parishoners.
Dismissal time at school involves much more than just walking out the door. Sister Maria Goretti leads her first and second graders in praying the Act of Contrition. They can’t possibly leave without singing in praise of the God who has been with them throughout the day. They join in singing A Gift For You.
Sister Judy honors St. Mattew, the tax collector on his feastday by doing some money counting of her own. Though she doesn’t deal with taxes, she helps the cafeteria staff by counting snack money collected from student patrons. Prinicpal, Mrs. Lewis and the cafeteria ladies are strong believers in the maxim that “many hands make light work”!
One does not live on bread alone, but it surely doesn’t hurt to have such delicious homemade delicacies as this bread. Sister Annette left her hand and heart prints on these golden treasures fresh out of the oven.
As any given day winds down to a close, we all gather in our convent chapel for prayer. The lovely Franciscan art is complemented by the theme word for our year, blessed. We hope to support one another in remembering how truly blessed we are in so many ways along our daily journeys.
So, as you can see, life at St. Francis in Greenwood is never dull and everyone lends a color to the rainbow of activity in God’s sight.
Life at St. Francis of Assisi Convent, School and Parish have been seemingly busier than usual, but that has not stopped us from enjoying the life around us!
Tropical storm Gordon blessed us with a wonderful rainfall. We had been in a drought situation so the ground was ready to absorb the gift.
We did ended up with the beginnings of our “Lake St. Francis”, which you can see in the distance, but nothing like some times. In 3 days the students were out again playing on the playground.
Another enjoyable and newsworthy item to report here are our hummingbirds. As you may know they are very territorial creatures. Often we have seen them dive bombing each other at the feeder. This year we learned that the solution is to put up a second or third feeder, each out of sight of the others. The results….!
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