Welcome, August!

August’s bright and sunny arrival has brought us a welcome gift - loads of corn from a dear friend of the community! A few of the Sisters helped to silk and blanche the corn during the morning, and after lunch it was all-hands-on-deck to cut the golden goodness off the cobs and bag it up for freezing. 37 lbs of corn have been tucked away in the freezer, thanks to this year’s monastery “corn party.” And now, a glimpse of the cob-nobbing (joke courtesy of our friendly local postulant):