Mom emailed. This one is amazing.
Today @ work Sister Jen runs into my office and said:" Quick! Call Sister Karen......I left part of the car @ the store!!"
I innocently asked "What part??"
Answer " The Big part that fell off!!"
I called Sister Karen- her response "God dammit not this, again!"
Update tomorrow when I return to work!!
"Again?" This has happened more than once!? I'll have to see if I can find out what other parts of the car have previously been left in parking lots across America. Apparently there is an epidemic.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Nuns: Back from the Dead
Email from Mom:
Sister Jane, one of the younger nuns, went to Chapel @ 2:30AM to pray. One of the older, older Sisters., Sr Paula, went also around 2:45 am (they don't sleep much). All of sudden entire convent is awaken by Sister Jane's screaming!! Sister Jane thought that Sister Paulawas a fellow sister come back from the dead!! Too dark in Chapel to see anything clearly!! Mother Superior " For God's sake, couldn't one of you turn a light one!!!" and so it goes.............
Sister Jane, one of the younger nuns, went to Chapel @ 2:30AM to pray. One of the older, older Sisters., Sr Paula, went also around 2:45 am (they don't sleep much). All of sudden entire convent is awaken by Sister Jane's screaming!! Sister Jane thought that Sister Paulawas a fellow sister come back from the dead!! Too dark in Chapel to see anything clearly!! Mother Superior " For God's sake, couldn't one of you turn a light one!!!" and so it goes.............
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Are They ALL Crazy?
My dad just emailed me a news story from Italy. It looks like mom's convent is not the only "troubled nun house" on the planet. Who knew? See below.
Italian archbishop closes convent after nuns come to blows
A convent in southern Italy is being shut down after a quarrel among its last three remaining nuns ended in blows, press reports said Sunday.
Sisters Annamaria and Gianbattista, reportedly upset about their mother superior's authoritarian ways, scratched her in the face and threw her to the ground at Santa Clara convent near Bari in an incident in July that was kept quiet until now.
Archbishop Giovanni Battista Pichierri tried to reconcile the nuns but finally decided in late August that they had "clearly lost their religious vocation" and asked the Vatican for permission to close the convent.
Sisters Annamaria and Gianbattista moved to another convent, but Sister Liliana barricaded herself inside, refusing to leave, the reports said, adding that she suspected Battista Pichierri of planning to cede the convent to another community.
Liliana has been at the convent since its founding in 1963.
The link is here.
Italian archbishop closes convent after nuns come to blows
A convent in southern Italy is being shut down after a quarrel among its last three remaining nuns ended in blows, press reports said Sunday.
Sisters Annamaria and Gianbattista, reportedly upset about their mother superior's authoritarian ways, scratched her in the face and threw her to the ground at Santa Clara convent near Bari in an incident in July that was kept quiet until now.
Archbishop Giovanni Battista Pichierri tried to reconcile the nuns but finally decided in late August that they had "clearly lost their religious vocation" and asked the Vatican for permission to close the convent.
Sisters Annamaria and Gianbattista moved to another convent, but Sister Liliana barricaded herself inside, refusing to leave, the reports said, adding that she suspected Battista Pichierri of planning to cede the convent to another community.
Liliana has been at the convent since its founding in 1963.
The link is here.
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Nuns Calling the Police on Other Nuns
Below is the entire text of an email I got from Mom this afternoon. I'll have to call her to get all the details. This sounds like a good one.
New Sister story-2 sisters report license plate of a car driving extremely fast to police-turns out it was another sister!!!
Love,
Mom
New Sister story-2 sisters report license plate of a car driving extremely fast to police-turns out it was another sister!!!
Love,
Mom
Monday, August 13, 2007
More Plant Killings
Every year there is some problem with the convent flowers. Usually, a few sisters mutilate a few plants, and then dispose of their remains in a crass, un-christian, pro-mafia manner. Last year it was the Easter Lillies poisoned with orange juice (see previous post). This year, the flowers were thrown to their death.
Apparently, during the month of May, the convent expends great efforts honoring Mother Mary. In doing this, flower crowns are placed upon all the Mary statues around the convent. This was sure to lead to disaster.
Mom comes into work on some Monday in May. She has to go into the chapel to get something. She notices that on the largest Mary effigy, that there is no flower crown. Instead, there are flowers at Mary's feet. Mom said she instantly knew "there must have been some kind of incident over the weekend." Little did she know, the "incident" was more like a really big "scene" and it took place during Sunday Mass.
Mom asked around. Sister Lacy had been complaining about the flowers all month. They were making her sneeze and cough. Obviously, the best place for her to sit in mass then was right next to the Mary statue with the most flowers on it. She goes into a sneezing fit during prayer. She stands up, says "God, forgive me," and then walks over to the statue. She rips the flowers of Mary's head. She walks over to a window, opens it, and throws the flowers out the windo. She then returns to her pew and continues with prayer as if nothing happened. A "scene" followed almost immediatlly thereafter.
Apparently, during the month of May, the convent expends great efforts honoring Mother Mary. In doing this, flower crowns are placed upon all the Mary statues around the convent. This was sure to lead to disaster.
Mom comes into work on some Monday in May. She has to go into the chapel to get something. She notices that on the largest Mary effigy, that there is no flower crown. Instead, there are flowers at Mary's feet. Mom said she instantly knew "there must have been some kind of incident over the weekend." Little did she know, the "incident" was more like a really big "scene" and it took place during Sunday Mass.
Mom asked around. Sister Lacy had been complaining about the flowers all month. They were making her sneeze and cough. Obviously, the best place for her to sit in mass then was right next to the Mary statue with the most flowers on it. She goes into a sneezing fit during prayer. She stands up, says "God, forgive me," and then walks over to the statue. She rips the flowers of Mary's head. She walks over to a window, opens it, and throws the flowers out the windo. She then returns to her pew and continues with prayer as if nothing happened. A "scene" followed almost immediatlly thereafter.
Are Nuns the Real Bud-Light Target Audience?
Sister Darcy said, "The only thing I will miss about summer is the Bud-lite commercials on TV."
Melons
Mom called.
Apprentlly, the kitchen staff at the convent was given the afternoon
off in order to "decompress and find some inner peace."
"Is working in the kitchen that stressful," I asked.
Mom gave me the nun reality-check, and replied, "Well, tensions were pretty high between two sisters. One of them threw an entire watermellon at the other. It made a big mess."
Apprentlly, the kitchen staff at the convent was given the afternoon
off in order to "decompress and find some inner peace."
"Is working in the kitchen that stressful," I asked.
Mom gave me the nun reality-check, and replied, "Well, tensions were pretty high between two sisters. One of them threw an entire watermellon at the other. It made a big mess."
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