by St Anthony | Feb 2, 2023 | Display On Chronicles
Baby, it’s cold outside! Those three ladies in the basement, Billie Jo, Betty Jo and Bobbie Jo, have been working hard this week. As soon as the snow flakes stopped falling last Friday, the temperatures started falling. By Monday, the high temperature was 1. Tuesday...
by St Anthony | Jan 26, 2023 | Display On Chronicles
Saturday morning, in the midst of breakfast on a silent retreat, our lovable, gregarious, differently-abled dishwasher, Myron, walked into the dining room and shouted, “Good morning! Merry Christmas!” to our guests. The men on silent retreat, rather than being upset...
by St Anthony | Jan 19, 2023 | Display On Chronicles
Many people seem to believe that St. Anthony’s draws retreatants only from the central Wisconsin area. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, Wednesday, a group of more than 40 arrived from St. Paul for a four-day retreat. This is one of several of our...
by St Anthony | Jan 12, 2023 | Display On Chronicles
. . . must come down. That’s the law of gravity. It is also the law of Christmas decorations. Wednesday was the day to take down the tree and put the Christmas decorations away for another year. Both Jackies, Kim, Adele, Marge, Sr. Barb, Candy and Terri pitched in to...
by St Anthony | Jan 5, 2023 | Display On Chronicles
“Next week we will be back on a regular schedule.” Or not. Jackie K. jinxed it last week when she proclaimed this week would be returning to a regular five day work week for the first time in a while. That lasted one day. Weather forecasters predicted a wintery mix of...
by St Anthony | Dec 29, 2022 | Display On Chronicles
We have seen and heard much about darkness and light lately. Christmas lights inside and out pierced the darkness of December. Last week we marked the Winter Solstice, the darkest day of the year in the Northern hemisphere. We just finished the season of Advent and...
