Candidacy - Day 4 - Puzzle on the coffee table

This post is short and sweet! Today, I spent a good chunk of time working on a project for my liturgy class at school. Our team of four students attended Mass at St. Columba's in Emeryville. Here's a link to their web site: http://www.stcolumba-oak.com/. The Mass was after the fashion of an African American gospel service in the context of a mass. It was awesome! The team needs to attend mass there three different weeks, but at the same time each week. There are six pages of questions to help us evaluate the liturgy. After Mass, I had lunch with Gracie, one of the Franciscans who lives in Emeryville, CA. Came home. We (Meg, Carol, and I) worked on answering questions for a meeting that will occur in two weeks, had dinner, prayed evening prayer, watched 60 minutes, and worked on the puzzle. Here's a picture of the current state of the puzzle:

Meg found all of the edges. I contributed a couple of pieces to the picture. It's a normal sort of existence. So, to answer a friend's question, I'm not praying all day long. But, another day I'll talk about my take on St. Francis and prayer. G'night all!

Candidacy - Day 3 - Pottery

Well, I'm actually writing this on Sunday. But here is what I was going to post.

I wrote about Franciscan Prayer bowls a while back. If you're interested, click here. So, the project has moved forward. We have several prayer bowls sitting in the chapel in Santa Maria. Here are a few of the bowls that have been made so far. The four in this box had been undergone the first firing, called the bisque firing.

The bowls below have been glazed and fired. These are the bowls sitting in the chapell in Santa Maria. The bowls have been made by several people in the Sacramento, CA, area.



This is a no-money-eschange project so that the intent and implementation in the bowls remain priceless!

Saturday's activities: In PJs until about 10:30 AM. Brunch and conversation with my friend, Jane, at 11:00 AM to celebrate her birthday. Stacks in Redwood City has unusual pancakes. The bananna, macademia nut, and coconut pancakes are to-die-for. A run to the car wash because my car needed a shower. Mass at 5:00 PM, then dinner and evening prayer, followed by work on a puzzle. Or rather, watching the other person with whom I am living, Meg, work on a puzzle.