Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday October 28 1999 — Page 15 Nuns’ new home has room for work prayer Continued from page 13 parking lot the listen are scarcely in the door They're still moving in catching their first colds as they acclimate to the shall we say invigorating temperatures inside The walls are bare and while the soaring foyer has lots of maple in the ceiling and lots of slate on the floor (and of course lots of light and blondness) it has in a comer just a few sticks of furniture Nevertheless ’A hostesses whose guests who arrive early a little flustered "We're not ready" Sister Mary r says "But my response is Let's get ourselves ready At least not say no" Benedictines are huge on hospitality — when it was suggested that guest quartos be scrapped to save money the Sisters were shocked “That's totally inappro- m priate for Benedictines says Sister Mary So when 1500 folks showed up for September's monster monastery opening the Sisters & John WHUnHtrald Journal were all smiles And when it was remarked that my goodness the place looked so grand they replied in the vein of Sister Marilyn Mark — "It's not a Franciscan poverty that we live We want to have things that are beautiful because they remind us of Uka everything else In Mount Benedict Monastery the simple chapel eeems cheerful and optimistic In light that pours through the buikftng The chapel stands front and center In the monastery indicating the piece of prayer In the lives of Its residents "By our presence1' says monastery prioress Sister Mary ZOnzen we want to invite women to such a Ufa that will allow growth In that dimension which so often in our lives is totally The Cache Valiev contingent was also remindet of Bertoldi and that he’s the architect for the new St Thomas Aquinas Church planned for 2001 (“I suspect" says Sister Marilyn who is pastoral associate at St Thomas "that we're going to find lots of Catholics when we're in a different area where it's easy to park") The monastery was five years in the making beginning when the sisters became autonomous from the motherhouse (St Bene-- here are the crowds at the door ready to call their meetings to order The Sis ters are delighted but as with ? God1 See next Thursday's Religion Page for Part II: Sister Marilyn and the Benedictine lifestyle diet's Monastery) in Minnesota The women lived in three houses "no different from other folks" Sister Mary notes "However it is not our kind of life The Benedictine life is a life of community" It is also plainly — look at the great empty foyer — a life of frugality As the Sisters have a foot in the workaday world so does their money "We made a decision" says Sister Mary "not to spend money in other ways but to invest it so we could build and not have a fundraiser" They almost had heart attacks however Their principal place of service St Benedict's Hospital was sold within a week of the Sisters committing to slay in Utah Talk about being in limbo The Sisters had taken a vow of stability but there they were up in the air Sister Marilyn recalls "the of Catholics and was very evident in Ogden They wanted us there strength cs ‘What's going to happen to the Sisters?' — that was their concern" The "strength" became very evident indeed with a gift of SI million from the hospital trust “That was their way of saying ‘We want to ensure the continuing presence of the Sisters in Utah'" Sister Mary says That commitment is expressed in the solid concrete masonry hugging the contours of the ridge A bridge straddling a ravine connects the public and private parts of the 33000-square-fo- ot monastery The sisters' quarters include living room kitchenette exercise room crafts room and 12 bedrooms with eight more on the way There are guest rooms in the as well as a library Giblic facility and dining room administration and meeting rooms These last range from coxy rooms to what Bertoldi calls a “boardroom" complete with kitchenette The boardroom is comfortable and bright and dominated by a 4SE Free Y2K Hardware Mr oftu Aba 34 USB NC 7563456 106 E 1120 Complete major transmission rebuilding - see the best 1 1456 N 300 W -- 752-854- The Indian Student Association at Utah State University hosts a Divali celebration Friday in the Taggart Student Center Lamplighting and traditional songs andi dances accompany jinner Tick-ets cost $U end are available fnj purchase Only until noon Friday at the Taggart Student Center information desk and the Spectrum ticket office Deepawali or Divali is the Hindu festival of lights celebrated throughout India and by Hindus all over Ac world The five-da- y festival occurs each year at the equinox The lighting of the lamps is in recognition of the oncoming dark of winter Each day of the fivday festival celebrates an individual doty and on various days tradition indicates that brothers give gifts to their sisters and husbands to wives During the festival a new year begins according to the Hindu calendar especially noted as a new financial year by the Hindu business community Godfrey continued from Page 13 we were loved Five years ago Mother died Good Christians CS Lewis often asserted live their lives anticipating the return of Jesus the Christ They have one eye focused on their vineyard and the other on the sky whence they are promised He will come like a thief in the night I know that when I was a child and the time drew near for Mother and Dad’s return we picked up our toys and made amends for any wrongs inflicted while they had been gone so that everything would be in order when they came home Sometimes Mother and Father arrived early and found us unprepared for their return Early unexpected reunions were not nearly as pleasant as those for which we were vie are all assured that tboae we love the most will always return They are coming back Jesus will return some day I will see Moth-si-n as well as others who er tried to avoid the reaper grim and failed God assures us mat none of His offspring will be forever lost One day we will all return to the warmth of a regal homecom- ing where there are no white Mack bond or free Wb are all his children Thus we need not fear there are no permanent departures Kan Qodbvy is a ntgiaus Nstorian POOR COPY - ' ' “Who's going to shovel these roadways?" “So oficn the question is ‘What are they going to do about it?' Now it’s ‘What are we going to do about it?'“ Wholes tl to ilw I'whltr 6 lor an aqK)inlmenl any lime day or evening - Open Saturday Hindu fest scheduled at university tidied the house tures towards the drive — Oil Checks ignored the hell out in front is a working bell coming from a ranch Inside across the great slate flour a chapel reminds that this is not some corporate headquarters Another smaller chapel is down the way “So we're saying ‘Come and see" Sister Mary concludes ‘"Come and see what our life is about what we are about what the possibilities are for service and for growth in the relationship with God'" She gaes out the window at the golden afternoon There are gardens to come out there but first the snow will fall She ges- 563-255- bhawr MfflSMIffeflf Iiun one-on-o- ne Did You Know ww 9 MHBflnlVVIV large table that says “Let's gel down to business" That's the effect of most of the public building's spare unsofl environment Ik--: - 745 N Main Logan UT Bay 3 8432 1 Wimmrr'j Srwing) J |