Re: what are you reading?

Oh, Franciscan - the bunch named after my patron saint!  Then Sisters of
Mercy in college!  Yes, they were an interesting group and I did receive a
great education from them - one of the few who never got whacked by them
too!  But then I was always the teacher's pet since my parents donated much
time and money - I would like to think it was also because I was smart.
Like Pam, seeing myself in a convent would be hysterical - sorta the
Catholic version of Private Benjamin!  Of course I DO love to wear black all
the time . . . hmmmmmmm.  But they really can't keep pets and gardens are
usually communal type affairs with the ones I knew.  Fran


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 8:18 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] what are you reading?


> and even seeing an inkling of
> humanity in some.

Which ones did you have?  I had Dominicans first, then Sisters of
Providence.  Most were wonderful caring, lovely people and good teachers.
Not all, but by far I am glad I had nuns for teachers.....except for that
humility thing.

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "F M Ferrari" <fm4re@swbell.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 8:29 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] what are you reading?


> Oh Daryl you forgot nuns! Always seemed like THE career for some of the
> smarter girls in Catholic school who didn't seem like the marrying type
> (me included). Oh how I would pray that God would forgive me for hoping
> that I would never get "THE CALL" to be a nun! You must know the setting
> when I grew up: born in 1955 to a typical, even sterotypical
> Italian-American family, bilinqual, loud, and dysfunctional in its own
> cultural niche! So to have a son or daughter "in service" in the church
> (ooops, Church), was a family's discounted ticket to heaven!
>
>
> But I do remember one detail about the nuns growing up and it's garden
> related: It always seemed that the only times nuns were permitted to
> roam around the alter was to set out the flowers. I do remember watching
> them arrange the flowers with such care and even seeing an inkling of
> humanity in some.
>
>
> Fran, OKC
>
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