Thursday, October 25, 2007

a birthday party at the our lady of monserrat abbey

the father prior and a bikemate, rafaelito, celebrated his birthday at the san beda abbey. batchmates from high school celebrated with him.
our batch churned out three priests. in the photos are basil (also benedictine) and kit (a salesian). they compensate for the sins of the batch, we all claim. my wife joy joined the celebration and was allowed into the hallowed all-male (some question this) grounds. the abbot, tarci, also came just in time for the main course of amici pizza! fr. abbot was our principal at the time of our graduation. easy to miss because he did not age as fast as we did.
by the way, the jacuzzi is part of the new infirmary of the abbey. joy stands in the dark of the unfinished jacuzzi room.
fr. bernardo perez with fr. rafaelito, the celebrant, on right.
jacuzzi in the infirmary with joy.
the benedictine monks at mealtime.
schoolmates from elementary to high school.
fr. tarci in the center seated with bearded fr. kit behind and fr. pael on kit's right.
abbey garden

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