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   On
February 28, 2000 Father Louis B. Hasenfuss, OSB finished his lifelong
journey to our Father's house. His last message to us is presented
here. Father Louis
is lovingly missed.
Since our last entry
of the Chronicles - May
2008
April
2008
January 2008
February
2008
March
2008
Novice Oblations
Final Oblations
Henry Muhlenbrich, St. David, AZ Patrick
Young, Benson, AZ
Stan Everhart, Tubac, AZ
Elizabeth Gonzales, Benson, AZ
Laura Lopez, Nogales, AZ
David King, Portland, OR
Maria Alaverez, St. David, AZ
Rufina Fernandez, Benson, AZ
Rosa Guerro, El Paso, TX
Sherry Savio, Sierra Vista, AZ
Rosemarie Calingasan, St. David, AZ
Mary Strom, Monastery Resident
Carmen Perez, St. David, AZ
Blanca Alabador, St. David, AZ
P.S: During
this past month two people began a 3-month stint in the Associate
Program, David King from Washington State and Dwayne Weiss from Oregon. Also
during this past spring the monastery was blessed with an abundance of
winter workers. Together
they have donated thousands of
hours of labor! Much was
accomplished such as: pecans harvested and cleaned; the old Outside Inn
building was torn down; many major and minor maintenance projects were
completed; three monastery mobile homes were painted as well as the
buildings in the plaza; the Vigas in the cloister and church were oiled;
the cemetery was again cleaned and new rail fencing was placed around
the Oblate cemetery as well as the road near the office and St.
Scholastica; pond near the Hermitage was set-up to be drained for
cleaning; numerous hours helping in the kitchen,
bookstore and thrift store; trees and bushes pruned; gardens
watered; pot holes filled; museum roof, again, repaired; items bought,
repaired and sold for Ebay account (“Junk from Monks”);
cleaned the meditation pond; reshaped and planted the island in
the meditation pond; gutters cleaned throughout the property; the
inserts in the outside wall on the south side of Fr. Louis Hall were
tiled with picture tiles; kitchen laundry done weekly; walks around
office and Fr. Louis Hall cleaned weekly; provided library help; fought
off the increase of gopher population; music and voice lessons were
provided for the Easter choir and community choir in signing the psalms;
etc., etc., (I know that some projects were not mentioned as they should
have been, but you have the idea – much was accomplished through the
labor of love.) The
hard working generious RVers who were here a month or more were from
many parts. Coach
Leo Golembewski, an Oblate and coach of the University of Arizona Ice
Cats, extended the stucco wall in the Monastic Cemetery and planted 24
Italian Cypress trees along the wall. He also had an Our Lady of
Guadalupe grotto built in the southeast corner of the cemetery. John
and Mary Strom’s daughter and son-in-law and two grand children spent
over a month visiting them at the monastery. They also provided a
significant amount of work. Thad rebuilt the rail fence in the cemetery,
trimmed and cleared trees, as well as helped with many of the projects
the RVers were involved. Deb installed WIFI equipment that one of her
friends donated. This has greatly enhanced our internet service. Acrobat
Reader is required - to download newest version Bookstore and Gift Shop
The
Bookstore and Gift Shop carries the work
of local and international artists which consists of watercolors,
oils, hand painted porcelain, gourd art, stained glass, pottery, wood and
jewelry, as well as a selection
of religious books and music along with medals, rosaries and other
religious articles. We continue to sell our own Benedictine Bread, Banana Pecan Bread and Chocolate Bread, as well as pecans from our orchard. Recently we began featuring ground coffee from the Trappist monks of La Loma, Venezuela. Each Sunday after Mass, there is hospitality meeting on the porch of the bookstore featuring coffee and baked goods to allow for fellowship. The e-Scrip program has been a means for the monastery to receive financial support. What
is eScrip? eScript
is a program established by Electronic Scrip Incorporated to provide
support to non-profit organizations.
eScript is connected to approximately 600 merchants nationwide
that contribute a percentage of the money spent at one of their establishments
by a supporter of a specific non-profit organization, in this case
Holy Trinity Monastery. How
does it work? 1)
Signup for eScript on internet – www.escrip.com
and register your grocery store club card(s), frequent customer card
and/or your credit card. When
registering please use our group ID# 9607198 or name, Holy Trinity
Monastery.
Whenever you use your card(s) at any of the
eScript businesses a percentage of your purchase automatically goes
to support the monastery. It
does not cost you anything.
The registration section of the website is secured.
Your information is handled confidentially.
The website lists the participating merchants.
Each merchant gives a different percentage, from 1% to 10%
of the purchase. Merchants such as, Safeway, Vons, Chevron, Pep Boys,
OfficeMax, Eddie Bauer, etc. participate in this program. If
you have any questions please see the website of eScript above or
call the monastery, (520) 720-4016 ext 17. For those who do not have access to internet they may register through the monastery by requesting a registration form at the above number or writing us at PO Box 298, St. David, AZ 85630
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May 1, Willow
Siebert ecumenical group of eight met at the monastery for a 4 day
retreat. 
