HEY, WHAT’S THE BUZZ, TELL ME WHAT’S A HAPPENIN’
Why are you
reading this? Perhaps our Sisters, whom
you love, taught you in grammar school? Or you’re feeling a pull to religious
life and are checking things out? Or
maybe you’re just curious? Whatever the
reason, you’re always welcome here!
Truthfully,
my mind was blank for this month’s offering.
I’m preparing for First Vows in less than a month and have been
preoccupied with that and what comes next.
However, Pope Francis’s recent environmental encyclical, Laudato Si, led me to settle on our
bees.
Did you know
that the Sinsinawa Dominicans kept bees as early as 1896, and possibly even
earlier? Or that beekeeping was
reintroduced to the Mound a couple of years ago? “Why”, you ask? Bee-sides (sorry) being incredible architects
and engineers, bees are responsible for pollinating over 80% of the food we
eat. Bees are dependent on plant pollen
for food; plants are dependent upon bees for reproduction. Quite a symbiotic relationship, introduced by
the hand of God! Reintroducing bees to
the Mound assures a bounty of flowers, woodland plants, vegetables and fruits
and offers educational opportunities for our Sisters, brother priests, Academy
apartment residents, and the broader Grant County community.
Bee-yond
that, bees are models of community living, (although the drones who mate and
die might disagree!)
Bee lesson
#1 in a nutshell. Or beehive.
Sr. Kathy
Flynn
Sinsinawa,
WI
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