JUNE 20TH, 2008

I'M USING THE ITALIAN COMPUTER AGAIN AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET SMALL LETTERS THIS TIME!
YESTERDAY AFTER WE LEFT MONTE CASSINO WE WERE ABLE TO STOP BY THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA AT THE TOWN OF SPERLONGO. THEY HAVE A WONDERFUL BEACH THERE (I HEARD IT'S ONE OF ITALY'S BEST ONES). WE STAYED THERE A COUPLE OF HOURS ENJOYING THE WATER... AND BOUGHT GELATOS (DELICIOUS ICE CREAM) BEFORE GOING BACK TO ROME.
TODAY WE STAYED HOME FOR CLASSES, LEARNING MORE ABOUT BENEDICTINE WOMEN AFTER THE 6TH CENTURY. IN THE AFTERNOON WE SPENT TIME SHARING IN OUR OWN FEDERATIONS AND THEN WITH THE ENTIRE GROUP ABOUT STORIES OF OUR OWN COMMUNITYS' HISTORIES. WE CERTAINLY HAVE MUCH IN COMMON AS WELL AS THINGS UNIQUE TO OUR OWN COMMUNITIES.
ONE OF THE SISTERS OF THE TUTZING ORDER OF BENEDICTINES HAD TAUGHT ENGLISH IN A UNIVERSITY IN CHINA AND SHARED HER EXPERIENCES WITH US.