Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico
Greetings from the high desert where winter is slowly changing into spring despite some very cold evenings and nights. Although we have been through a rough winter, we are grateful for the snow and rain. We all know how necessary […]
By the time this letter reaches you, 2024 will be well underway, but I think it is never too late to wish friends a Happy New Year. I pray that the year will be blessed for all of us. Since […]
Now that we have completed our centenary celebrations of the Mission and school, our hearts can turn to a celebration of Christmas. But a casual remark passed by our bishop at the centenary Mass of thanksgiving, linger in my thoughts […]
Greetings once again from all of us at St. Anthony’s! First of all, I want to send my most heartfelt greetings and best wishes to you during this month of Thanksgiving. Many years ago in Scotland, a friend of mine […]
Fall greetings from all of us at St. Anthony’s!I apologize once again for my delay in writing. Our monthly newsletter is always a priority, however, time constraints and the daily demands of keeping our “heads above water” sometimes restrict what […]
Greetings once more from St. Anthony – 101. No, we haven’t changed our name. We just wanted to share with you our excitement that, as school resumed a couple of weeks ago, we entered into the one hundred and first […]
A Century of Service! One school year has ended and I am busy preparing the campus for next year’s crop of students. The work continues in an unending cycle of forming generations to build fruitful lives. I have already written […]
Warm greetings once again from the sun-baked high desert, where trees are blooming, birds are singing, and weeds are growing at an alarming rate. There is a strangely tense but lighthearted mood in the School this month as we rapidly […]
Easter Greetings from all at St. Anthony’s. I hope that you found the Easter celebrations as wonderful and joyous as we did in Zuni. As I mentioned in my last letter March was a time of preparation and anticipation at […]
Greetings once more from all at St. Anthony’s. I hope that the old adage about March entering like a lion and leaving like at lamb holds true. The cold, snow and icy winds have taken their toll on the community […]
Warm greetings once more from all at St. Anthony’s. I say “warm” in the hope that friendly words will compensate a little for the chilling wind and snow that we have being experiencing. Below freezing temperatures, early morning followed by […]
Greetings once more from a very, very cold Zuni. We wish all our friends everything that is good in 2023. We fell behind in correspondence during December and I apologize for the delay in replying to letters. Thankfully, we have […]
“A Child is born for you, he is Christ the Lord” I remember vividly my visit to Bethlehem in 1999. The splendor of the churches and the excitement among our pilgrims faded as I stared at the tiny spot within […]
Greetings once again from all at St. Anthony’s where ‘time stands still for no man’, as the old saying goes. On a visit to one of the stores in Gallup, I found Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas decorations all on sale […]
As always I send warm greetings from the High Desert, as we near the end of the first quarter of our school year. While I am put away my light weight summer clothes and long sleeved shirts are put back […]
Sometimes I feel all I can do is sit back and scratch my head in wonder! I had our August newsletter all written and ready to send when our printing machine decided to give up the ghost. It took the […]
Thankfully the students are back “bright eyed and bushy tailed”! Well at least full of energy and all say they are happy to be back in school. I suspect their parents are truly delighted also. This has been a long […]
Greetings once more from the high desert and all at St. Anthony’s. I write ‘all’ but essentially I am the only resident on campus. The students are still on vacation, our two sisters from India are still enjoying their well-earned […]
Dear Friends I give thanks to the Lord and to you that we have concluded yet another successful year at St. Anthony’s School. I really need to share with you some of the “goings-on” of these few weeks. As I […]
Greetings from Zuni bathed in May sunshine within and around us. On Sunday I noticed luxuriant grass growing at the roadside. Where the water was found to nourish it is a mystery since there is very little to be found […]