Hoy En Colegio Episcopal San Francisco de Asís

Yesterday the Middle School students of Instituto Episcopal San Cristóbal held a bake sale and the Lovely Mona snapped a few shots of the kids selling cakes.




Today I participated in the dedication of Colegio Episcopal San Francisco de Asís. This is the newest school of the Diocese of Panamá, and it is located in a new barriada named Brisas de Golf (Gulf Breezes). The schools of Iglesia Episcopal de Panamá are considered some of the best schools in the country, and members of the community approached the Bishop and requested a school in this new neighborhood. They found the land and also financing for the school. It is a bilingual school, teaching in Español and English. It is a primary school at present, but will soon include a secondary school.

When I arrived I was greeted by Bishop Murray, who then asked if I would "help us with the incense." I thought he just wanted me to get the thang lit, but then he asked me to be thurifer. I pointed out that I was not wearing 4th Century street clothes, but he said it didn't matter, as Padre Forero was going to be crucifer and he wasn't vested, either. So I handed my camera to Padre Carlos Austin and swung the pot.

We had a procession, plaque blessing, ribbon cutting, and a Santa Eucaristía. After the Eucharist we had many thankyous and acknowledgements and then a great presentation, as who can resist Children Doing Folk Dances???? No one, that's who!!! Then we had a Lovely Repast.

Between Padre Carlos y Yo, tenemos muchos fótos. ¡Mira!

Bishop Julio Murray and Profesora Marcella Dickens, Directora de Colegio Episcopal de San Francisco de Asís.


Procession


Padre Luís reads the Gospel


From the Bishop's perspective, kinda


Crowd


Plaque blessing



Ribbon cutting


The Procession continues. . .


The Altar


La Santa Eucaristía


El Congregación


Bendiciones



The Benediction



Then Padre Carlos gave me the camera back.
And Now. . .LITTLE KIDS DOING FOLK DANCING!!!










A good shot of her tembleques



La Comida


LA ESCUELA







Computer Lab


Tropical Forest right next to school!





There is a contest for School Queen. Here are the candidates. Vote early and vote often!

Friday Random Top Ten

Ya pushes "shuffle" and ya takes yer chances. . .

1. I Am The Cosmos Chris Bell
2. Rock Steady Aretha Franklin
and another version of Rock Steady Aretha Franklin

Well, according to the Dance Party Friday Random Top Ten Rules, we stops when we hits a song that won't be topped, which makes today a Top Two! But we get two videos versions of Aretha! I like the second one better, and it's faster! Faster is always better.

I love both songs; Chris Bell was in Big Star, one of my all time favorite bands. How can you hate a line like Every night I tell myself, "I am the Cosmos; I am the wind"? He was a Power Pop King! And, of course, we're simply not going to top the Queen of Soul, so we'll end this Royal Shuffle Thang right here.

Watcha listenin' to? Please post your lists in the comments.

¡Verdad!

Nicked from www.bartcop.com, as usual

¿Quiere Más?

No, ¡gracias!

Muchisimas gracias a Reverenda Ann Fontaine por el fóto

Wishful Thinking

Go read this and then tell that you think the Republican Party really cares about the people of the U.S.A. and are serious about reforming health care. Go ahead; I dare ya! John "the Ignorant Slut" "We Loves Our Guns Here in the U.S.A." Ensign (R-NEV) defends the present state of Health Care in the U.S. by pointing out that if we take out all the car accidents and gun deaths, los estadoünidense have the best dang health care in the whole dang world. AND if we take out all the deaths from alcohol poisoning, drug overdoses, cancer, suicide, heart attacks, exposure, war dead, and self-asphyxiation-while-wearing-two-wet-suits AND everything else, well, heck, we'd have a nation full of people who die peacefully in their sleep. Also.

Happy Birthday, Adelita!

The Dance Party Birfday Mousie sings Happy Birfday to Adele in a skeeky voice

Today is our youngest granddaughter, Adele's, first birthday! Her mommy won't let us post photos of her on the innertoobes, even though she has the biggest, sun-shiniest smile on the planet, so we'll just post the Dance Party Birfday Mousie and say, ¡Feliz Cumpliaño, Adelita!

A Poem To St. Michael

An ancient Celtic poem in praise of Michael the Archangel

Thou Michael the victorious,
I make my circuit under thy shield,
Thou Michael of the white steed,
And of the bright brilliant blades,
Conqueror of the dragon,
Be thou at my back,
Thou ranger of the heavens,
Thou warrior of the King of all,
O Michael the victorious,
My pride and my guide
O Michael the victorious,
The glory of mine eye.


I make my circuit
In the fellowship of my saint,
On the machair, on the meadow,
On the cold heathery hill;
Though I should travel oceans
And the hard globe of the world
No harm can e’er befall me
‘Neath the shelter of thy shield;
O Michael the victorious,
Jewel of my heart,
O Michael the victorious,
God’s shepherd thou art.

Be the sacred Three of Glory
Aye at peace with me,
With my horses, with my cattle,
With my woolly sheep in flocks.
With the crops growing in the field
Or ripening in the sheaf,
On the machiar, on the moor,
In cole, in heap, or stack,.
Every thing on high or low,
Every furnishing and flock,
Belong to the holy Triune of glory,
And to Michael the victorious