Christmas Presents From The Summit Shoppe!

[jenna311]

[quote name='shortnun' post='1428217' date='Dec 2 2007, 04:16 PM']I was just thinking that we should probably explain the joke now that we've been talking about it....

Girolamo Savonarola was an Italian Dominican priest from the 15th century. He was an apocalyptic preacher. He was eventually (though some argue wrongfully) condemned as a heretic, excommunicated, and executed. He and two other friars were burned in the public square in Florence. Thus a soap smelling of burning firewood would be particularly appropriate for Savonarola.[/quote]


lol....i remember learning about him in my class on Michelangelo. very funny

[cathoholic_anonymous]

The pun is made doubly effective by the fact that 'savon' means soap in quite a few languages.

[VeniteAdoremus]

[quote name='elizabeth_jane' post='1432612' date='Dec 11 2007, 02:48 AM']I got my soaps today! I went right into the bath to use the Natale soap--it is wonderful! My skin is so soft and the bathroom smells great!!! I might have to put one of extras (I ordered 3) in with the oatmeal ones I got my parents.
This may be the only stuff I ever use--seriously. [/quote]

I soooooo know exactly what you mean

[elizabeth_jane]

Think they use this soap in all Dominican convents??? Ha ha.

[Thomist-in-Training]

Two years ago I bought my brother a book called "The End of an Age," an idea which he is always talking about.
He never read it.

Last year I made him a scarf, which he may have worn sometime, but you don't really need that many scarves.

So when I saw the blog entry about soap and Christmas presents, I thought "Ah-ha! He HAS to use SOAP!"

I was very pleased with my cleverness. My mother has pointed out to me that he might not like the [i]scents[/i], but I remain nothing daunted. I will post the results later.

[elizabeth_jane]

Yup, brothers have to use soap!! What scents did you get?

Edited December 13, 2007 by elizabeth_jane

[Thomist-in-Training]

Just the "Gent's Scents" trio--Savonarola, Bay Rum & Sandalwood. I would have gotten the gift crate w/4 but I'm poor.

[elizabeth_jane]

I hear you there. I hope the gift is a success!!

[puellapaschalis]

Just before I left for the Christmas break (which I'm enduring now ) my sister (hope she doesn't - oh wait, that's not going to work) gave me some rather wonderful Christmas presents at the airport.

Of course in the interests of international air safety I had to open them immediately. I discovered a St. Dominic medal (is she trying to tell me something, do you think?) and two soaps. One rather interestingly coloured, the second, she warned me in a rather non-specific way, was [i]dangerous[/i]. To be used with caution, lest I unnecessarily tempt anyone.

Now I am a very obedient older sister and have restricted myself to the funny-coloured one (don't take it personally - I'm sure there's something in my DNA which specifies that something needs to be blue before I have anything approaching a decent opinion of it ). Which, it has to be said, is rather wonderful, even on my face.

The question of when I should use the Dangerous Soap is quite open. The question of what I'm to do with a St. Dominic medal, when the solid evidence of my [i]Benectine[/i] oblation has first rights around my neck, is a further quandry. Ah well - I shall momentarily put these dilemmas to one side whilst I concentrate on writing my thesis and reading various works of St. Hildegard. Or I could completely de-lurk and dig up some old Benedictine threads as VS has once again become rather dominated by Dominican, Franciscan/Poor Clare and Carmelite factions

/me knuffelt VA heel erg stevig en hoop dat ze dr snel weer ziet, misschien wel in de Agnes, met mantilla Hartelijk bedankt en een Zalig Kerst!

[Sr Mary Catharine OP]

[quote name='puellapaschalis' post='1438963' date='Dec 27 2007, 07:22 PM']Just before I left for the Christmas break (which I'm enduring now ) my sister (hope she doesn't - oh wait, that's not going to work) gave me some rather wonderful Christmas presents at the airport.

Of course in the interests of international air safety I had to open them immediately. I discovered a St. Dominic medal (is she trying to tell me something, do you think?) and two soaps. One rather interestingly coloured, the second, she warned me in a rather non-specific way, was [i]dangerous[/i]. To be used with caution, lest I unnecessarily tempt anyone.

Now I am a very obedient older sister and have restricted myself to the funny-coloured one (don't take it personally - I'm sure there's something in my DNA which specifies that something needs to be blue before I have anything approaching a decent opinion of it ). Which, it has to be said, is rather wonderful, even on my face.

The question of when I should use the Dangerous Soap is quite open. The question of what I'm to do with a St. Dominic medal, when the solid evidence of my [i]Benectine[/i] oblation has first rights around my neck, is a further quandry. Ah well - I shall momentarily put these dilemmas to one side whilst I concentrate on writing my thesis and reading various works of St. Hildegard. Or I could completely de-lurk and dig up some old Benedictine threads as VS has once again become rather dominated by Dominican, Franciscan/Poor Clare and Carmelite factions

/me knuffelt VA heel erg stevig en hoop dat ze dr snel weer ziet, misschien wel in de Agnes, met mantilla Hartelijk bedankt en een Zalig Kerst![/quote]

You give the St. Dominic medal to Venite Adoremus and you use the "dangerous" soap (cloister garden) when you go to adoration! Don't you want to smell beautiful for the Lord?
Is the funny colored soap the SAVONarola?
As someone who doesn't have a sense of smell (and "CEO" of the soap dept) I have NO IDEA what the soap smell like but people like it!
Today we were experimenting with a new soap that has honey, milk and olive oil in it. But we put too much olive oil in and you have to wash your hands WITH SOAP after you handle it! Onto a new experiement!
Like the Colwich blog but would like it even more with photos!

Pax!
SMC

PS I'm all for OSB's. They're almost as nice as OP's! :-)

[abiding-soul]

[quote name='Sr. Mary Catharine' post='1438976' date='Dec 27 2007, 10:37 PM']PS I'm all for OSB's. They're almost as nice as OP's! :-)[/quote]

[color="#48D1CC"][size=3][b][font="Century Gothic"]Hey, what about the OSF's? lol...[/font][/b][/size][/color]

[puellapaschalis]

[quote name='Sr. Mary Catharine' post='1438976' date='Dec 28 2007, 05:37 AM']You give the St. Dominic medal to Venite Adoremus and you use the "dangerous" soap (cloister garden) when you go to adoration! Don't you want to smell beautiful for the Lord?
Is the funny colored soap the SAVONarola?
As someone who doesn't have a sense of smell (and "CEO" of the soap dept) I have NO IDEA what the soap smell like but people like it!
Today we were experimenting with a new soap that has honey, milk and olive oil in it. But we put too much olive oil in and you have to wash your hands WITH SOAP after you handle it! Onto a new experiement!
Like the Colwich blog but would like it even more with photos!

Pax!
SMC

PS I'm all for OSB's. They're almost as nice as OP's! :-)[/quote]

Well, what's VA going to do with two?

Nice idea about adoration though - a very nice idea. Never really considered whether Our Lord was fussed about [i]how[/i] I smelt (although I assume He'd much rather I was on the nicer side of neutral - i.e. that deodorant was necessary) but I like your logic. Now I'll just have to make sure I'm out of Dangerous Sniffing Distance (I propose that each person's DSD is individual, which should make for..hang on[footnote1]) of anyone else - shouldn't be a problem for Our Lord as I assume His Sniffing Abilities are not hindered by the monstrance's physical limitations.

I've been keeping watch on the Colwich blog too - I'm so happy for Adele. Being there when she entered and knowing that in a short while she'll be clothed is fantastic. Perhaps it would be better with more pictures, but just as at Summit, the professed are more than adept at escaping the camera (although I have a couple of funny sweet ones of Mother Abbess), and I think Adele and Sr. Mary Magdalen are kept pretty busy. However...that's easy for me to say, as I've been there and I can "see" everything as described - which of course others might not be able to. And hey, who doesn't love pictures?

It's a real joy to see that people are getting in contact with Colwich via the blog though. Hurrah for Mother Prioress saying yes to the idea!!

Ok, back on topic. Soaps.

Edited December 28, 2007 by puellapaschalis

[puellapaschalis]

Arrgh, I should really learn how to finish my posts:

No, the funny coloured one is the Natale.

And now that we've established concepts like DSD, we could do some interesting research: given a church of x area, with adorers x_1, x_2, ..., x_n with DSDs d_1, d_2, ..., d_n respectively, find a suitable placement pattern so that each may wash with the Cloister Garden soap before going to adoration without distracting anyone (we'll disregard the problems of getting in and out of the church for the moment). Is there more than one placement pattern? For what value of n is the problem no longer solvable?

Ok. Wayyyy too off-topic now. Soap!

[Sr Mary Catharine OP]

["and I think Adele and Sr. Mary Magdalen are kept pretty busy. "

And you think I'm not! :-) I squeeze in the entries here and there but mostly at night.

[Sister Rose Therese]

[quote name='puellapaschalis' post='1438963' date='Dec 27 2007, 06:22 PM']The question of what I'm to do with a St. Dominic medal, when the solid evidence of my [i]Benectine[/i] oblation has first rights around my neck, is a further quandry. Ah well - I shall momentarily put these dilemmas to one side whilst I concentrate on writing my thesis and reading various works of St. Hildegard. Or I could completely de-lurk and dig up some old Benedictine threads as VS has once again become rather dominated by Dominican, Franciscan/Poor Clare and Carmelite factions [/quote]
I don't see why you couldn't wear a St. Dominic medal. I don't think St. Benedict or St. Dominic would object. You could put it on your rosary if you don't want another on your neck.
We're all one family.
(from a franciscan sister named after a dominican tertiary and a carmelite nun. )

[VeniteAdoremus]

Well, since it's obviously not safe to write about my family here anymore, I'll not mention that I'm currently working on another present for PP, which she'll only receive if she takes me to the Extraordinary Form (it's celebrated in Amsterdam and I'm too chicken to go there all by myself)

All the Natale soaps have been distributed to various females of my family, and they all LOVED them (including some that are rather picky about hygienic products). One of my aunts cut the cake in three pieces, which looked really cute (for those who don't know: the soap looks like the flag of Hungary, and she cut it so that every piece had a cube of red, white and green). She put each of them in a guest bathroom for the Christmas guests to use. And since a good two thirds of my mum's 10 siblings were there, with partners and a selection of the two generations of offspring, at the end of St. Stephen's day some 35 Dutchies were smelling of Natale. I bet Sr. MC hadn't dreamed of that

[Starets]

I think the colwich blog is great, and adele seems like a very nice gal. I am glad she is on her way to the noviciate. The abbey I am flying out to join in 88 days and 14 hours also makes soap to sell. maybe I'l learn how to make some and then i'll see if i can smuggle some to a certain adorable English lass i know in the netherlands

[elizabeth_jane]

My Natale bar is almost gone--good thing I got three! But if it lasts through the Christmas season (the current one) I'll be on to the Cloister Garden.
My bathroom smells so good after I use these. They are my new favorite things.

[abiding-soul]

I just bought some soap! I can't wait to get it:-)

[VeniteAdoremus]

[quote name='elizabeth_jane' post='1439789' date='Dec 30 2007, 01:48 AM']My Natale bar is almost gone--good thing I got three! But if it lasts through the Christmas season (the current one) I'll be on to the Cloister Garden.
My bathroom smells so good after I use these. They are my new favorite things. [/quote]

Yup, that's the only bad thing, they actually run out after a while (especially if one stays in the bathroom ten minutes longer because they smell so nice ). But that also means, of course, that you get to buy new ones and "support vocations" as Sr. Mary Catharine so nicely puts it