Grandpa Albert’s German Prayer book
This is the prayer book that my maternal grandfather, Albert Krueger, brought to the ‘new world’ when he was just 13 years old in 1912. It is typeset in the old German print style and doesn’t have pictures. There are some great hymns in it that I do remember Grandpa singing as he worked in the garden or as he relaxed with his Prince Albert cigar after a hard day at work!
What items remind you of your life – past or present? Will they be part of your legacy?
Why is this blog about books and cigars appearing now on the Visitation Monastery website?
This weekend is the Sisters’ Annual Retreat for women in the neighborhood and the facilitator has asked us to bring an item from our own history — past or present to be shared in small group. Karen Westbrooks is known for creative ways for getting women to share their personal stories! She has been a speaker several
Liturgy of the Hours prayer book
times for our group and we are looking forward to “OWNING HISTORY AND HARNESSING HOPE” — a presentation she put together after a visit to the Smithsonian’s Museum of African American History and Culture.
What items remind you of your life – past or present? Will they be part of your legacy?
I imagine my great nieces and nephews someday looking at the prayer book I use for the Liturgy of the Hours and wondering about their Aunt Sister Sue.
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Katherine Mullin · May 17, 2017 at 3:15 pm
S.Sue, I so enjoyed reading your blog post. I have come to understand your love and interest in your family roots, therefore I see this writing as very authentic. I will be bringing a blue enamel cigarette box which was always on a table in our den (family room), used regularly by my parents during the forties and fifties. SK2