When 4 P. M. came today, we rang the tower bells at our motherhouse, joining with parishes and congregations throughout the U.S. to welcome Pope Francis when his plane landed in the U.S. A number of us--sisters and staff--also gathered outside the motherhouse with hand bells to add to the welcome. One of the sisters--somehow--got hold of one of "larger than life" figures of Pope Francis so we took him outside with us.

Although we started ringing our hand bells right outside the front door of the convent, we quickly decided to move out to the road. It was at a perfect time because there was a good bit of traffic going by and we got lots of waves and beeps from the drivers.

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