Come in from the Cold

Come In From the Cold

Wisdom,

Warmth,

and

WiFi

"Wisdom and Warmth, and a signal! Thanks for your hospitality on a cold Advent morning spent successfully shaping an image for my Christmas sermon in the quiet peace of Wisdom House."

Pastor Bill Carter

St. Matthew Lutheran Church

Avon, CT

From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Thursday, come to Wisdom House for a quiet place to read, reflect, write, and pray. Coffee and tea are available. Visit the Wisdom House Chapel and the MLT Gallery. BYOL--bring your own laptop!

A Perfect Day

This January, 1985 cover of The New Yorker magazine had no title. Maybe it should be: The Makings of a Perfect Day.

Young Christmas Ornament Designer Visits Wisdom House

Melanie Torres and her mother, Jackie visited Wisdom House recently for a tour of the facilities which was given by Sr. Rosemarie Greco, administratorof Wisdom House.


Melanie, a senior at Litchfield High School, designed Litchfield's town holiday ornament for 2010. Litchfield's Parks and Recreation Department chose Wisdom House as the subject for this year's piece.

Litchfield's Parks and Recreation Department's Christmas Ornament Honors Wisdom House

Litchfield Parks and Recreation's long tradition of creating ornaments using local subjects continues with this year's ornament honoring Wisdom House. The ornaments have been a Litchfield tradition for 20 years. They are struck at the world-famous foundry of Woodbury Pewter in Woodbury, Connecticut.

Litchfield High School senior, Melanie Torres submitted the winning drawing from all the other budding artists in Mrs. Barbara Salinger's art classes. Melanie enjoys drawing and photography and she hopes to study engineering and computer science in college.

Pictured here are Mrs. Barbara Salinger(l), Melanie Torres(center) and Sr. Rosemarie Greco, DW, Administrator of Wisdom House (r).

The ornaments are offered for sale at the Litchfield Town Hall, the Litchfield Historical Society, Litchfield Parks and Recreation, and at Wisdom House for $10 each.

Unthinkable

The angelic body bowed low

in adoration

Before the woman soon-to-be-

with child.

"Blessed," he called her.

"Why?" she asked.

"Chosen," was his answer.

He waited. She wondered.

"How? Not now," she said.

"God changes time," said

the messenger.

"A son but no husband?

A mother before

being a

wife?"

"Impossible!" she pro-

tested.

"Exactly," he smiled.

Jo-Ann Iannotti, OP