Chapter Meeting for August

Pet heatstroke, moron pet owner alert
As temperatures soar in the 90s and above in many places around the nation, the Sisters urge you to guard your pets against heat stroke. Make sure animals have a cool room to rest in and plenty of water in their bowls.

Be on the look out for morons who are sitting inside in the a/c while Fido is outdoors tied in the sun. Call owners and suggest they provide shade and water. If they don't budge call the cops.

Animal cruelty is against the law.

This is also the season during which aforementioned morons like to take Doggie with them to the store and leave him in the hot car with windows rolled up. Take license plate numbers and ask the store manager to read the number over the intercom with a message that there is a dog in distress in the car.

Happy St. Rocco's Day
You can see by the Kalendar that St. Rocco's feast day is coming up mid-month. St. Rocco was a hospitaller who ministered to plague victims and was himself helped by a little dog. So the Sisters have made him the unofficial patron of animal helpers and seeing eye dogs as well.

Click on over to our Refectory for a nice polenta recipe you can make in your microwave in honor of St. R.

Trivia fact: In "The Godfather Part II" the Catholic church featured in the procession through Vito Corleone's Italian neighborhood in New York City was St. Rocco. St. Rocco is the patron saint of Italy.

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