Prudently the monks had drilled on what to do in case of a fire like this:
"The brothers were doing dishes. They saw the flames on the next ridge. They realized they better get their suitcases together," said Sevensky, who lived at Mount Calvary for 11 years and now supervises from New York.
The monks loaded up their cars and headed for a convent down the hill. They had practiced what to take in the event of a fire, to consume the sacrament, load up the main computer and the rarest art. Sevensky said he was told that a California Highway Patrol officer may have been able to save additional artworks and drive them down to Ventura before the fire consumed the monastery. (source)
I'm particularly touched that they thought to consume the sacrament rather than leave it behind. Makes me think that we should do drills like that elsewhere. The daycare a the church drills regularly for various scenarios, maybe we should do something similar downstairs...
-t
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re "to consume the sacrament"
That's the normal drill, I thought.
Thx for the gleanings from the 'net news.
Normally they keep some "in reserve" in the chapel. The point is, they didn't leave it behind to be burned by the fire.
-t
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