The Abbey garden produced good pumpkins this year. David, a kitchen cook, prepares them for making pumpkin pies. The monks are looking forward to pumpkin pie this year.

November is the month of the dead and on Nov. 8 the monks had special prayers for the deceased members of the community who have their pictures displayed in the church.

Benedict Oblate Craig Larson made a donation of Haskap berries during his visit to the Abbey on Oct. 26. Receiving the berries gratefully are Abbot Peter, Br. Basil, and Fr. Demetrius. The berries will be made into jams and jellies which have become very popular.

Fr. Cosmas Epifano, right, agreed to become chaplain for Our Lady of Grace Monastery in Nova Scotia for a group of Augustinian contemplative nuns. He will live in a hermitage on their grounds. He left St. Peter’s Abbey Oct. 16 and is shown with Br. Basil.