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Saint John’s Bible Project Draws Priory Students and Monks
San Francisco Shakespeare Company Entertains the Middle School Students sat cross-legged on the floor of the Assembly Hall to enjoy a lively traveling performance of Shakespeare’s “Two Gentlemen of Verona.” Priory English teacher Kate Dunlop, who has been an actor with the company, arranged for the special show.
Valentine’s Day For Fun and a Good Cause Junior Laura Hohnsbeen was among the National Honor Society students delivering candy, flowers and singing telegrams around the campus. The traditional fundraiser this year brought in $700. Middle School students had a whirlwind cookie decorating event; in the inset photo, seventh grader Travis Johnson takes a bite of his masterpiece.
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Father Pius and several students were among more than 160 guests at a multimedia presentation about the newly released Saint John’s Bible, the first hand written, illuminated Bible commissioned by Benedictines since the invention of the printing press. Father Eric Hollas, a member of the Priory Board of Trustees and one of the initiators of the Bible project, made the presentation. People from around the Bay Area interested in art, spirituality, history and religion attended this ninth Community Forum.