My brother, Br. Peter “don’t call me Jesse anymore” Bares, has been away in Italy since September 2005 due to his religious vocation of monk in the Order of St. Benedict in Norcia which is several hours drive northeast of Rome.
He will be back in the States beginning July 18 for my wedding. In preparation for his visit back home he recreated his Facebook profile HERE to keep in touch with everyone.
He is going to be the Best Man and Fr. Jim O’Connor who will be celebrating Katie and I’s nuptial Mass really looks forward to meeting him.
Br. Peter also plans on being in Lubbock on July 19 for my bachelor party. Anyone that wants to see him before the wedding, if you are a guy, are welcome to join us then.
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Published on 9/17/2007, 10:15:41 am .
My brother arrives in Dallas today for his visit back to the States for the first time in nearly two years. I’m pumped to get out of Lubbock, but not away from Katie of course, on Sunday to visit for a few days back home. Also, anyone in the Dallas area that wants to get together for a poker night then set it up and let me know where to be, I’ll be in town from 7:30am on 9/23 until 8:20pm on 9/26.
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As most of you know my brother Jesse no longer lives in the U.S. but in Italy studying to become a monk. This past week he took his Simple Vows and took a new monastic name of Br. Peter. My parents were lucky enough to be able to visit for this occasion and here is my Dad’s account of the trip:
Hi Everyone,
We headed over last Saturday to attend Jesse’s reading of his Vow Chart.
We arrived Sunday morning; 2 hrs flight time to Atlanta and another 9 hrs to Rome, then a 2 hr drive to Norcia in the mountains, left us pretty beat. There was a soccer tournament in town and all the hotels were booked solid, so we stayed with the Poor Claire’s. The nun’s have a section of their convent that they use as a bed & breakfast. Its simple, but they can really cook! Jesse had a chance to spend a bit of time with us between Vespers and Compline, so we took a walk outside the walls of the town and through the marshes. The sky was such a deep blue and the hills on all sides were tall green pastures or forest lands. Jesse is re-reading LOTR and says it reminds him of Rohan. Its truly a beautiful place.
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The weekend started early with Andy’s bachelor party at Chris and I’s house on Thursday night. He was genuinely surprised to see both a gas grill and a wood burning smoker sitting on the back porch for him wrapped in rainbow colored ribbon and big pink bows. We had a great group of guys over for some beer, fajitas, super burgers, and poker. Along with country music and Guitar Hero, we also watched Rounders in the background while playing poker.
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To whom it may concern:
Please let me begin by assuring everyone that I am fully aware that animals are not humans and that house-pets don’t have incorruptible souls, and that when dogs, no matter how dear to you, die, they simply cease to exist.
That being said: DUDE MY DOG DIED LAST NIGHT GIVE ME A BREAK!
Well, at least I found out about it just now, even if it happened two days ago. My childhood and family puppy grown up to be a dog named Khaki (yes after the type of pants) finally hit the road for good and ain’t comin’ back. I felt like trying to write a poem, but I’m not very good at that so I decided to just make some humorous observations about that particular pooch and pets in general.
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I just got an e-mail from my brother with some pretty cool pictures from a hike him and his other Brothers went on a week or two ago, who says a religious vocation isn’t fun?
Hey guys,
Last week we took an awesome hike/ sledding trip up into the mountains and found some awesome snow and sledding spots. This beat the tar out of the slush on the slope in the backyard! We busted out some crummy old plastic mats that did the trick. I attached a few pictures so you can see it…the last one is solid gold…Bintang got a picture of me that makes me look like a pro, even though I’m really about to fall off and start rolling. Anyway, enjoy!
Love,
Br. Jesse
Check out the pictures here.
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