To (p)each her own: Sisters prepare juicy treats for months to come

Reid’s Orchard donated many boxes of locally grown peaches to the Ursuline Sisters, and on Aug. 5, 2021, Sisters and supporters helped peel and slice those juicy, delicious gifts. The kitchen staff will freeze the sliced peaches for use throughout the winter. Here are some photos.

Sisters on slicing duty here are from left are Sister Catherine Kaufman, Sister Cecelia Joseph Olinger, Sister Rose Jean Powers and Sister Sara Marie Gomez.
Sister Ann Patrice Cecil, left, smiles, as Vietnamese Sister Hang Nguyen and Sister Elaine Burke make progress.
It was a well-oiled machine for this table of hard workers. From left, facing forward, are Associate Martha House, Sister Alicia Coomes, Sister Susan Mary Mudd and Sister Sara Marie Gomez.
These Sisters are laser focused as they reach the bottom of the bowl. From left are Sister George Mary Hagan, Sister Marie Joseph Coomes and Sister Elaine Burke.
Sister Suzanne Sims stands at the head of the table encouraging her co-workers as they get closer to emptying their peach bowls. Clockwise around the table are Sister Maureen O’Neill, Rosemary Miller, Sister Susanne Bauer, Associate Tina Wolken and Sister Mary McDermott.
Sister Emma Anne Munsterman, left, Sister Susan Mary Mudd and Sister Elaine Burke put the finishing touches on their peach work.
Sister Maureen O’Neill, left, and Rosemary Miller make quite a “pare” as they peel their peaches.
Sister Amelia Stenger earns the nickname “Scoop” as she fills plastic bags with sliced peaches.
The Sisters received 31 gallons of peaches from Reid’s Orchard, which will be frozen and last for many months.

Comments

  1. Angela Goetz Wink

    What a team effort going on here. I will get to enjoy a bit of the results this sunday when the family will gather for Ray’s Mass, with a veritable banquet to follow. we will be together for the first time since our mom, Mary Blandford Goetz, passed away in 2015. Only one is now missing from our group but he will be present from such a better place. And having been at Ray’s last night for a get together, we saw photos of the buckets of peach peelings and stones he took out to scatter in a field for the living creatures who inhabit that field to enjoy. So good to see that nothing is wasted there, as usual. Even the birds and other wild life will enjoy the fruits of your labor.

    Incidentally, as much as much as I would have liked to help you with the freezing project , I do tend to pop as many slices in my mouth as I put in the bowl. God bless you all!

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