Saint John’s Abbey
College of Saint Benedict / Saint John’s University
Saint John’s Preparatory School
Saint Benedict’s Monastery Sesquicentennial
Benedictines in Central Minnesota — 150 Years

Family Fun Day! Remembering Swayed Pines

Saturday, May 20, 2006 
Beginning at 11 AM, Lots of free music on three stages, free tours, free rides and free activities

• Circus Performers
• Horse-drawn carriage campus tours
• Art projects under the Big Top
• Arboretum Kids' events
• Petting Zoo
• Art & Artifacts Exhibits
• Architecture Tours "From Bricks to Breuer"
• Bring your own bike and Bike the Lake Wobegon Trail
• Visit The Liturgical Press, Saint John's Pottery, Abbey Woodworking Shop, Campus Bookstore
• Bring your own instrument & launch or join a jam session on the lawn
• Bingo in the Fire Hall

• Variety of food & drink available all day for purchase

AUTHORS APPEARING AT THE SJU BOOKSTORE: 

Authors Jon Hassler, Kathleen Norris, Mike Sipe and Fr. Hilary Thimmesh will be guests at a book signing reception in the SJU Bookstore on from 2-3 pm. Stop by the bookstore to support these fine authors!

We will also have presentations, including:  Fr. John Kulas who will speak about connections between Germany and Stearns County at 1:30 and 2:15 in the Fireside Lounge, Sexton Commons and Dr. Joe Farry who will tell us of “The Town that Doesn’t Exist: Stories about Collegeville” at 3:00 in the Fireside Lounge, Sexton Commons. 

And More!  Free music by:

• Old time German: Jerry’s Concertina Band (11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.)
• Blue Grass: Blue Drifters (11:30 AM-1:45 PM)
• Celtic: Piper's Crow(11:30 AM-1:45 PM)
• Japanese Drummers/Dancers:  Mu Daiko (11:30 AM-1:45 PM)
• Caribbean:  Cyril Paul and the Calypso Monarchs (2:15 PM-4:30 PM)
• Mariachi:  Flor y Canto (2:15 PM-4:30 PM)
• Native American Drummers/Singers:  PTown Singers (2:15 PM-4:30 PM)

Please, no pets allowed

The Old Farmer's 2006 Almanac ® by Robert B. Thomas (Yankee Publishing 2005), the Original Published every year since 1792 with Benjamin Franklin, predicts sunny, seasonable weather for this day (p. 206, Regional Forecast for region 9, the Upper Midwest)!  But rain or shine, we will have this event---so please join us!

Please visit Saint John's in Collegeville to learn more about the Abbey.  A map of the campus is available here.   

This is one of a series of events celebrating Saint John's 150th Anniversary.  Learn more about the Benedictines in Central Minnesota, who are celebrating their sesquicentennials.