The following article appeared in the Centennial Newsletter on June 9th, 2025.
Mohun Musings – Centennial Newsletter
Happy summer Albertus! Take a chance to enjoy the sunshine and “gather sweetness from all life’s joys”, as Mother Stephanie encourages us to do in her poem “The Song of Summer” from her book, Driftwood.
The Song of Summer
I’m happy, laughing summer,
Perhaps you do not know
How far I’ve come to greet you
On the gentle winds that blow.
Perhaps you’ve quite forgotten
Just what I have to do,
Or maybe you’ve been thinking
I’d quite forgotten you.
I’ll call the feathered songsters,
From Southern hill and vale,
And tell them it is time to come
To nest in wood and dale;
They’ll fill once more with music
The hidden forest glen,
Their songs will echo sweetly
In the cool and shady fen.
I’ll wake the pretty flowers
From their long winter sleep,
And fill the world with gladness
And comfort those who weep.
And from the fields and woodlands,
The butterflies I’ll call,
And send them forth well ladened
With joy for one and all.
O, butterflies! Then waken,
Do well your little part,
And teach all men the lesson
Each one should take to heart,
How they can gather sweetness
From all life’s joys and woes,
As you do gather honey
From every flower that blows!
Looking for more? Check out: Driftwood, Mother Stephanie Mohun, OP Papers, RG 33 (Box 1) Albertus Magnus College Archives, New Haven, Connecticut.
Mohun Musings will be taking a hiatus until August 4. Stay tuned for more words of wisdom and enjoy the summer!
Contributed by:
Catie White, MLIS
Community Services Librarian and College Archivist