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\nswan episode that I experienced a few weeks ago St Louis Abbey with their swan walking the street, I thought you’d want to know
\nthat Abelard the Abbey swan<\/i> was found dead yesterday morning by the maintenance staff
\nof the Priory School (St Louis Abbey<\/a>). My friend Father Ambrose wrote me about
\nthis event. They think he was probably killed by coyotes or maybe by a big dog. <\/span><\/p>\n
\nbeautiful animal. He was already 18 years old; in captivity, swans can live
\ninto their twenties. So he was already old by swan standards; and I think his
\nmind was going. In fact, after I left, he wandered off several more times and
\nhad to be brought back. I think he had the swan version of Alzheimer’s. Also,
\nseveral of the monks think he missed Father Michael (who used to take care of
\nhim and give him bread scraps, etc.). So he was old and debilitated, and in the
\nnatural order of things, another species brought about his demise.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nPriory has all those odious Canada geese.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nordination anniversary, the feast of St. Augustine. Abelard came to live with the
\nmonks as a gift from Father Bernard, back in 1998.