MARDI GRAS PARTY!
Left: Sister Mary Mercedes Knott is crowned Mardi Gras Queen on Tuesday by Sister Frances Miriam Spalding, left, and Debra Dugger, activities coordinator at Saint Joseph Villa. The sisters celebrated Mardi Gras in the Rainbow Room at the Villa.
Right: Sister Mary Mercedes holds the baby Jesus she found in her cupcake during Mardi Gras festivities, which entitled her to be named Mardi Gras Queen.
Glenmary novices Charles Ohulo, left, and John Paul Lawhead perform a rap of “Praise the Lord” for the sisters during the Mardi Gras ceremony Tuesday at Saint Joseph Villa. John Paul said the two improvised the rap during a youth group meeting in Claxton, Ga., last year.
Sister Lisa Marie Cecil starts up a game of Mardi Gras bunco with Sister Walter Louise Lush, as Sisters Mary Patrick McDonagh and Emily Zent look on.
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