Let me start by saying that I know even less of Catholicism than I do of Buddhism.  And I don’t even know enough about Buddhism to solidly explain anything other than Lent to someone, and what I know about lent I learned yesterday.  So I had know idea what today would be.  I was told it was a feast day, and a ceremony for the sisters or mothers depending on who I was speaking to.  I kind of assumed this was an initiation rite for becoming a nun actually.  That we would have one of the teachers becoming a nun or something like that.  That being said- one of the other things I learned yesterday was that one of my teachers is Buddhist.  The school just doesn’t care or discriminate against religion, apparently in students or in teachers. Fun fact: It’s the law in Thailand that you must claim a religion.  At the very least you need to have one if you intend to complete any legal documents.  Also a Thai passport has your religion printed on the page with your photo.  I don’t feel very comfortable with that because not all countries are as non-discriminating about religion as the Thais are.  Back to what I was saying earlier- I just googled Catholic feasting days and apparently it’s the saint’s feasting day.  In cases where the saint’s death date is recorded and there are few saints days already designated for that day, that date is used.  In other cases a date is designated by a church, or the date when they were canonized.  Hey!  I actually do know that word!  I was just about to look it up- but DadE taught it to me when I was teaching him what cannons and ships were in reference to TV shows and the like!  Okay so anyways the ceremony was very hot and I hadn’t been able to keep my eyes open for more than a few seconds a minutes or two before it began, so I fear I looked rather zombie-like.  I think 3 or 4 teachers asked me if I was okay at some point during this.  All of the students stayed standing in our lines outside from morning assembly throughout the duration of the ceremony and singing.  Well, except for one who say half dragged half led away.  I really hope she’s okay!  The only upside to the experience is that I did get to see a real live Catholic priest, white robes, gold scarf and all.  Which is pretty darned cool.