Canada Day Festivities

Canada Day, July 1, 2010, marked the seventh year that the lay and monastic residents of Gampo Abbey joined with the community of Pleasant Bay, Nova Scotia to celebrate Canada Day by playing softball against the local volunteer firefighters. The weather was perfect for the parade down to the community park. The ball teams were pretty evenly matched and at one point the game was tied 5 to 5. True to form, the firefighters pulled ahead and won the close game 11 to 8. A fun day was had by all

Gampo Abbey monastics walking to the park with our neighbour

A proud Canadian

Some of the Gampo Abbey ball team

The Pleasant Bay Volunteer Firefighters team and supporters -
some of their players wore their fireboots and firepants to compensate
for the monastics wearing robes.

Monk at bat

Firefighter at bat

The end of a great game

Gampo Abbey's team

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