We think you’ll like the new store. It will be much easier to find what you want. You’ll be able to set up an account and have a Wish List or a Gift Registry. You will be able to purchase Gift Certificates and we’ll be able to do a better job of offering you sales and promos! So, stay tuned!

Of course, we’re not against Christmas gifts. After all, the custom of exchanging gifts at Christmas is because we honor and reverence Christ in each other. It is a sign of love and affection.

We think that BEFORE Advent is the time for choosing gifts. Our Christmas soap selections and gifts are now available on the Gift Shoppe on our website.

Don’t forget! The nuns stop shipping on December 17th so as to go deeper into preparing our own hearts.

All our customers receive a special promo code toward their next order. 20% off!

Ingredients for our other items are listed on the description page itself.

Yes ma’am, it’s all done right here in what we call the Soap Department. Nearly everyday someone–most often it’s Sr. Mary Veronica, Sr. Mary Cecilia or Sr. Mary Jacinta–are busy during the morning work period making one of our products. Now, Sr. Margaret is learning the ropes!

It’s all done by hand. In small batches. No two batches are the same!

Hand creme isn’t made so much during the summer months. It’s easy to make once we got done our recipe to our liking. It took Sr. Mary Catharine almost 3 months and a lot of nun-testing to get it just the way we thought you’d like it. Wait a minute, the way WE like it!

Making hand creme is easy. Being patient isn’t so easy. Depending on the weather the big stainless steel pot of what looks pretty much like milk needs to sit and cool so that it will thicken. Not too much, though, or it will be too hard to pour or go through our bottle filler.

We usually finish up just around the time the bell rings for Rosary and Sext. Then, after dinner dishes and before recreation we head back to the Soap Department to cap the bottles and jars before going outside for a good game of soccer or basketball or just a walk.

What we really like is the mug. It took quite a bit of sleuthing to find a sturdy mug at a good price. We didn’t think you’d want to pay $25 or more just for a shaving mug!

Our shaving mug is ceramic, sturdy and a generous 15 ounce size. There is plenty of space to make a good lather with the boar bristle brush!

Shaving mug, brush and three 1.5 ounce soaps come attractively packaged in a gift bag.

Now you know what to give him for his birthday!

In the future we hope to use this blog to announce new products, tell you something about the process in making our soaps, hand creme’s, lip balms and other items…a little “behind the scenes” as it were.

Check back in the days to come!