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The days only get longer from here.
The winter solstice on Dec. 21 marked the shortest day of the year. People gathered at the School Sisters of Notre Dame campus on Good Counsel Hill to celebrate the lengthening of days Tuesday night at a winter solstice celebration hosted by the Center for Earth Spirituality and Rural Ministry.
Visitors could try out snowshoeing during a walk through the woods on campus before a meal and bonfire.
They were also able to celebrate the beauty of winter and look forward to the hope and life spring brings.
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Center for Earth Spirituality and Rural Ministry board member Scott Kudelka straps on a pair of snowshoes during a winter solstice celebration Tuesday at the School Sisters of Notre Dame campus. Visitors had the opportunity to try snowshoeing before a meal and bonfire to celebrate the lengthening of days after the winter solstice. Pat Christman
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The setting sun reflects in the clouds as snowshoers walk across the Good Counsel campus during a winter solstice celebration Tuesday. Pat Christman
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Snowshoes are stacked up and ready to be used during the winter solstice celebration Tuesday. Pat Christman
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Angie Becker Kudelka (left) helps Ashley Keul (center) and Beth Bundy strap on a pair of snowshoes during the winter solstice celebration Tuesday. Pat Christman
December 22, 2010
Solstice on snowshoes
On the shortest day of the year, a celebration
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