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Dominican Sr. Mary Anna Euring calls this painting of the mountains "Morning Serenade" in honor of how the song of birds awakens the new day. "It is one of my favorite landscapes, which I saw while I was leading a retreat in the Canadian Rockies in 2001," Euring said. "Since I was still recuperating from spinal surgery, I sat meditating at this scene while the rest of our group went hiking. The peace I experienced while gazing at 'Spirit Island' has always stayed with me, and years later I finally painted it from memory." The original of this painting hangs in the emergency room of Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip, New York. (Courtesy of Sr. Mary Anna Euring)