why i love st. collegetown

One of the joys of what I do is recognizing people in the community at special points in their lives - you know, birthdays and anniversaries and like that. Lately it's been things like Mothers & Fathers Days, and graduations. Last Sunday was a bitter-sweet recognition. We bid farewell to some long-time members taking their leave from us to retire elsewhere. They're cool people. I'll miss them.
















The parish decided to celebrate my first year with them that same Sunday. I hadn't planned to make anything of it. Someone caught up with me in the sacristy and said everybody was waiting for me to bless the cake and say a prayer. I thought it was a farewell cake. Nope. They made me a 1st anniversary cake. Aren't they great?
















It was also my birthday, but I was pretty successful at keeping that close to the vest. I don't want that much focus on me. It's about them anyways. I just lead.