Day 1 is now complete.
We started off the evening with the Mass for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. Our new Auxiliary Bishop Christopher Coyne celebrated the Mass for us and gave a great homily about becoming the embodiment of the Eucharist as we begin our service work this week.
We then had some time to get to know our van groups and the people that we will be spending the next 5 days with. I can already tell you it's going to be a lot of fun. Such a great group of young people here with a desire to serve and grow in faith.
Fr. Peter Marshall gave a talk introducing our patroness for the week: Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta. If you don't know much about Blessed Mother Teresa, it would definitely be worth your while to search the internet for some of the work she did in Calcutta during her life. She is such a great model for all of us.
We concluded the evening with night prayer before having everybody get ready for bed. As I write this, all of the participants and most of the team are sound asleep in preparation for a great week of serving those in our own backyards. It's such a blessing to be a part of this, and I'm glad that you are getting to follow along with us. This can truly be a life changing experience if we all allow God to work in our lives.
With that, I'm signing off and getting some sleep myself. Tomorrow you will start to hear from the high school youth about what they have been doing and experiencing. I'm sure it will be fun and interesting for all of us!
Peace in Christ,
Kris
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