Party Time

As we move ever closer to Christmas the number of parties increases and that's a good thing. Parties give us a chance to relax and enjoy the company of friends and of course eat lots of great food.

Saturday (December 12) night after the 5pm mass the Knights of Columbus had their annual Christmas party. There was a great turn out of Knights and their families in fact I believe this may have been the biggest turnout ever. Even Santa came to visit the children. It was a pleasant evening and I think everyone enjoyed spending time together.

Today was the party for our Seniors. They might be Seniors but they still love to party. We had a wonderful turn out and everyone brought plenty of food to share. I had an opportunity to talk with many of them and I am always uplifted by their joy for life and their commitment to our parish. After lunch they all got to work wrapping gifts for merchant sailors at the Seafarer Center at the port of Baltimore run by our own Msgr. Fitzgerald. It was a great afternoon.

I don't want you to think that all we do is party because that's not true. If you had been around the gathering space on Sunday afternoon you would have seen a lot of volunteers working harder than Santa's elves to prepare gifts for families at our sister parish of St. Benedict. The generosity of our parishioners it truly inspiring. I think St. Francis himself would be very pleased with the way in which our parish cares for the less fortunate.