After the morning Mass, our Homeschool group had the opportunity to assist the parish by swapping out the missalettes.This is a task that needs to be done 3 or 4 times per year. Our group approached the pastor to volunteer our services the last time it needed to be done.What had previously taken the Senior citizens (maybe just a few of them) a week to do, was accomplished in an hour and a half by countless kids and their organized Moms! Fr. was so impressed that he now considers this to be our job. It was an honor and a pleasure to help.
This was our family's first time helping but we will definitely do it again.There was a system to it.All of the kids could help. It is a wonderful thing to be able to do a service project together as a family and to help out our own church. I recently read that the Parish is really an important part of Catholicism.Our religion is practiced not only as individuals, but also in a community. I am keeping this in mind. One feels so much more invested by getting involved "behind the scenes". My goal is to pass the faith onto my children. I am hoping that these kinds of activities, service work that matters, will help them to own it for themselves. Besides all that, it was fun!
