Last Thursday Cindy and Michael attended our parish's high school retreat. I personally was not able to help with things but wanted to thank those who had any hand in this wonderful experience. This retreat was not a normal retreat like many go on but was a very unique experience. The title of the retreat was "You matter" and in addition to all of the fun activities,and of course prayer, the thirteen high school age kids who attended and many adult helpers turned things into a wonderful community service project. Between Thursday afternoon and Friday evening they spent quite a bit of time preparing soup, sloppy joe sandwiches, cookies, brownies , and some other foods for distribution at our diocese St. Vincent De Paul soup kitchen. Everything was packed up Friday before they left and refrigerated awaiting every one's return in Saturday morning to transport it to , heat it and serve those in need at the soup kitchen. I was in awe that this group did such a wonderful job .
Now a days you can't turn on the news without hearing how some teenagers somewhere have committed some terrible crime, but when do you ever hear about things like this? You rarely do ! This is why I felt the need to applaud these good teenagers. While we are at it I would also like to applaud the parents and advisers of this group and other's like it for proving that Today's teenagers are not all bad .
Thank you for listening . Now I can put my soap box back in the closet for another day !
