I love hosting. Really, I do. But if you ask my kids, they’ll tell you that in the days leading up to a gathering, I make everyone just a little bit nuts. I can’t help getting carried away with the prep— cleaning, cooking, decorating, and fussing over things that probably don’t matter as much as I think they do.
One boy enrolled in children’s faith formation at Saint Aidan Parish in Wexford loved the lessons so much that he begged his mother, who was not Catholic, to take him to Sunday Mass.
She agreed. Now, she is becoming Catholic herself.
Pat now leads a rosary-making ministry at Our Lady of the Valley Parish in Beaver, whose members have made more than 100,000 rosaries. They have been distributed free of charge worldwide.
We celebrate many popular saints’ feast days in October and November. Diving into details of their lives can console and inspire us on our own pilgrimages to Heaven. Let these saints’ examples guide your prayer life this fall.