Wednesday, February 6, 2013
What I do on Wednesday mornings to start my day is
one of my favorites. Some of the team has started going to St. Mary Central
High School in Menasha on Wednesday mornings for Mass. They have an optional
Mass every Wednesday morning at 7:07 called the 707 Zephyr Train to Heaven. It
is there that we get to see some of the students that came to our Bible study
on Monday and other students that we have had on retreat. It is also an
opportunity to see our chaplain for SPIRITUS, Father Schuster…he always has
awesome homilies! After Mass and chatting with students, we head back to Mount
Tabor for silent prayer and Morning Prayer in the chapel. We are lucky enough
to have a tabernacle right here in Mount Tabor so whenever I want to spend time
with Jesus I can walk down the hall and see Him. One of the best parts of
SPIRITUS is being able to live right upstairs from Jesus in the tabernacle.
The rest of the morning and afternoon was work time
for all of us on the team. For me, that meant that I got materials ready for
the weekend’s upcoming retreats and then I did one of my favorite tasks, stuffing
Mass Appeal brochures. Throughout the year, we travel to different parishes and
stand up in front during Mass telling parishioners about the ministry and
asking for their support. While this may seem intimidating to stand up in front
of Mass, I actually really enjoy this part of the ministry! After Mass Appeal
brochure stuffing, the youth ministry team had a meeting to discuss and plan
our upcoming event with the middle schoolers on Friday. Jared, Kate and I met
with Katherine to talk about anything and everything youth ministry related.
This evening part of the team headed to St. John
Nepomucene in Little Chute for two retreats, one for fifth and sixth graders
and the other for seventh and eighth graders. Those students had a ton of fun
with the crazy, energetic SPIRITUS team! Since we do many retreats, many times
our team has to split into halves or thirds. This means that sometimes some of
us are on retreat while the rest of us are off to prep any upcoming retreats or
spend time in some much needed rest. Kate and I were not on the retreats
tonight so we decided to head to St. Bernard’s in Appleton for their dinner in between
Faith Formation classes. St. Bernard’s is the parish that I grew up in and my
parents still are parishioners there so it was great to see my mom as well as
other friends I have made there. After St. Bernard’s it was back to Mount Tabor
to relax and head to bed.
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