Howdy from Halifax! Lots has been happening in over here and not just in Saint Benedict Parish! Our team just put on a Diocesan Youth Rally based around Palm Sunday with John Stevens, the Youth Coordinator for the Diocese of Halifax-Yarmouth and I have to say it was fantastic! Despite little things that tried to make things not happen like batteries failing, the projector screen put in some corner it never would be put, the church alarm going off during the Bishop's talk, and some interesting characters barging in during the rally, it really went so well! About 200 people came to the rally before Mass, and about 500 for the Palm Sunday Mass, which was a lot more than we planned for, but I guess that's a good problem to have, hey?
Probably one of the most powerful moments of the whole rally would be the Personal faith stories that were added into Mass. Kyley gave her testimony before Archbishop Mancini's homily. As I looked around the church, I saw how much people could relate to her story and how struck they were by her encounter with God. Erin gave her testimony at the end of Mass and it was very apparent that both of their testimonies connected with so many people in the congregation and it was truly beautiful.
Until next time, may God bless you and keep you always!
Lauren (iNFUSE Team 3's blogger)
Lauren (iNFUSE Team 3's blogger)
"We cannot keep to ourselves the words of eternal life given to us in our encounter with Jesus Christ: they are meant for everyone, every man and woman...It is our responsibility to pass on what, by God's grace, we ourselves have received." - Pope Benedict XVI Verbum Domini 2010
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