beautifuL! love the dresses! first communion was at St James this past weekend also. i went to 8:30 am Mass and communion was slated for 10:30. they had a sign on the door telling first communion parents to wait until Mass was over to come in. And Father Happy Slap did the Mass to make sure it was done expeditiously. no sermon and we were out in 25 min. No way he was going to let Father Horkin do it, bc he goes on forever [young guy, but prob on the aspergers spectrum and ritualistic to a fault] and the first communion parents would be storming the doors!
Nice video. Are the twins yours, and which ones were they?
We had some sad news this weekend; our Assistant Pastor (from Colombia, SA and a 2 year old priest) has been transferred to Burlington, WI. We all love Fr. Yamid Blanco. He gave the most tender ‘goodbye’, thanking us all for helping him to grow on his path from ‘baby’ priest to where he is today. He received the longest standing O I’ve ever heard in our church.
The Archbishop is sending him to Burlington where he will rotate among 3 churches, saying Spanish Masses and catering to Spanish speaking parishioners.
This is a man who came here from Colombia to enter the Seminary and spoke not a word of English at the time. He’s doing so well with his language that the congregation now laughs on cue when he tells jokes. We couldn’t understand him at all when he joined us 2 years ago. Now, everybody understands him.
But, there was a big laugh when he bid us ‘goodbye’ with his usual “Ciao, ciao!” and the organizt answered, “Auf Wiederzwein!” representing our largely German population.