Sunday, July 13, 2008

Our Lady of Hope Youth Group




Fr. Belli and Ed Rogers (parish youth director) brought down a great group of teens and chaperones to work on several chapels this past week. One of the teens said to me today, "I have never been happier."

How true it is that the youth receive as much or even more than they give during their experience here. A week or more spent in a simple, materially poor place offers much opportunity to experience the wealth of God's grace and the pure pleasure of one another's company.

Photos above show the teens at work and then after the last of several holy hours prayed this week. (Fr. Belli is a great priest and he made sure to reserve extended time for prayer and Eucharistic adoration for the group during the week.)