We're parishioners at Divine Mercy (the parish that hosts Brother Andre's) and this article helped me put into words one of the things that I love so much about this parish: how much my kids can take for granted as they grow up.
My children are still pretty young, but they're growing up in a parish where they're constantly seeing:
- beautiful, reverent liturgy
- people with intellectual disabilities as full members of parish life
- large families
- religious sisters
- people going to confession before/during every Mass
- a very active apostolate to care for the poor (the Red Door)
There are so many things that only went from being theory to practice for me as an adult, and my kids get to grow up with all of these things being perfectly normal
I’m curious (Pittsburgh, too, but I don’t want you to feel like you’re giving away too much): do you live within the parish boundaries of Divine Mercy? We belong to what I’ll refer to as the other Pittsburgh parish that’s known for beautiful, reverent liturgies. While we’ve been told we live within the parish boundaries (I don’t know if I believe that since I’m closer to another parish), we’d probably still choose our parish regardless. The territory of Divine Mercy (well, Epiphany) doesn’t seem like it would actually be home to as many people as belong to that parish (sorry, my wording is so awkward today). I think it’s a great parish, by the way, but with the recent talks of parish regions, it just made me curious.
This is awesome!
I was hoping Brother Andre’s would be mentioned! ❤️
I needed to read this today. Thank you.
What a beautiful set of apostolates!
So deeply important.
Beautiful,
Great story! Thank you for this.
Very similar to the story of Bitty & Beau's.
We're parishioners at Divine Mercy (the parish that hosts Brother Andre's) and this article helped me put into words one of the things that I love so much about this parish: how much my kids can take for granted as they grow up.
My children are still pretty young, but they're growing up in a parish where they're constantly seeing:
- beautiful, reverent liturgy
- people with intellectual disabilities as full members of parish life
- large families
- religious sisters
- people going to confession before/during every Mass
- a very active apostolate to care for the poor (the Red Door)
There are so many things that only went from being theory to practice for me as an adult, and my kids get to grow up with all of these things being perfectly normal
I’m curious (Pittsburgh, too, but I don’t want you to feel like you’re giving away too much): do you live within the parish boundaries of Divine Mercy? We belong to what I’ll refer to as the other Pittsburgh parish that’s known for beautiful, reverent liturgies. While we’ve been told we live within the parish boundaries (I don’t know if I believe that since I’m closer to another parish), we’d probably still choose our parish regardless. The territory of Divine Mercy (well, Epiphany) doesn’t seem like it would actually be home to as many people as belong to that parish (sorry, my wording is so awkward today). I think it’s a great parish, by the way, but with the recent talks of parish regions, it just made me curious.
Why was someone chopping onions near me while I read this???
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