The latest of what the parish calls Lord’s Day dinners was held last Sunday when 145 people attended a tribute to the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe at the hall on St. James’ campus.
“The point of this project,” Mrs. Holmquist said, “is to get the face of Christ and his Blessed Mother out into a world where there’s so much ugliness that we have to see. So we wanted to bring that mission of bringing the face of Christ to passersby.”
“For more than 35 years, this program has been committed to our mission to assist students whose families would otherwise be unable to send their child to a Central Catholic school in the Diocese of Worcester,” Bishop McManus said in a letter thanking supporters.
That first team reached the playoff semifinals, but more importantly, Calvin was baptized and confirmed that year and Mr. DiPaoli was his sponsor for both.
Religious communities of women and men were devoted to establishing Catholic schools, hospitals, and charitable agencies. Often this progress came at great sacrifice, and many older sisters, brothers, and religious order priests served for little to no pay.