More October
Last Friday, Fr G, the kids, and I helped out with our new parish's homeless ministry. For two hours we packed hygiene kits, stuffed homemade sandwiches into plastic bags, and then loaded the cars with clothing, food, and ourselves to drive to the distribution spot in Midtown, a few blocks from both Penn Station and the Empire State Building. Our guests, mostly men, were queued up before we even arrived, but waited patiently for us to unload and set up. We are grateful that this parish provides so many ways to serve, both the parish community and the larger world. And while we've packed hygiene kits before , we've never handed them personally to the recipients. It was memorable. We got back to our parish pretty late, confirming my choice to stay the night in the apartment. Father and I slept in a bit but still managed an early walk before snagging some breakfast and coffee to take to the kids. Y'ALL. It was just lovely!...
