We here at Holy Family Parish are blessed to have an amazing sense of community! We share so much together and there is always something wonderful going on. This year while walking on a dirt road in Vermont, a few of us were given the gift of seeing how that sense of community and family can be shared with others. We happened upon a house with a statue of our Blessed Mother in the window...
Sunday morning breakfast and prayer at the campground prepared us for the next 15 miles. Our pilgrimage would end at Our Lady of Ephesus House of Prayer in Jamaica, where Father Peter would say Mass for us in the weathered stone replica of the Blessed Mother’s last home in Ephesus, Turkey...
Saturday morning, we drove to St. Michael Catholic Church in Brattleboro for 8:00am Mass said by our own Father Peter. Celebrating the Eucharist that morning was a perfect reminder of one of the reasons we embark on a pilgrimage – to reflect on what Christ did for us in His Passion and crucifixion, and to build our faith in Him...
We arrived at Kenolie Village Campground in Newfane, Vermont Friday evening armed with camping gear, good walking shoes, and plenty of faith. As we settled in around the campfire we had the chance to catch up with friends, become acquainted with new faces and say our first prayers of the weekend together...