Friar Dore, I loved and agreed with all of your comments. I have been attending Mass and been very involved with St. Vindent de Paul Church since 1965. The Sunday morning liturgy is lively, the music is beautiful, and attendance is growing...especially the number of young children! It is heart warming! Fr. Ray is so wonderful with everyone, especially the children and the poor. We have a strong outreach for the poor, with dinners on Friday, a clothing ministry, groceries for the poor, and a housing ministry in conjunction with Health Care for the Homeless. We are welcoming to all, including LGBTQ+, the poor, and others who have been shunned by other Catholic Churches. We also help support a nearby public school...both financially and with volunteers. We also contribute generously to a small all black Catholic school, run by Mother Mary Lang sisters and an organization in South Baltimore which is building homes for the poor and working to combat the polution every present there. As you can see, we are very pro-active for the poor, both living conditions and education.
Thank you for your article in The Catholic Observer. It was refreshing in this trying time.
Friar Dore, I loved and agreed with all of your comments. I have been attending Mass and been very involved with St. Vindent de Paul Church since 1965. The Sunday morning liturgy is lively, the music is beautiful, and attendance is growing...especially the number of young children! It is heart warming! Fr. Ray is so wonderful with everyone, especially the children and the poor. We have a strong outreach for the poor, with dinners on Friday, a clothing ministry, groceries for the poor, and a housing ministry in conjunction with Health Care for the Homeless. We are welcoming to all, including LGBTQ+, the poor, and others who have been shunned by other Catholic Churches. We also help support a nearby public school...both financially and with volunteers. We also contribute generously to a small all black Catholic school, run by Mother Mary Lang sisters and an organization in South Baltimore which is building homes for the poor and working to combat the polution every present there. As you can see, we are very pro-active for the poor, both living conditions and education.
Thank you for your article in The Catholic Observer. It was refreshing in this trying time.
Rita McMullin