I didn’t have Mass this morning, so I slept in till 10am. I had some breakfast and then headed over to the center. I took a box of books for the fair. I got a lot done last night. I had no idea how many books I had. Many are church history and maybe the people here will be interested in them.
I also got settled the limo/bus to take us to and from the port in Baltimore. Nine of us will travel together to the port and meet the other 18 cruisers there.
Had a nice long talk with Maureen and Rick. They, lilke all of us are looking forward to the trip.
I did a lot of email and I also filed a lot of the stuff on my desk so that JoEddie will not kill me on Monday.
I had a very nice surprise when Chris Corcoran called and said that he, Adrienne, and Libby were across the circle at All Saint’s Fall Festival and would like to stop by. We had a great visit and Libby plays the bagpipes and after our visit and catching up; we went outside (Chris said, “You can’t play bagpipes inside!!”) and she played two songs for us. And not just for us, but people hung out the windows and applauded. It was so nice. She is 12 and I baptized her and her twin, Shane (who was at Boy Scout camp) and gave them First Eucharist. I also married the parents. I really am getting – I really am old!!
I had a baptism (Jenson Clayton) at 1:30pm in the church. The mother’s family were all from Pittsburgh, so we had a lot of laughs waiting for the great grandparents who came of the MegaBus and were a little late.
After that I stopped into the chapel because Fr. Tom Hagan, an Oblate who works in Hati and had visited me one weekend down at St. Michael’s for a mission appeal, was doing the baptism. He is a great and good priest who works with the poorest. He taught with John Bohrer at North Catholic in Philly years ago. It was great to see him.
Then I had confessions and aftewards tried to visit a lady who was in our RCIA last year and wanted to talk with me. She lives over in Silver Spring and it taking treatment for cancer. I went to her apartment but there was no answer. Maybe she was resting. I left a message and will try her again tomorrow.
I’m back in the rectory and will do some more cleaning and then go to bed. I have the 7:30am Mass tomorrow. If I am old, I’m having a great time with it!!!
What do you mean, you didn’t know you had so many books! Don’t you remember packing them up at St. Michael’s???? And labeling boxes for “office” or “rectory?” I’m happy to hear you are willing to part with SOME of them so others can enjoy the read.