A week or so ago, Fr. Smith asked me whether I had included a picture from the December drop-in day in the prior issue of the parish newsletter, the Angelus. The Neighbors in Need ministry at St. Mary’s organizes and distributes clothing and other basic necessities for our drop-in days on the third Friday of each month. It’s an important outreach ministry of the parish and I had put a picture in that week’s Angelus. Following the Feast of the Epiphany, which we celebrated on Thursday, I’ve been reflecting on the importance of the picture in ways I hadn’t before.
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