Philadelphia priest Father Douglas McKay, a longtime minister to the dying and to those in addiction, on April 30 blessed and dedicated 40 cemetery plots he had purchased to create a “Good Shepherd” section at SS. Peter and Paul Cemetery in Springfield, Pennsylvania.
The hands-on event is geared toward parents and their elementary school-age children with activities to help them learn more about Jesus, the Good Shepherd.
On the Saturday before Good Shepherd Sunday, the Mike and Alice Westrich farm in Burtrum was filled with parents and their elementary school-age children seeking to learn more about Jesus, the Good Shepherd.
My son “understood by instinct that reconciliation was rooted in God’s love and care, so his first encounter with confession was free from anxiety or fear.”
