St. George 75th Anniversary Mass

I mentioned a few posts ago I've been helping plan our parish's 75th Anniversary for the past year. It's been alot of hard work for all involved, but has all been so very worth it (for as blessed as we are, it's the least we could do!) This morning was the first event of our Jubilee year. Bishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller celebrated our Mass, assisted by the priests and deacons of St. George. The pews were packed and after the Mass, we headed into our Parish Life Center and had a great lunch. This was Lola's first time at Mass and she did great. She slept through pretty much the whole thing, but it wouldn't have been fine if she decided to fuss too because we were in the "cry room"--our new home on Sunday mornings, probably until she's out of the toddler stage! I can actually still remember sitting in the cry room at the back of church when I was young--though I don't know why, because I was always a perfect angel (hehe!). Enjoy the pics!

Bishop Gustavo and our pastor, Fr. Fleck,
right before the procession into church

The Knights of Columbus Honor Guard

Our Anniversary Banner (Great Job Martha!)

Our celebrants of the Mass

Yea! Our pews are packed!

Our vintage St. George statue
with the new petition candles

Lola & Mommy in the "cry room"

Daddy & Lola at the luncheon

Papa joined us for lunch too!
(He's been a parishioner for over 30 years!)

Deacon John, who will baptize Lola in 2 weeks.
(He's been a parishioner for all 75 years,
his family was one of 11 founding families.)

We were exhausted when we got home and
Daddy caught us napping!