St. Elizabeth's Homecoming Celebration

Today the people of St. Elizabeth's celebrated our annual Homecoming Sunday. Every year on the Sunday closest to the Feast of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, parishioners, past and present, gather to praise God and to greet old friends and new. The choir always sings their choicest Gospel selections and a brunch afterwards closes the festivities.

This year, our celebrant was our new parochial vicar, Fr. Richard Mooney. It was his first visit to St. Elizabeth's and I am sure he felt welcomed by our parish members. His rousing homily is the subject of Ronnie Archer's reflection on this 33rd Sunday after Pentecost.

The St. Elizabeth Men's Group made their annual presentation to the church of monies they have raised over the year to donate to the church. This year, the check was for $6000!!! This incredible amount brought a gasp and a cheer from the congregation.

We hope that those folks who were unable to attend this year, will join us next year. We are a celebrating community of faith, that is grateful that we are still the Catholic presence in Highland Park.