RIVERSIDE—Our Lady of Perpetual Help School students in Riverside recently hosted a prayer service for Veteran’s and participated in making Christmas cards for our troops in association with the American Red Cross Holiday Mail for Heroes.
On November 11 a few veterans (parents and grandparents of students) attended a special Veteran’s Day prayer service in honor of all those that serve or have served in the military.
We feel blessed to have had the opportunity to visit our family in Jalpa, Zacatecas, Mexico this summer and have them share in my daughter Isabella’s First Communion. Jalpa and the surrounding pueblos are the lands of our ancestors where our families grew up and set roots. Though our roots are now in Redlands, we have left a part back in Mexico.
My trip to Catalina was very inspiring. I learned many things. I got to really know people that I’ve been with ever since kindergarten. I was able to experience things I have never done before. Lastly, and more importantly, I learned and found new things in myself.
SAN JACINTO—Service members gathered at the front of the church on a cool, brisk November morning, parents put last minute touches on the refreshment tables and made sure all the yellow ribbons were secured tightly as the many dozens of American flags adorned the pathway.