2007: MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS

Obviously, one's personal faith is a matter of choice. Mine happens to revolve around the photo above. It would be impossible for me to count the number of times I walked up those steps in my many years at Trenton's St. Anthony of Padua parish. When I took this photo 5 years ago, memories of my conversion to the faith back in 1962 came rushing to the fore. I recalled the countless Sundays I escorted my mother and father in law there during my early marriage; it was these steps I trod when Judy and I brought our three children for baptism, confirmation, and their first Holy Communion. Precious memories that I am sure each visitor to this page has stored in their deepest and most precious memories.

RALPH LUCARELLLA said...

HI TOM....IT'S OBVIOUS YOU ARE A LOYAL CHURCH GOER FROM WAY BACK AND ACTIVE IN THE AFFAIRS OF ST. ANTHONY. I WATCHED THAT PARISH GROW FROM JUST A FEW IN THE 20'S TO WHAT IT IS TODAY. I HAVE ALWAYS REGRETED I WAS NOT A REGULAR MEMBER BUT KNEW OF MY MANY FRIENDS IN VILLA PARK WHO WERE VERY ACTIVE THERE. I MAY NOT BE ONE OF THE BETTER CATHOLICS BUT PRAISED THOSE WHO WERE LOYAL TO ST. JOACHIM'S AND ST. ANTHONY'S ALL THROUGH THEIR LIFE. BEST REGARDS

Friday, February 24, 2012

I did indeed remain loyal through "thick and thin" through most of my earlier years at St. Anthony, Ralph. Unfortunately, the "18 to 49" demographic did me in.