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  1. Today, 03:23 PM #1
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    Thumbs up For all vets---this one is for all of us

    Our parish has been honoring all active military and veterans on the Sunday of Veterans Day. We are called up by name to come forward and then there is a prayer offered and a token given to each. The first year this was done the token was a very nice medal. I admit to wishing they didn't do this---until they did and then I was touched I also have to note that it takes longer for some of us to make the trek up to the front

    This year I had to miss this---but today I got a note from Lillian Taylor----who I haven't yet met----but I will I think Lillian might be in pre-school

    Lillian is a student at our school----the oldest catholic school in PA, founded in 1743:

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    Not only is it the oldest in PA, it is the oldest in the original 13 colonies.

    This is what I received in the mail from Lillian and I know she would want me to share it with all of you as well:

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    I will write Lillian a thank you note from all of us----and include a check for the school

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    Our original church is still in use as part of our current church with it's latest addition of 1847. A few weeks ago we had the rededication of our restored/rebuilt pipe organ, originally installed in 1797, it was moved to its current position in 1847.
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    You may tell Lillian on behalf of Texas vets, it was an honor and privilege to serve......Ben
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    I will be honored to do that Ben
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
    "Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
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