Marriage Mission
So on Saturday night Mr. Tldz and I had a big night out — or at least what passes for a big night out around here. A Catholic parish about 30 miles from here brought in Joy and Jim Pinto of EWTN fame (so we’d never heard of them!) to do a mission evening talking about marriage. He was raised Catholic, became an Episcopal minister, and then in 2003 he and his wife came into communion with the Catholic Church. He’s now a pastoral associate with Priests for Life and she is the executive director of a CPC in Alabama, in addition to their radio show, television appearances, and various speaking engagements.
They had lots of interesting things to say, and clearly they typically do longer missions of 2 or 3 days. They condensed that into about 2 hours, so it was really something of a highlight reel. I bet they’d be worth seeing in a lengthier format.
Anyway, the parish provided childcare in the church nursery and dinner (heavy hors d’oeuvres, really, but it sufficed) for the mission attendees. So it was a full service evening for the bargain price of some gasoline. Good times.
Agent Murphy was the youngest kiddo in the nursery and apparently had a great time. (He always seems to like the nursery of whatever parish.) Fortunately for him, unlike the other parents, his parents thought to pack him a dinner so he wasn’t starving. It was a late bedtime for him, but he’s back to his normal sleeping now.