Yam Festival Celebrates God’s Gifts
Dear Friends,
St. John’s is truly blessed. Fr. Ray Ogbemure and his crew of singers, cooks and dancers will regale us once again with the Nigerian New Yam Festival this Sunday. This is basically a religious celebration in which Africans thank God for the yam (a basic food) and all of the other harvest blessings God has given. And best of all, we SHARE our gifts. Culturally, this is comparable to our American Thanksgiving Day.
At the 12:30 Mass, we will have three Igbo choirs, dynamic dancing, gorgeous attire and tons of great food afterwards in the gym. This is a feast for the whole parish, and I hope you will join us in thanking God for all of God’s wondrous blessings. A very special thank you to Fr. Ray. He has put in hours and hours of working on this celebration. He deserves a gold crown.
In a very diverse parish such as ours, we all grow when we participate in the celebrations of other cultures than our own. We come to realize that we are all sisters and brothers, beautiful children of a lavish and loving God.
Peace,
Fr. John
Yam Festival Celebrates God’s Gifts
Dear Friends,
St. John’s is truly blessed. Fr. Ray Ogbemure and his crew of singers, cooks and dancers will regale us once again with the Nigerian New Yam Festival this Sunday. This is basically a religious celebration in which Africans thank God for the yam (a basic food) and all of the other harvest blessings God has given. And best of all, we SHARE our gifts. Culturally, this is comparable to our American Thanksgiving Day.
At the 12:30 Mass, we will have three Igbo choirs, dynamic dancing, gorgeous attire and tons of great food afterwards in the gym. This is a feast for the whole parish, and I hope you will join us in thanking God for all of God’s wondrous blessings. A very special thank you to Fr. Ray. He has put in hours and hours of working on this celebration. He deserves a gold crown.
In a very diverse parish such as ours, we all grow when we participate in the celebrations of other cultures than our own. We come to realize that we are all sisters and brothers, beautiful children of a lavish and loving God.
Peace,
Fr. John
