Each week, a team of ladies in the parish cook a three-course lunch for about 40 people. I would like to get to this more often - for both pastoral and gastronomic reasons. Today was the Christmas lunch and although I was late after celebrating a funeral this morning (please pray for the repose of the soul of Jillian O'Shea), there was some left for me.Background was provided by Mary on the keyboard. She is a regular blog reader and often brings in print-offs for others who do not have the internet, so it is good to be able to feature her here.
The Team were keen to be on the blog also - they sent me back into the presbytery to get my camera! Above you can see Maura on the left and Head Chef Tricia on the right. The specifications for the sparkling, state-of-the-art, kitchen was designed especially to make sure the Lunch Club meets all the "elfin safety" regulations.
Here are two more stalwart workers, Audrey and Tracey:
I have to say that although priests do sometimes get more Christmas dinners than they really have room for, this one was really superbly cooked and it was good to eat in such congenial company.
7 comments:
Father! You forgot to post a photo of the actual food. I was looking forward to seeing all the trimmings!
Father: Is the keyboard the same one you use in the church? ;¬)
Nooooo!
Father: Would you concur there must be a special place in heaven for church ladies and their scrumpdillyicious luncheons? :-)
Christmas? What calendar are you following?
I was particularly taken by a comment which I found on Catholic Culture. Basically it said that right now it is Advent, not Christmas and the writer was not going to go to any Christmas parties until Christmas. The secular world has changed Advent into party-time and any concept of self-denial is completely alien to the secular world. Christmas comes on 25th December and is followed by the 12 days of Christmas. That is the time for Christmas parties. Unfortunately I have already let myself in for a couple of Christmas parties this year but I have made my views known around my relatives and next year I will not be going to any until Christmas has actually come.
JARay
I love posts like this. There's something very comforting to belong to a church in which you can probably step into almost any parish in the world and find similar things going on.
Well, done, ladies!
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