"Blessing of the Backpacks" held at Immacolata Parish
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Send to friendImmacolata Parish held its first "Blessing Of The Backpacks Sunday" on Aug. 25. The event helped build a stronger relationship between the parish and the school. All parishioners, school families, grandparents and others were invited to attend either the 9:30 or 11:30 a.m. Masses that Sunday for a blessing. The church was full of families with children and their backpacks. At the end of Mass, Father Donald Henke of Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, filling in for the pastor who was out of town, asked all students to come forward for a blessing.
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