Parish Life Continues

All kinds of efforts were made to get to the Hershey Centre in Mississauga for game 5 of the OHL Championships - and despite arriving at the beginning of the second period, the Owen Sound Attack lost the game 7-3.  It was 4 - 0 for Mississauga when I got in the car, and was able to find the Owen Sound radio station - fuzzy but audible, as they cover all the "away" games for the Owen Sound home crowd.  The Attack scored 2 goals in the last 4 minutes of Period 1 and went to the dressing room down 4-2.  There was no scoring in the second period. A tight game - and even in shots on goal.  At the beginning of the third, Owen Sound scored another to close within 1 goal... hope was blooming in section 4 - where I was sitting with Geoffrey's parents, his brother Thomas, and many of the other Attack parents. 
Then things came off the rails, and Mississauga's excellent fore checking paid off - and there were 3 more goals.  And a slew of penalties, as the guys seemed to get frustrated... 
It was interesting to hear how many Owen Sound fans there were in the Hershey Centre - and to see how many empty seats there were on Tuesday Night. The tale of these 2 towns and their hockey teams is told here in the Toronto Star article yesterday.
I am hoping for a home town win tonight - so I get to see another game on Sunday in Mississauga. Regardless I will be seeing a couple of games when they play in the Memorial Cup...

On Monday I was at St. Paul's Basilica in Downtown Toronto as our Catechist  - Catherine Ecker - was honoured with other parish and Diocesan employees for 20+ and 25 years of service.  Catherine has been with the Archdiocese of Toronto for 23 years and has also worked in different parishes over those years.  It was a wonderful opportunity for the people from different offices and parishes to gather for this celebration of service to God's people.  Archbishop Collins presided and preached about service as the mark or trail we leave behind us. (I even picked up a couple of images I will use in the future.)  Wednesday afternoon - and again tonight we have our final 2 Confirmation retreats.
Peace