Sacred Heart Journals - Day 3

On Sunday, March 9th, 30+ boys, dads and Legionaries departed for a trip to visit the Sacred Heart Apostolic School in Rolling Prairie, IN.

Follow the boys' daily adventures as seen through the eyes of Ian - a 12 year old boy from San Antonio- and Jose - a dad from Houston. 

by Ian Crossey

12 years old

Father Michael Sullivan arrived and was the priest for mass. After Mass we went to breakfast, and then made two awesome snowball forts for a snowball fight. One of the forts was called the Alamo. The team that held the Alamo won, therefore they re-wrote Texas History! After the snowball fight we went into the woods and made a fire, and waited for the smores, hot chocolate, and gold fish. We saw a swamp that was covered with ice nearby, so some of us tried walking on it but before we could take a step we were going back to the field covered in snow to play football. The football game was awesome and everyone was falling over in the snow and distracting the quarterback with snowballs! We were all starving and went to lunch.

From lunch to dinner we played in the gym and game room that was awesome, we all love dodge ball and I had a great time playing it with my teammates. After dinner we went to the chapel with the Apostolics and prayed a rosary. I really like the way they pray it with the leader saying the Holy Mary part and everyone else saying the Hail Mary part for the next decade. After the rosary we went to the conference room for scategories, at this time I was coughing a lot and did not have much fun. I did see many of my team members have fun though. After scategories, we went and played another dodge ball game which was really fun and exciting. We then said good night to Mary and went to bed!


by Jose Rodriguez
dad

We started off with 7am mass and then had breakfast.  We had planned a trip to Chicago today, however, due to the snowstorm that passed through the night before, our schedule had to be altered.  Brothers Jared and Drew did not panic and created a new schedule for the boys.  First, an outdoor football game.  The boys were excited to play football in a field with 9 inches of snow!  During this time, the dads were in charge of building a camp fire in the forest next to the school grounds.  With assistance from Grant, a pre-candidate student, we found some starter wood, cardboard boxes, and gasoline.  The camp fire was a success!  This was the first campfire I built, so I was pretty proud of myself and the other dads.  We had marshmallows and hot chocolate next to the campfire - it was a great morning!

Throughout the day, the boys were busy with many activities: multiple dodge ball games (I think the boys are addicted to that game), board games, ping pong, and many other games.  Also, the students from Sacred Heart played a concert for our boys. There were several acts of charity today. The boys assisted the Apostlic students with cleaning and set up the tables before lunch and dinner. Some of the boys even helped with the laundry. Initially, the boys were not enthusiastic about working, however, when Brother Jared reminded the boys to offer their sufferings for a Legionary priest who is battling cancer, their moods quickly changed. 

That night, the dads got together with the Legionary priests and conversed over dinner and discussed ways to promote the Sacred Heart Apostolic School.  We brainedstormed and concluded that a video needs to be created and that we need to get the word out to any interested families that are looking for an excellent environment where their boys can discern the priesthood.