Sacred Heart Journals - Day 2

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

After a hard wake up at six-thirty we got ready for Mass and had our best dressed competition.

After Mass we ate breakfast and had our gospel reflection in the conference room. We played some sports and then took a bus ride to the Studebaker Museum and learned about many cars, tanks, and airplanes, some used by the Military. The best thing that I saw at the Museum was the Presidential Limousine. It was really tiny to be a limousine but I still thought it was awesome!

On the ride back to the school, we stopped at a turf field and played touch-football. We then
headed back to the school and arrived just in time for lunch. After lunch we headed to the game room and gym and played soccer, ping-pong, pool, and board games. After dinner we went to the conference room for the talk show "Meet the Apostolic"! After the show we went back to the dorm and rested for a bit. Most people were about to go to bed, but then Brother Jared came in to the dormitory and asked, "Who wants to play dodge ball with the Canadians?". Everyone jumped out of their beds and hurried down to the gym! At the end of the blood-boiling game the Texans won. We then said good night to Mary and went to bed!


by Jose Rodriguez
dad

The day began with 7am mass.  We then ate breakfast and immediately after, headed to the Studebaker National Museum in South bend, Indiana.  It was such a great historical experience!  The Studebaker Company went from building wagons and carriages in the 1910’s to building cars and trucks in the 1940’s.  Studebaker even built jet engines and army tanks for the World War.  Their motto was "Give more than you promise".  Even though Studebaker stopped production of cars in 1964, I believe they accomplished their mission.  This great company is a great inspiration to all Americans.  Not only did Studebaker build beautiful classy cars, they also built race cars!  No wonder all the boys were in awe after seeing all of the Studebaker models in the museum.  After the museum tour, we asked several of the boys questions about what they learned about the Studebaker company and to my surprise, several of them knew when the company started and were able to name several of the different Studebaker models!

Immediately after the museum, we went to a nearby park with a soccer field made out of

astroturf.  Since we had a football with us, we decided to play a game of touch football.  There was definitely some great passing and running plays.  At the same time, there were some boys that were not really into football, so they started a snow ball fight with Father Michael Vanderbeek.  Personally, I think Father Michael lost the fight.

After the football game, we needed to head back to Sacred Heart for lunch.  We barely made it in time and were able to have lunch with the apostolic students and the Legionary brothers and priests that are in charge of the school. After lunch, we could tell that the boys were still energized so Brother Jared, Brother Drew, and Brother Jesus gave the boys several activity options: snow ball fight, indoor soccer, and game room which included, pool, ping pong, and air hockey.  The boys picked and chose their activities and went off with their respective Brother.

After dinner, the boys had an opportunity to ask the apostolic students questions about their experience at Sacred Heart and how they ended up as apostolic students.  Their responses were very motivating to hear.  Some expressed that they had been wanting to be priests since they were young and others had lived retreats at the school and eventually became attracted to the Legion and eventually the priesthood.  The apostolic students also expressed that they were extremely thankful to God for such a generous upbringing provided by their parents.  With this conviction, they wanted to give back to God and wanted to do God's will and discern the priesthood at Sacred Heart.

Last but not least, our boys ended the day with a dodge ball competition against another Conquest group from Canada.  The competition was fierce; however, I believe that at the end the TexasConquest boys were victorious.  After the healthy competition, we had benediction and said good night to Mary and then it was lights out.