FCSLA In the Community: Branches Giving Back
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Cleveland District - The FEST
What did over twenty-five thousand people do on a beautiful, sunny, Sunday
afternoon on August 3rd in Wickliffe, Ohio? Ask one the Cleveland District
volunteers and they will tell you that they manned the FCSLA booth at "The
FEST" held
on the grounds of the Center for Pastoral Leadership. The center is also home
to Boromeo Seminary for the Cleveland Catholic Diocese, where 75 young men
are discerning and preparing for the priesthood.
This is the second year the district volunteered to participate in the event
that draws peopleyoung and not so youngfrom every corner of the
Cleveland Diocese. Our volunteers had the opportunity to talk to many people
about the products the FCSLA offers. It was impressive as to how many people
recognized FCSLA, said they were members, and that they even had "that
cook book."
One of the visitors to the booth said they had their annuity with FCSLA. Claudia
Farkas, our annuity guru at the home office, was manning the booth at the time
assured the visitor that the annuity was with an excellent organization. Claudia
and the visitor exchanged names only to learn that they had spoken to each
other earlier in the week.
Thanks to our volunteers: Claudia Farkas, Gianna Piccianno, Steve, Amy, Christopher,
and Nicole Hudak, Sean, Terese, Sean Patrick, and Cailin Mary Joyce, Sue Ann
Seich, and Jim and Barbara Sekerak. They will all tell you that one has to
be there to catch the spirit of this faith-filled day, which concluded with
the celebration of the Mass under the stars and a fabulous fireworks display!
We cannot forget to mention that the main celebrant of the Mass was Bishop
Roger Gries, OSB, auxiliary bishop of Cleveland.
To our Cleveland District members, "The FEST" 2009 is scheduled
for Sunday, August 9, 2009! Will you volunteer?
Learn more about FCSLA in the community.
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