Salvation, would you please answer a question for me?
Were there many children, teens or families there? From the photo it looks like mostly older folks, but that could just be a group they happened to catch in that picture.
I wanted to encourage our parish youth group to go this year, it would have been quite a drive, and I got resistance from the religious ed people. However, if I can make the case with our Pastor that this is a family event and our kids would be uplifted by seeing other young folks, then maybe with some advance planning next year I can be successful is persuading the DRE to organize a field trip. If the priest pushes it, they will comply, but I have to push him. (I’m that gung-ho person in the parish that annoys everyone, ha ha.)
**Were there many children, teens or families there? **
Yes
And several youth groups too.
There might be some more information from their website. This came from the Sentinel and you and I both know what we think there.