Christiansburg, VA

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The following report comes to us from team leader Zach with our team in New River Valley, VA:

Every football night at Christiansburg High, our conveniently located parish experiences illegal parking. While it is often not an issue, it is frustrating. To make the best of the situation, our parish priest, Fr. Anthony had a great idea: we should turn game nights into an evangelization opportunity!

We set up a booth on the sidewalk in the middle of our parking lot. It was a Halloween-themed game, so most students dressed up. We were pleasantly surprised that in just one hour, we were able to talk to roughly 25 people! We passed out about 15 rosaries and 5 miraculous medals. We spoke with V, a non-practicing Catholic who feels a calling back to the faith. We also met a girl dressed as a minion… we gave her the only yellow rosary we had, which perfectly matched her outfit. To summarize an observation by Fr. Anthony, wouldn’t it be just awesome if her faith journey began in such a ridiculous way?

Neither of us thought we would ever look forward to a high school football night, but now we’re excited for the next one. Laudetur Iesus!

Praised be Jesus Christ!