![]() Praying the Pro-Life Stations of the Cross outside of the abortion clinic in downtown Springfield has become a tradition in the Diocese of Springfield. on WWLP-22 NEWS.SPRINGFIELD – Students from Pope Francis Preparatory School in Springfield have been in production the last few weeks, recording Pro-Life Stations of the Cross and Rosary to be viewed on their YouTube channel ( bit.ly/3qYuWRD) on Good Friday, April 2, at 10 a.m. The next event at Camp Holy Cross will be the Encuentro youth retreat on Memorial Day Weekend.Ī video version of this story will be featured on an upcoming edition of “Real to Reel” which airs Saturday evenings at 7 p.m. “I am just looking forward to a great season up here with the many groups that we serve, just looking forward to hosting the kids we see for Kid’s Camp and just hoping to give them a great summer,” said Brown. Justin Brown, the property manager and director at Camp Holy Cross said the beautiful spring weather definitely motivates more people to come out and work in the outdoors and also contributes to getting more done on the property. A future project will be repairing foundation work on buildings. Other duties that were being performed included landscaping, washing windows, cleaning out cabins and the dining hall, repairing a gazebo, fixing doors and bricklaying. Plourd, who is a teacher in the Hampshire Regional School District, said he really enjoys meeting new faces as they work together, and catching up with others he is familiar with but has not seen in a while during the course of the work day. Everyone kind of puts their hand in and by the end of the day it looks like Camp Holy Cross and so it is a really good feeling.” It starts off (with) leaves everywhere, there are branches everywhere and trees. ![]() “It is really cool watching over the course of the day. “There is so much that goes into maintaining the property, whether it is 500 people offering one hour or one person offering 500 hours,” said Plourd. John Plourd, a longtime Kid’s Camp director and volunteer at Camp Holy Cross, was using a back pack leaf blower to clear away leaves from last fall, trying to find the grass underneath. For new people, he asks if they are experienced in something and sometimes they end up being carpenters or trained in some other skilled craft, so he will assign them duties based on this. Some people are repeat volunteers so he has a sense of where their talents lie and he will assign them those particular tasks. Since Father Malatesta has been working at Camp Holy Cross for 30 years, he has a good idea of what projects need to be performed. Others actually see the work that is going on here that we do with kids and they just love being part of it, knowing that they made this place better and everyone is so complimentary through the season (about) how beautiful our camp is, it just gives them a good feeling that they were part of something bigger than themselves.” “Some people are responding to the advertising we have in parishes, so the Holy Spirit just leads them up here. It is all about time, talent, and treasure here,” said Father Malatesta. On Saturday, Scouts from Troop 38 in the Berkshires and Knights of Columbus were working on tree management and clearing. Agnes Parish in Dalton, said every year they announce the work day, their alumni, parishioners, and many people from the diocese come up to offer a helping hand. Father Malatesta, who is the pastor of St. ![]() GOSHEN – Boy and Girl Scouts and other area volunteers worked together as a team to prepare Camp Holy Cross in Goshen for the summer season during the Annual Work Day there on May 6.įather Christopher Malatesta, the religious advisor at Camp Holy Cross, said the campground is 250 acres so the maintenance work is a necessity for its opening.
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