Senior Service
Ever since I was a child I have been a part of Sacred Heart community in Roslindale. I’ve received many sacraments such as communion, baptism, confirmation, and reconciliation at their church. In 2007 I graduated from sacred heart school but I have never left it. I still attend church at my parish ever y Sunday and in the summer of 2010 I did sacred heart school a great service in teaching third grade children communion classes in order to prepare them to receive the Eucharist, so they may grow closer to their faith. So this year I decided to do my senior service at the school I love, Sacred Heart.
At sacred heart I am working with K1 children who range from the ages 4-5 and together we work on arts and crafts to put in their little workbooks so they’ll have a collection of all the assignments they’ve accomplished. I don’t care about that though and there is little to gain from it, the interactions and conversations with the children is how I can really make a positive impact on their lives and in mine.
The K1 classroom has grey round play rug in the center of the room and everything circles around it. There are two tables which the kids use to construct their crafts and in front of the tables is the teacher’s desk where she observes the kids work. As soon as I walked into the classroom the children ran up to me and gave me hugs as if I were their own brother or sister and during circle time they all grabbed my hands, legs, and t-shirt so they could pull me in to join the group.
All the children are very innocent and honest so whenever I talk to them they respond truthfully and frankly which is very amusing because something’s they say are actually insulting and they haven’t learned that yet. These kids truly are the children of god and one of the kids I spoke to named Jenellese really hinted to what that really meant when she randomly chose to speak to me. She said “Easters coming Easters coming! And Jesus is coming back to life again, did you know that?” my response “yes I did and thank you for reminding me Jenellese”. It was such a great thing to say during the Lenten season and as I continue my service with the children in the K1 classroom I aim to help their faith evolve in a healthy catholic environment.