The community at Spiritan Parish, Our Lady Queen of Peace in Arlington, VA, recently celebrated their renovated Isidore's Garden Space, one of their Care of Creation initiatives. The event was covered by the Catholic Herald. Read an excerpt of the article below.  

Parishioners of Our Lady Queen of Peace Church in Arlington celebrated a revamped garden space July 28 with a blessing and reception.

An hour after hearing the Gospel reading of Jesus feeding the 5,000 with two fish and five loaves of bread at the Sunday evening Mass, parishioners stepped out into the brilliant summer twilight for the garden’s blessing and fellowship.

Spiritan Father Timothy Hickey, pastor, blessed the garden, named in honor of St. Isidore the Farmer, expressing gratitude to God for it and invoking his blessing.

“We thank you for the gift of this garden and for the opportunity to serve others through its harvest,” he said. “May it be a sign of your love and providence and may it inspire us to care for all your creation with respect and gratitude. Through the intercession of St. Isidore, may this garden flourish and may we always seek to do your will in all things.”

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