From the Georgia Bulletin this week, a story on a Methodist family that sent their kids to Catholic schools…and when the 8-year-old decided she wanted to receive first Communion along with her fellow second graders, Mom and Dad decided to join the Church:

The Halls traveled to China twice to adopt their daughters. Their second journey was the focus of a 2004 National Geographic program.

Their recent spiritual odyssey was also one the entire family took, and it was prompted by their older daughter, a second-grader at “St. Joe’s” School.

“I know most of the time it’s usually parents who make the spiritual decisions for the family,” said Denise. Not so for the Halls, as it was Marissa who wished to receive first Communion along with her second-grade classmates.

Denise and Rich, both raised Methodist, “did not want the family to be divided,” and so they began the Order of Christian Initiation for Adults.

Only one problem in the whole article…

In addition to the Easter Vigil, they had a profound moment on Holy Thursday when Father Paul Berny, pastor, washed Marissa’s feet.

Oh well. What can I say?  My wife and her brother are ridiculed by the rest of their family for being too “old fashioned” and “too Catholic” even though they’re the ones who raised them to be Catholic…and that’s directly responsible for the fact that I am Catholic.  Guess I should just overlook the profound misunderstanding that exists when the foot washing rite includes women.

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