Forms of the word “delight” (delight, delighted, delighting, delightful…) occur over a hundred times in the Bible. Many relate to delight in the Lord and most of those specifically relate to delight in God’s word. If you take delight in the Lord, He will tend to the desires of your heart. So does that mean He’ll give us everything we ask for in prayer? Not necessarily. The scripture doesn’t promise that God will give us everything we ask for, but it does say that He will tend to the desires of our heart. And so we pray as we begin a new week: “Help us to trust you to know what we truly need, and to be content with the blessings you choose to send our way.”

A lovely part of our Catholic heritage is the tradition of blessing of the home in the beginning of the New Year. Thanks to Fr. Greg (Grzegorz) Golba from Our Lady of the Lake Church in Sparta and Fr. Jhon Madrid from Saint Thomas the Apostle in Oak Ridge who recently visited five of our group homes for a blessing.

Jefferson Township High School and the Department for Persons with Disabilities held their 3rd Annual “Dunk for Disabilities” Fundraiser. The students from Jefferson Township High School have given back to DPD in many capacities however; this event was also a great opportunity for raising awareness for our cause and honoring individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities!

Matthew 5: "Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying:"

Kelly is well deserving of this recognition and we would like to congratulate her on her accomplishments.

On the liturgical (Church) calendar we return to Ordinary time. Ordinary Time is called "ordinary" because the weeks are numbered. The Latin word ordinalis, which refers to numbers in a series, stems from the Latin word ordo, from which we get the English word order. Thus, Ordinary Time is in fact the ordered life of the Church—the period in which we live our lives neither in feasting (as in the Christmas and Easter seasons) or in more severe penance (as in Advent and Lent), but in watchfulness and expectation of the Second Coming of Christ. Green is the color used to signify this time between liturgical seasons.

Maybeth is caring, loving, positive, creative and fun. She has a very artistic hand and eye. She loves glitter and always makes the place sparkle!