In early December about a dozen members of the Cistercian community – including Mrs. Hernandez (with her two daughters), Mrs. Richard, Ms. Kennedy, Fr. John and several students from Form VI and Form VII – volunteered at a major food-packing event held at the Irving Convention Center. The event was sponsored by the national organization Feed My Starving Children, which recently opened up a location in Richardson, Texas. Several hundred people from many different backgrounds gathered together to pack over 68,000 meals in one shift from 4:00-6:00pm. Volunteers arranged themselves at various stations (e.g. food filling, packet weighing, sealing, boxing), and they had a blast packing as many meals as they could. During a particularly moving moment at the end of the shift, many of the volunteers gathered to pray over the boxes for those destined to receive the meals. One of the Cistercian students remarked how fun it is to do simple manual labor with friends and for a wonderful cause. Amen! Cistercian will partner with Feed My Starving Children again very soon for MLK Day. Stay tuned!