Members of the Young Adults group at St. Veronica Church in
Chantilly love to pray and they love to chat. And they really
like to eat. “Where two or more gather at St. Veronica –
there is food,” said Michael Filamor, co-leader of St.
Veronica Young Adults. It’s not so much about the food
itself, he said; it’s about the spirit of community that is
nurtured around a shared meal.
So it makes sense that they decided to host, on the day
before the official holiday, the biggest feast of the
year.
Filamor sees a Thanksgiving dinner as a natural progression
for the group, whose regular meetings often are bookended by
eucharistic adoration and a trip to a restaurant. “We are fed
sacramentally in adoration, grow spiritually in the meeting,
and during the meal we grow in fellowship,” said Filamor.
Shared meals, he added, are “emblematic of the
Eucharist.”
While most attendees will eat another round of turkey with
relatives 24 hours later, Filamor views the Young
Adults-sponsored Thanksgiving as its own kind of family
gathering.
“People really do care for each other as brothers and sisters
in Christ here,” he said. “We are another family. Even though
people may gather with family the next day, this is family,
and it’s one that welcomes everyone.”
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