St. Catherine of Siena R.C. Church 4 Riverside Avenue Riverside, CT 06878 Phone: 203-637-3661     Fax: 203-637-8934

Members of St. Catherine’s Youth Group Spend
Week at Mustard Seed Migrant Ministry
Located in Goshen, NY

Mickie Prinzivalli-Abatemarco, Director of Youth Ministry, had the opportunity to spend 4 days with three of our teens, Scott Padula, Jaime Padula and Connor Marr at Mustard Seed Migrant Ministry. The boys worked as staff for 40 children who attend a camp for children of migrant workers. They did a great job and are welcomed back at any time.

	Connor, Scott, Jamie and Mickie Abatemarco
	Scott, Sister Fran, Sister Pam, Connor and Jamie. The Sisters have been running the Mustard Seed Ministry for the past 15 years.

A Note from Scott, Jaime and Connor

Our trip to the Mustard Seed Ministry taught us all a good lesson of how not to judge a book by its cover. When we arrived, first impressions were flying around inside our heads. We didn’t know much about the kids, but we did know that they came from poor families without many material goods. They had parents that came straight from Mexico and were uneducated, with Spanish as their first language. We had not idea what these kids were like or how well they would respond to us.

However, as the week progressed and as we participated in activities we grew to know them and realized that these kids could be used as examples of the best mannered, all around friendliest people that we have met. We spent hours playing basketball, swimming and joking around, enjoying every minute. This was a great opportunity to meet new people that we would have never met hadn’t it been for this camp. It was truly a great experience and we hope to visit again.