Medford parish hosts first community dinner on Thanksgiving Day

November 29, 2024 at 8:55 p.m.
Guests enjoy their Thanksgiving Day dinner in St. Mary of the Lakes School. Courtesy photo
Guests enjoy their Thanksgiving Day dinner in St. Mary of the Lakes School. Courtesy photo


A tasty meal, companionship and being around people who care.

That was pretty much what St. Mary of the Lakes Parish, Medford, offered to the guests who attended the parish’s first Community Thanksgiving Dinner on Thanksgiving Day.

“We were happy to help,” Father Daniel Swift, pastor, said. The experience also served as a learning curve for some children from the parish and an “eye opener” for them to encounter  people who do not have a family with whom to spend Thanksgiving.

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A tasty meal, companionship and being around people who care.

That was pretty much what St. Mary of the Lakes Parish, Medford, offered to the guests who attended the parish’s first Community Thanksgiving Dinner on Thanksgiving Day.

“We were happy to help,” Father Daniel Swift, pastor, said. The experience also served as a learning curve for some children from the parish and an “eye opener” for them to encounter  people who do not have a family with whom to spend Thanksgiving.

More to come on this story

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