Yesterday marked a first. I took in Sunday Mass at Holy Trinity in Middletown, Ohio, the same place I visited about 13 months ago as part of my yearlong trip. It was my first, “trip back.”
Wonderfully, the reason I was there was back in action. The subject of my story from Middletown was Kara Jackson, a parishioner at Holy Trinity who answered her call to serve Mass in all 50 states several years earlier. She was, I like to say, the me before me.
Kara was again serving, mom Tina and father Rick in attendance as usual. I was there not for any book-related activities, but because the district meeting for St. Vincent de Paul was being held after Mass. Coincidentally, last year my wife and I relocated to Butler County, Ohio, so Holy Trinity and St. John (the other church in the Holy Family Parish and where the final two photos were shot), are just a short drive north.
It was great catching up again with the Jackson family.
Kara Jackson at work.
Holy Trinity in Middletown, Ohio
Holy Trinity before Mass. That’s Kara’s mom in red in the veil.
The other church in the Holy Family is St. John, located just a few blocks away.
St. John is a traditional Catholic worship space.
52 Masses 