Monday morning, after celebrating the 9:00 a.m. Mass, I went to the sacristy to take off my vestments and found a drawing, a note and an envelope on the counter. The picture was of me saying Mass and was drawn by a budding artist in our parish named Jason. The note and the envelope came from his older brother, a second grader who recently received his First Communion in one of our churches. In the note, Michael thanked me for celebrating his First Communion Mass and told me how special the day was for him. When I opened the envelope it contained $167.57 in cash! His mother told me that Michael wanted me to donate this money to our Annual Partners in Charity Appeal. The little boy had heard me speak of the Appeal last Sunday at the 8:30 Mass and when he got home he asked his parents if he could give half of his First Communion money to help some poor children in our Diocese!