More Than 150 Grandparents Attend Mass of Thanksgiving

Sophia Ghekiere ‘18, Libby Ghekiere, Hannah Ghekiere ‘19, and Maddie Ghekiere ‘16 Robert Munoz, who drove all the way from Bakersfield to attend Grandparents’ Day two years in a row, and Lily Davila ‘18.

More than 150 Grandparents Attend Annual Mass of Thanksgiving

LaSt Year’S inaugural grandParent’S daY waS SucH a SucceSS with 87 grandparents in attendance and this year the number almost doubled with 152. If this trend continues, we won’t have a facility large enough to accommodate everyone next year!

This new tradition has become one that the Providence community looks forward to. Students are given the opportunity to spend time with their grandparents as they sit together during the Mass of Thanksgiving and enjoy a special lunch catered by the Advancement Department and PHS Parent Board. Father Francis Mendoza, Pastor at St. Finbar Church and Board of Regents member, presided over this year’s mass.

Darian Hackett ‘17 and Edna Loften Ben Reyes, Michael Buenaventura ‘16, and Elenita Reyes

Charles Marikian, Justin Marlow ‘19, and Lucy Marikian