Meet Bob and Rachael Hooper:
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Living the Faith and Embracing Community
t’s easy to join a parish Bob is a member of the and get into a routine of Knights of Columbus and the attending weekend Mass. Men’s Group, and he serves on The weeks fly by and, before the Finance Council. Bob even we know it, years have gone by. still meets virtually with his But when we get involved more previous men’s group in Apex. at our parishes, that’s when Getting involved has also we can really be challenged to allowed the couple to get to grow in faith and to better know know people, helping to make our fellow parishioners. That’s them feel more at home. just what Bob and Rachael “To become part of Hooper have done, whether the family, you had to do it was when they attended St. something,” Bob says. “You John Neumann in Strongsville, can’t just come and go to Mass. or St. Mary Magdalene Parish You have to do your part.” in Apex, N.C. “Getting involved is a way to Bob and Rachael moved get to know people and to build around quite a bit, but, in a support system,” Rachael says. 2018, they settled with us at St. Over the years, getting Joseph’s to be closer to their involved in their parish has been Bob and Rachael Hooper enjoy being involved at St. Joseph’s. children. Their involvement in a way for Bob and Rachael to parish life is not out of obligation build a community. — rather, it’s just such an integral part of their lives that they “For us, faith isn’t just on Sundays — it is part of who don’t think twice when asked. we are,” Bob says. “Over time, church became more than Both Bob and Rachael serve as Eucharistic Ministers. just a Sunday thing.” Rachael is in the Wonderful Women group and Bible Study. Bob and Rachael have a son, Robert, and a daughter, She also attends the First Friday Rosary group and is a part Erin. The couple enjoys participating in recreational of a prayer group in the couple’s 55-plus community. activities in their community. They spend a lot of time in “I’ve grown in my faith quite considerably in the last Port Clinton, Ohio. They also enjoy riding motorcycles. few years,” Rachael says. “I feel that I want to continue to And of course, they enjoy being a part of the faith grow closer to our Lord.” community at St. Joseph.
“I’ve grown in my faith quite considerably in the last few years. I feel that I want to continue to grow closer to our Lord.” — Rachael Hooper page 4
