ST. VINCENT de PAUL THE ENGLER FAMILY Gratefully
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(From left) Mason, Jennifer, Paul and Grant Engler enjoy being involved with various ministries at our parish.
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tewardship is a journey. It’s a journey that can begin by simply joining one ministry — and before you know it, you’re sharing your time and talents in various ways. Paul and Jennifer Engler and their children, Grant, 18, and Mason, 13, have taken this journey and now find themselves helping in several ministries at St. Vincent de Paul. Paul serves as a cantor and sings in the choir. Jennifer and Grant serve as Extraordinary Ministers of Communion. Mason plays the cello with the choir. But the Engler family wasn’t always this busy at our parish. After becoming parishioners at. St. Vincent de Paul about seven years before, they realized something was missing from Sunday Mass. “It was interesting being in church and realizing that something was missing,” Jennifer says. “It wasn’t the homily or words for the Bible — it was our lack of involvement. We needed to be a part of something to feel like we were contributing.” Paul says the couple used the excuse of raising young children or being too busy with work. But one day, after they had begun attending Mass at St. Vincent de Paul, Jennifer asked Paul, “When are you going to sing again?” “Shortly after that, someone spoke during the homily about stewardship,” Paul says. “They told the congregation ‘You can even do something once a month to help out.’ I knew right there that they were right and I couldn’t use those excuses anymore. God has given us so much. We have to give back, as well.”
