Catholic Community of Wilmington and South Tewksbury Celebrate the Seder

 This past Monday,marked the  beginning of Passover. to  celebrate, the Catholic Community of Wilmington and South Tewksbury held a Seder Supper to  mark the  beginning of this most holy of holy days  in the  Jewish tradition. Passover  is a celebration, of the  last plague sent by God to the Egyptians, the death of every  first born. The subsequent release of the Jews  by Pharaoh, and their flight into the desert with their leader  Moses.

 According to  Pat Archfield  the outreach coordinator  for the  Catholic Community," in recent years it has  become a custom in many Christian  Churches to  have a Seder on the  first night of Passover". "This is done to  remember our spiritual  roots in Judaism, and to  celebrate that Jesus  was in fact a devout  Jew. Also  it symbolize the connection between the Jewish  Covenant with God and The New Covenant with Jesus",according to  Archfield. 

  The supper consisted of  lamb, bitter herbs,wine and other foods. traditional to the Seder, all these foods having a spiritual connection with the first Passover thousands of years ago. The  Pastor  Father Early  represented the head of the household, with many of the  children starting with the youngest, asking the traditional  question explaining the holy day.