Holy Spirit Festival, fresh food, fantastic friends, a whole lot of fun…
This past weekend Holy Spirit Church celebrated its 124th year of the annual Holy Spirit Festival.
That is right, we have had this festival for a mind blowing 124 years!
The festival had its beginning in 1886…A lot has happens since then: The Catholic church has gone through 9 popes. Our parish changed its name from Holy Ghost Church to Holy Spirit Church. Our original wooden parish burnt down, so we built a new one, and then we even made an addition to that!
What else… the famous Charlie Chaplin filmed 5 movies in Niles area of fremont. Washington High School was established, Next Mission San Jose High School, then came Irvington High School, John F. Kennedy High School opened their doors, then came American high school and many more. 
At this years festival, there was history in the making too. Not only was it WAVES first time having their own festival booth… but it was the first time for a single parish family to have 3 generations (1949,1984, &2010) crowned Festival Queen!
This year’s Festival Queen was none other than Queen Amy Moore. Congratulations Amy!
The festival itself was fantastic! Two days with tons of people walking around, games galore for kids, and plumes of smoke coming from the the food being cooked! Once you smell the food, your mouth waters, and your stomach grumbles in hunger! 
I think Luis was even trying out for a part in the marching band.
Once you entered the festival, one of the first booths you came across was the tri-tip and sausages booth: A Touch Of Emeril. This was Faith Formation’s booth ran by Deacon Drobick with the help of his wonderful serving staff and outstanding chefs! Faith formation runs many programs such as our Confirmation program.
Once you get to the front of this popular line, you are greeted by some of our Youth/Young adult leaders of WAVES who were there to help you with all your hungry needs!
Dn. Bill is always hard at work, whether it is with the Faith Formation, the youth, or with his customers at the booth!
Cooking, is not the only thing these guys do! Continual support for the youth has been invaluable. 
You may recognize Mr. Danko from Church. He is often helping as a sacristan or as an Eucharistic Minister or helping teach Confirmation. Mr. Danko is always giving a helping hand.
I can’t help but smile just looking at Mark’s smile!
A lot of the workers helping both the Faith Formation Booth and the WAVES booth are WAVES leaders who are trying to fundraise so they can go to WORLD YOUTH DAY in Madrid Spain next year in 2011
Here is WAVES first attempt at a festival booth. we sold Custom Crepes and shirts while also helping run Holy Spirit School’s Wii booth.
A lot of parents, youth, and young adults came by to check us out. Many enjoyed our photos and information about faith formation and the youth ministry.
Nikki and Roger are pro crepe makers! Creating the perfect crepe for each and every customer was our goal!
Crepes are so delicate, Nikki handles them with the care of a surgeon!
Brothers From Another Mother (BFAM) helped with donations of shirts and manpower! They even helped sponsor the Cake Walk Booth!
As the days went on, we got a lot of visitors and many of them wanted to hang out with the WAVES!
Nikki is not only a pro-crepe maker, she is also a pro Tinikling dancers. Here you can see Nikki taking a breather with our friend Bryana. (Bryana is also a pro Tinikling bamboo clapper, Roger is a pro- Tinikling Dancer!)
We thought we were young the young ones, but check out Father Tom as he danced over to our booth! Jax couldn’t help but take picture with this energetic priest!
A procession down the streets of the Centerville District of Fremont was lead directly to Holy Spirit Church’s 12:30pm mass. This was where the coronation of Amy Moore occurred.
This Jazz Band was really good! Go Kennedy!
These cars drove many important people to the mass
Here the queen awaits the starting of mass
After Mass was over, it was back to the hustle and bustle of the festival. A lot of booths with a lot of food, and even live bands playing music!
How could you NOT buy ice cream from these fun folks!?!?
Dreams Do Come True!
This may hurt a little bit…..
Don’t worry folks, the ducks are just sleeping.
At the buzzer!…. he made it by the way, and it was a Swish!
After two long days of working the festival, we learned a lot, had fun getting to know the community, and had fun having the community get to know us. Meeting adults, youth, and young adults really makes our efforts all worth while!
This is a first step of having the entire parish know that WAVES are here. The young adults are thriving, and we are continually practicing our faith. Our roots have been planted firmly, and now it is time for all to see us blossom.
For the entire Photo Gallery of the Holy Spirit Festival 2010, click here.
Mathew5:16
“In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.”