'A Second Mother To Me'

Published: Nov. 20, 2014, 4:27 a.m.

Every year at De Smet Jesuit High School in St. Louis, Missouri, students gather for a mother/son Mass and breakfast. Having lost his mom in middle school, Michael Tambone hadn\u2019t attended the event. But in his Junior year, Frances Schmitz, a friend's mother, asked Michael if he\u2019d like to go with her and her son.