Greetings in Christ, all!
I’m so, so grateful for your response so far to the campaign. Already, a few of you reached out to our office and offered to make their pledge and I am just so touched.
More than a few of you asked if you could make your pledges now instead of waiting for the letter you will be receiving from our Bishop: You can! You can go to:
· www.stewardshipforsaintsandscholars.com
· On the website, if you look to the upper right, you’ll see the “Make a gift” button. Click it.
· Click on the appropriate gift and fill out the form.
· This is very important: Please make sure to choose our parish from the drop-down menu titled “Parish.”
That’s the way they keep track of which parish is giving what toward their goal. I did this on the website and found it easy. I pledged $166.00 a month for five years, totaling a pledge of $10,000. I’m so grateful for you giving me time to tell you about the campaign and I’m so grateful for those of you who have already pledged or given. I don’t have the words to express my gratitude. Let’s keep this up!
On Monday this week, our Church celebrates The Feast of St. Jude, the Apostle. We are so crazy blessed to have a first-class relic of him right in our church. If you come to church on Monday, don’t miss a chance to be blessed with this relic. Please check out our handout for more information about this amazing Saint. Technically, his name was/is “Judas.” The problem is, of course, the other disciples named Judas who betrayed Jesus. In order to avoid confusion, the Church has simply referred to him as “Jude.” It is a rare and amazing gift that we have his relic, let’s make sure to take advantage of this blessing!
All Saints is this Friday and All Souls is this Saturday. These are two very significant feasts for us. On All Saints Day (Friday), we remember and rejoice in the prayers and examples of the Saints. We will pray Masses at 8 am and 6 pm. We are offering two Masses because this is a Holy Day of Obligation.
On All Souls Day (Saturday), we pray for all of our beloved dead and we will have our usual Mass at 8 am. I’ll be praying this Mass with you, as we light candles for all those in our parish family who have gone to be with the Lord in the last year. Beyond going to Mass, It’s a good idea to take your family to a family grave this week and do some cleanup and prayers. Praying for the dead is one of the seven best things we can do as Christians. Please be sure to come pray these holy days with us!
So, that’s it for this week. I’ll keep reminding us all of the campaign for the next couple of months. I can’t wait for the day I get to tell you that we hit or passed our goal!
Jesus bless you all. I’m so grateful to God that I get to be your priest.
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