Greetings in Christ, all! I am typing this up a couple weeks ahead of its appearance in the bulletin so I won’t be addressing anything recent. The timing of it all is pretty good, as it gives me a chance to catch you up on the situation with my knee. So, a couple Fridays ago, […]
Greetings in Christ! I’m typing this one up a few weeks ahead of time, so there won’t be any “current events” or anything like that. I’m taking this space to honor my favorite holiday this week: Thanksgiving. I love this holiday and I’m very excited to host it at the rectory, I’ve never been able […]
My dear brothers & sisters in Christ, It has been such a great joy to serve you these past 16 months. I have truly enjoyed my time here, and I am so grateful to the Lord for the many ways that He is at work in the hearts and lives of so many. I am […]
Greetings in Christ! I pray that God bless our fall season with great joy and lots of hot chocolate… This weekend the Church asks us to look at the idea of stewardship: sacrificing for the good of our parish family. Our bulletin this week contains financial information (see below) and I want to thank you […]
Greetings in Christ! We are moving right along, sneaking up on my favorite holiday: Thanksgiving. I’m fired up for this year as I’ll be hosting my family at the rectory…Dad and I are going to deep fry two turkeys. It should be a riot! Last Friday when I was genuflecting at Mass, my knee gave […]
Greetings in Christ, all! We are officially in my favorite time of year: fall. I love the colors and the beauty of it all, but most of all, I love the temperatures. So, I wanted to address the Restoring the Temple Campaign with you all, but before I do, I have some joyful news to […]
Greetings in Christ, all! Last weekend, we heard the sad news that Fr. Dan is being transferred to Durand and Gaines: times of transition are always hard and I encourage us to pray for Fr. Dan, for his two new parishes and that God sends us more priests. I was very touched and happy with […]
Greetings in Christ! I am very excited to give you an update on the renovation of our worship space. What’s going on with the building renovation? First of all, thank you for your patience. It has been quite a whirlwind joining such a vibrant and active parish, one like no other parish in the Diocese. […]
Greetings in Christ! I continue to move along through this new assignment, learning as much as I can and praying for wisdom. I consider it a great blessing that I get to serve these two beautiful parish families and am enjoying our prayer together at Mass. As some of you may know, I was not […]
(Editor’s note: the above portion of the message from Fr. was missed by me last week. I apologize to him and to you!) Greetings in Christ, all! I want to thank you all for your prayers and support while I conducted the Convocation for the Priests of the Diocese of Marquette. It was truly exhausting […]