Year of Mercy: The much anticipated Year of Mercy begins this Tuesday, December 8, on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. In a nutshell, God wants us to experience his mercy and then be merciful to others. We as a parish are going to be focusing on the year of mercy and we want to […]
First Sunday of Advent: Here we go, another liturgical year begins this weekend with the First Sunday of Advent. When the Church celebrates Advent, we try to make present the expectancy of the Messiah. As we prepare for Jesus’ first coming among us, we renew our desire for His Second Coming as well. One of […]
Audit: Our parish will receive an audit of our finances the week of December 7 -11. This is a normal procedure by the diocese when a new pastor arrives at a parish. We will gladly provide a summary to you when they are finished giving us a report. Positive Feedback: Recently our school had their […]
A Mother’s Plea: I received a very humble email from one of our parishioners, Shelley Rariden. Her college-age son, Robby, needs a kidney transplant—and the sooner the better! After exhausting her family and friends and other resources for a kidney match for her son, she is looking for help from her parish family. If you are willing to donate a […]
Off to School: On October 26 & 27 I attended a ‘new pastor’ conference at the St. Francis Retreat Center in DeWitt. It was very informative. There were only three ‘new pastors’ there. We had meetings on legal issues, lay ministry, personnel, facilities, deacons, evangelization and the business side of running a parish. Usually when a new pastor takes over […]
When the Saints come Marching in: One of my favorite feast days is All Saints, which we have the opportunity to celebrate this weekend since November 1 falls on a Sunday this year. Who is your favorite saint and why? St. Theresa of Lisieux, St. John Vianney, St. Maria Goretti and St. Maximilian Kolbe are […]
A Big Thank You!: It was a joy and blessing to be with you for the installation Mass and the reception last weekend. I can’t express my gratitude enough to all those who helped and served in a special way. And the background music at the reception provided by Paul & Beverly Dunlap was a […]
This weekend (October 24 & 25th, 2015) we implemented the changes to how we prepare the Altar at the beginning of the Liturgy of the Eucharist. Many of our servers attended one of the training sessions, but we have many that did not and will need some training. The changes will be very easy to […]
Msgr. Jerry and I want to introduce some new procedures to improve how we, at the weekend Masses, bring the Eucharist to the Homebound and to care facilities. These changes have been in the works for over a year and will help us serve our sick and needy with greater reverence and care. I do […]