From the Pastor
October/23/2009
Last weekend, we published the annual financial report of our parish for the past fiscal year, a tradition that we have continued at this time of year over the past three years. Throughout the past few years, we have made substantial improvements on our campus, including updating our facilities, new features in the church, school and youth center, new programs and ministries, additional personnel and the maintenance and beautification of the grounds. I’m very grateful to the volunteer members of the Finance Council and the new Parish Development Committee for their close scrutiny of our fiscal records, recommendations, and willingness to communicate further with members of our parish, including the several new members we have registered since the summer. This weekend, several members of our Parish Development Committee will be on hand after Masses to answer queries concerning the financial report and other pertinent matters that are of concern to all of us. Following Saturday afternoon Masses, they welcome you to the Conference Room in the parish office across from the east door of our church. Following Sunday morning Masses, you are welcome to partake of some coffee and donuts in Kellaghan Hall while meeting with our Development Committee members. After the LIFE TEEN Mass, we will once again be in the Conference Room. This is a great opportunity to discuss with the people who are working so hard to keep this parish a special community it is. We still have more work to do, including the replacement of worn-out air–conditioning units and additional measures to economize on the use of our facilities and equipment. Hopefully, we’ll be able to count on your support to meet the expenses by increasing our level of giving so that the needs of our parish facilities and parish family members will not have to be compromised.
Thank you to all of our parishioners and friends who partook of last week’s pancake breakfast, sponsored by the Knights of Columbus. It was a great opportunity to socialize while enjoying an inexpensive, yet tasty breakfast.
Thank you for all of your generous response to our recent call to help us meet our goal in this year’s Diocesan Services Appeal. If everyone honors their pledge and makes their commitment count, we will not only reduce the remaining $15,300 shortfall, but will reach our goal and not have to take the balance from the parish operating funds in the Sunday collection to make up the difference. May all those who have contributed to this campaign be blessed by the people who are in most need of diocesan services, including seminarians, the aged, the poor, the migrants and the school children who attend in Catholic schools that cannot otherwise sustain themselves.
Thank you to the parish members who came to the closing of the diocese’s 25th anniversary observance this past Saturday. Everyone who went came home with special memories of the gala event. Those who carried banners, or dressed in special regalia to mark the occasion gave our parish a special presence in the midst of the 49 other parishes and 4 missions. It will certainly be a special remembrance in the minds of those who were part of the beginnings of our diocese. We look forward to the next twenty-five years, and may they be blessed, too!
Thank you to the parents and teens of our LIFE TEEN and EDGE programs for making the Haunted House a success. The many hours of preparation were possible because of a real stewardship of time and talent by so many. Under the leadership of Heather Hackett and the continuous cooperation of our Maintenance Crew, a larger setup became a reality this year, and the talents of our many young volunteers made the “creepy” areas even more so!
Don’t forget to turn your clock back one hour next Saturday night in observance of the end of Daylight Savings Time; that way, you’ll get an extra hour of sleep. Otherwise, you may arrive an hour early for Mass!
Very Rev. Canon Tom
Thank you to all of our parishioners and friends who partook of last week’s pancake breakfast, sponsored by the Knights of Columbus. It was a great opportunity to socialize while enjoying an inexpensive, yet tasty breakfast.
Thank you for all of your generous response to our recent call to help us meet our goal in this year’s Diocesan Services Appeal. If everyone honors their pledge and makes their commitment count, we will not only reduce the remaining $15,300 shortfall, but will reach our goal and not have to take the balance from the parish operating funds in the Sunday collection to make up the difference. May all those who have contributed to this campaign be blessed by the people who are in most need of diocesan services, including seminarians, the aged, the poor, the migrants and the school children who attend in Catholic schools that cannot otherwise sustain themselves.
Thank you to the parish members who came to the closing of the diocese’s 25th anniversary observance this past Saturday. Everyone who went came home with special memories of the gala event. Those who carried banners, or dressed in special regalia to mark the occasion gave our parish a special presence in the midst of the 49 other parishes and 4 missions. It will certainly be a special remembrance in the minds of those who were part of the beginnings of our diocese. We look forward to the next twenty-five years, and may they be blessed, too!
Thank you to the parents and teens of our LIFE TEEN and EDGE programs for making the Haunted House a success. The many hours of preparation were possible because of a real stewardship of time and talent by so many. Under the leadership of Heather Hackett and the continuous cooperation of our Maintenance Crew, a larger setup became a reality this year, and the talents of our many young volunteers made the “creepy” areas even more so!
Don’t forget to turn your clock back one hour next Saturday night in observance of the end of Daylight Savings Time; that way, you’ll get an extra hour of sleep. Otherwise, you may arrive an hour early for Mass!
Very Rev. Canon Tom