Pastor’s Letter 11.28.21

Pastor’s Letter 11.28.21

Dear Friends, I am ending our reading about the synod today – at least for now – after all, Advent has begun. However, before we leave the synod preparation materials, Pope Francis has several questions for you to be thinking about. Here he introduces the questions:...
Pastor’s Letter 11.21.21

Pastor’s Letter 11.21.21

Dear Friends, We continue our reflections and readings about the two-year Synod process that was begun last month. What follows are further reflections from the preparation documents to help us understand what the Synod is hoping for. Those of you who follow Church...
Pastor’s Letter 11.14.21

Pastor’s Letter 11.14.21

Dear Friends, Some of you may be asking, why is Pope Francis calling a Synod about the church as a whole? Certainly, Pope Francis has called Synods to discuss families or young people or the challenges in South America, but why do we need one for the whole Church to...
Pastor’s Letter 11.7.21

Pastor’s Letter 11.7.21

Dear Friends, As I mentioned last week, the Church has begun a Synodal process to listen, pray and decide together where the Spirit of God is leading the Church. Here is the statement about the process from our local Archdiocese: On March 7, 2021, Pope Francis...
Pastor’s Letter 10.31.21

Pastor’s Letter 10.31.21

Dear Friends, You may not be aware of it, but a historical step in the history of the church began this month. AND, Pope Francis wants you to be a part of it. Let me give you some information from the preparatory Vatican documents so you may have a better...
Pastor’s Letter 10.24.21

Pastor’s Letter 10.24.21

Dear Friends, Thanks so much for the wonderful work done by so many of you in preparing for and executing the Spaghetti Dinner last Sunday. Our attendance numbers were lower (as expected) because of Covid19, but we still did a huge amount of takeout dinners and had a...