Weekend Masses

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Last weekend Penny led the catechists in a training session in preparation for the beginning of the Religious Education program. An enormous amount of preparation is done before the first Family Centered Faith Formation session. Teaching aids, lesson plans, videos and training sessions. This year we had to search for new catechists. All of our catechists are volunteers who give up a number of their Sundays to help teach and put into practice their faith. They are people from all walks of life and young high school kids who by their example show us what it means to be a Christian. All of them I see in church on Sundays. Constantly by their example they remind me that Religious ED is not about one Sunday a month but about living faith every day. We all need to renew and live our faith. We all need to learn, but above all it is the example that counts. Seeing parents with their children in Church Sunday after Sunday tells me and all of us that their faith is important. Combined with the teaching around the table it sends a powerful message that faith is a journey that is strengthened by the Eucharist and lives in the world every day. At the end of Mass let us take Christ with us into our world and by our example encourage all to live lives true to the Gospel. Let the Journey continue, Fr Karl  

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I have often looked at my sitting room or my bedroom and said “oh my God what a mess” and after an hour or so trying to tidy it thought it looked ten times worse. These days when I walk in to the lower level of the church I say oh boy did I open a can of worms with the idea of a garage sale/ rummage sale. I am grateful for the generosity of goods and of help. I have had so much fun in the midst of hanging clothes of sorting various articles and have been delighted with the community building and comradery it has created. Where would we be without the volunteers? Thank you. Now that there is organized chaos in the lower level, we need volunteers and clients for the rummage sale, the End of Summerfest and the blood drive. Any help will be appreciated. End of summer fest and the Rummage sale are parish events and we ask you to invite your friends and your neighbors to come along to laugh with us to buy whatever they can, but above all it is a chance to have fun to get to know your fellow parishioners and to be involved with what is a great parish community. Please get it out there and come and join us. The journey of faith continues, Fr Karl