Sunday, March 4, 2012

Pastor's Notes for March 4

Our sympathy to the families of Michael Miller and Emery Pistulka. May their souls, and the souls of all the faithful departed, rest in peace.
I will put on my 'other hats' briefly for these notes. We are currently reviewing the applications of 3 young men who are applying to the Diocese for college seminary, and are anxiously awaiting the reception of a fourth application for pre-Theology. While I am happy with 4, we need many more. Please continue to pray for our seminarians, our applicants, and for many more to discern a vocation. May the Lord call many more to serve our Diocese, perhaps even calling more young men from our parishes and families!
I also invite you to mark your calendars for the 18th of March: the Bishop Lucker Lecture will be held at 7 pm at St. Catherine's, Redwood Falls. The speaker is Jim Ennis, the executive director of the National Catholic Rural Life Conference, and the topic is on the "New Evangelization" in rural communities. It promises to be very complementary to the projects we have already begun. Of course, the Lecture is free and open to all.
As I write about this lecture, some might note that there is a conflict that night with the Catholicism video series. We decided not to re-schedule the movie, but if there are more than four that would want to see the video and go to the Lecture, I would consider re-showing it on Monday, March 26, after the 6:30 pm Mass. If there are only a few that are conflicted, I will make the video available for home viewing.

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