Dear Parishioners,
Our sympathy to the family of Jack Price as well as Leona Pearson (Fr. Pearsons stepmother). May their souls and all the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace.
This weekend, we celebrate Catechetical Sunday. Thank you to all our catechists both in the Religious Education Program and the Catholic School. How important this role is, assisting parents in passing the faith to our children. To learn our faith is important, but more important is to worship - especially on Sundays to attend Mass - but to also pray as a family. As the director of vocations and as a member of Serra (the organization that prays for and supports vocations to the priesthood and Religious life), I hear the vocation stories of so many people, and am no longer amazed on how many credit the family prayer time and commitment to attending Mass as being influential in their discernment of God's will, but also in the lives of their brothers or sisters who are married! Faith begins in the family, is lived in the family, and is as strong as the family!
Two 'announcements' about the Religious Education programs: Sherry informs me, at this time, we are short 3 catechists at St. Anne's: Afternoon 5th grade, and evening 8th and 10th. Please prayerfully consider saying yes to this important service.
Second, we are at a crossroads regarding the elementary program at St. Mathias. Those who have served so well in the past have decided it is time to discontinue. Hopefully, by the time you are reading this, I will have contacted the families that this directly affects. It seems most prudent to discontinue the program at St. Mathias. I knew 5 years ago when the High school program was discontinued that the elementary program was a stop-gap, as fewer children were involved. I apologize for the late notice.
In Christ, Fr. Todd
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