Dear Friends in Christ,
Every year the weeks after Holy Week and Easter are filled with activities and celebrations! This Saturday (April 18) our parish is pleased to welcome Bishop Noonan to celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation for our young people. Over 130 candidates are presenting themselves this year to receive the gifts of the Holy Spirit. The Sacrament of Confirmation is celebrated in our parish for those who are 9th grade and older. I am especially grateful to this year’s class as they have been a wonderful and enthusiastic group. We will continue to pray for our Confirmandi as they grow and mature in the gift of our Catholic faith.
On the weekends of April 25/26 and also May 2/3 we will be celebrating First Eucharist with those children who are in 2nd grade or older. As has been our tradition the past few years, the children will be receiving First Eucharist at our regularly scheduled weekend Masses. Seeing the joy of the children as they receive the Real Presence of Christ for the first time brings back memories of our own First Holy Communion. Thank you for praying for the children as our parish family welcomes them to the Table of the Lord.
Below this letter is a summary and update of a few of the projects that we are currently completing on our parish campus. Your generosity to the second collection for the Stewardship of Facilities ensures that our facilities are well cared for and updated.
When you come before the Lord this week, please remember the Clergy, Religious Sisters and Staff of our parish. Know that we will pray for you, your intentions and your loved ones. We may not see each other each day but may we meet each day in our prayers!
In Christ,
Very Rev. Stephen D. Parkes, V.F.
Pastor
