Monday Message, October 31, 2022
KNOW
Please spread the word about this event – recruiting, training, and sustaining volunteers – which will occur later this month. Every parish needs volunteers, but few are really, really good at find the right people for the right jobs all the time. We can all use some help in this regard.
Advent resources are live and updated. Posters in English and Spanish are available in the office and will be delivered to principals on the 17th and available anytime for pick up. Swing by the Catholic Center between 8:30 and 4:30 and grab some. Note: the Chancery is closed tomorrow for All Saints Day.
Did you know there is a new resource, update, or reminder posted each week from the Office of Safe Environments on this page?
Know anyone who needs a table? We have one to give away. It’s a solid wood farmhouse style with two extensions on the ends. Sits six regularly or about eight to ten fully extended. Free to a good home, youth center, conference room, or rectory. See the image here. Pick up is in Fairfield. Email Patrick if interested.
Spring Confirmation dates will come out when they come out. Calling and asking when only delays the process.
REFLECT
Wednesday is that one day of the year when we publicly remember all those people we miss every day of the year. This week we will remember Mary’s husband, John’s brother, Fr. Ford’s grandfather, Fr. Peter’s parents, Msgr. Orlowski, Fr. Nick, Fr. Alves, Mike’s dad, Deacon Blier, Fr. Keefe, Tracy’s daughter, Kathy’s husband, Monsignor’s brother, Fr. Mirek’s mother, Msgr. Varga, Deacon Myott, Jackie’s husband, Fr. Art’s mom, Clare’s mom, Fr. Mecca’s dad, Fr. Maty, Danny’s dad, Janet’s family members, Kristen’s mom, Fr. Barachini, Fr. Brady, Cynthia’s brother, Evan’s mother-in-law, Ela’s dad, Margaret’s husband, and my mother. We will remember the sons and daughters, mothers and fathers, grandparents and grandmothers, friends and relatives – all those who have gone before us marked with a sign of our faith.
We will pause and pray together. We will write their names down and offer them on the altar of sacrifice. We will remember them, their smiles, their humor, their trials, and their joys.
May the choirs of angels, come to greet them all. May they speed them to paradise. May the Lord enfold them, in his mercy. May they find eternal life.
LAUGH
