Monday Message, September 3, 2024
KNOW
Please spread the word and remind all high school students that Bishop Caggiano is inviting them to a special event on September 21st at St. Matthew parish. All details are here.
You will notice in LEAD that you have been assigned Understanding the Directory, Part Three. Enjoy.
Please do NOT ask catechists to complete initial formation until we review the new formation procedures at the Fall Forum.
All pastors received a memo last week. Your copy is here. It includes important information about Confirmation, sponsors, and more. We will discuss this in detail at our September 14th Fall Forum. Register here. By the way, Advent posters will be available at the Fall Forum. Please email Carmela your order before September 10, 2024. One side English. One side Spanish.
This memo also went out last week, inviting all parish leaders (except catechists who will have their own meeting) to gather with Bishop Caggiano on October 19th. Please see those details here.
If your parish administrative assistants have not yet signed up for a day of prayer and laughter on September 27th, perhaps you could share this memo with your pastors.
Catechetical Sunday will be celebrated on Sunday, September 15, 2024. The USCCB Secretariat for Evangelization and Catechesis has developed resources that can be used in local communities for this annual celebration. See details here.
If your parish has not yet signed up to host the Eucharistic Miracles display, please contact our newest team member, Sue Baldwin. Sue is now the coordinator of special projects for the Institute.
Please use these letters to distribute to parents and invite them to this fall’s meeting with Bishop Caggiano and all parents of Confirmation candidates.
- Fairfield – Deanery F – October 10, 2024
- Wilton – Deanery E – October 24, 2024
- Greenwich – Deanery I – January 8, 2025
- Stamford – Deanery H – January 9, 2025
- Bethel – Deanery D – January 15, 2025
- Shelton – Deanery C – January 22, 2025
- Bridgeport – Deanery A – January 23, 2025
- Stratford – Deanery B – February 19, 2025
- Norwalk – Deanery G – March 6, 2025
If you are having trouble remembering which deanery you are in, please see this handy cheat sheet.
REFLECT
On this feast of this great pope and doctor of the Church, let us pray:
Saint Gregory the Great, your first desire was to love God, to come to know Him through prayer and study, and to serve Him with all your heart. God took what you gave and transformed it into a solid foundation upon which He would continue to grow His Church. Please pray for me, that my life will always be grounded upon a solid faith so that God can use me in any way He chooses for His glory and the salvation of souls. Saint Gregory the Great, pray for me. Jesus, I trust in You. Amen.
LAUGH
