Dear Folks,

This weekend we welcome Fr. Kevin Dansereau who comes to us from his most recent assignment, the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington. Additionally, we welcome Fr. Tim Courtney who is the new rectory rookie! All those graces of ordination fresh on his soul!! The priests are looking forward to working with both of them in serving you!

I always ask incoming priests how they prefer to be addressed: Father first or last name. They expressed a preference for Father Dansereau and Father Tim. I believe it is important to respect the preference of each priest on this, and thus they will be!

Thanks for your loving and gracious farewells to Fr. Sina and Fr. Koehr! They will be greatly missed by the priests and parishioners alike. However, the Lord’s perfect plan guides all of our comings and goings.

On News Eve 2008, a priest passed away unexpectedly in an accident. His last words written in his parish bulletin are great words of wisdom for priests and parishioners both in times of change expected or unexpected:

“For ‘who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to counsel him?’” 1 Corinthians 2: 16

The facts are these – nothing is happening that God has not already seen from all eternity. Also, He has seen all of our parts in His plan from all eternity.

What Our Lord desires of us is not a spirit of despair or a spirit of mindless presumption, but a spirit of prayerful trust. Since most of our present concerns are tied, directly or indirectly to money, pull out that penny again and see the most important words that we can read for the coming year:

IN GOD WE TRUST

pax et bonum,

Father John Mosimann