BLESSING OF ANIMALS -SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4TH, 4:00PM
The traditional blessing of animals for the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi will take place on Sunday, October 4 at 4pm in the Blessed Mother Prayer Garden in front of the Church. Please park away from the area to allow space for our “rambunctious” pets. Please also come prepared to clean up after your pet in case of “accidents”. All animals should be contained or leashed.
At the request of the USCCB (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops), there will be a Special Collection the weekend of September 26/27 for the Bishops’ Emergency Disaster Fund, which will be used to support Catholic Charities USA and Catholic Relief Services in their effort to help the victims of various natural disasters. All checks should be made payable to St. Mary Catholic Church, with “Disaster Assistance” in the memo line. Thank you for your support.
Dear Folks,
This week I would like to invite you to virtually attend a parish evening of reflection on our parish theme for the year: “Love One Another.” With all that has been 2020, and after consulting with the Stewardship Committee, we settled on this theme for obvious reasons. Yes, we need to listen to each other. Yes, we need to better understand one another. But listening and understanding are themselves not enough. We must heed our Lord’s words to “love one another, as I have loved you.”
For several years now, we have annually held a dinner for the leadership of parish ministries, another dinner for volunteers, and a rousing parish life weekend. The reality of 2020 is that we will not be able to do those things in the manner we have previously. However, our parish and school staffs had a lovely day of recollection to begin the school year, and several said to me, “I am so blessed to have had this opportunity for prayer together.” We would like to share that opportunity with the whole parish.
Thus, please mark your calendar for 7pm Monday September 28th. We will have an evening of recollection that we will stream on our parish facebook page. Some parish leaders will be coming in person, and parishioners are invited to join virtually. God will bring good from all things for those who love him. I pray that this will be yet another way that God will bring good for us in the coming year. God is undefeated, not even by 2020.
Pax et bonum,
Father John Mosimann
