Last weekend was very edifying for me as pastor here. First we had the initial returns of the Stewardship Covenant Cards. We received close to a hundred, even though the cards arrived in your mail late in the week. I’ve reviewed them, and so many of them showed an increase in the Offertory gift, typically about $5 a week, as I said I’m doing this again this year. This bodes very well for our coming year. Just as inspiring were the many intentions to serve in a parish ministry

THIS IS IT The invitation this weekend to participate in a Word On Fire Faith Group brings together all the good things happening in our parish. In the Strategic Planning that the Parish Council is leading us in, comments were made that we need to have adult faith formation. As we grow in understanding of Evangelization, we keep hearing that the community needs to re-catechize and reinvigorate its own faith to be ready to spread it. So this movement to spend a little time in