Archive for the Pastor’s Corner Category

November 16-17, 2024 Dear parishioners, As we near the end of the first semester of the school year, it is time for me to once again announce that it is time to train new altar servers for our weekend and Holy Day Masses.  Any boys in the

November 2-3, 2024 Dear parishioners, As you remember, we recently took up a collection for Catholic Charities’ relief efforts for those affected by hurricanes Helene and Milton.  As such, I would like to thank everyone for the tremendous response.  The collection itself brought in $5,949; I decided

October 26-27, 2024 Dear parishioners, About a week-and-a-half ago, at a weekday Mass, the first reading of the day was Galatians 5:18-25.  This passage is fairly well known, because in it, St. Paul lists the fruits of the Spirit: “love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness,

October 19-20, 2024 Dear parishioners, We recently held our first finance council meeting for the 2024-2025 fiscal year, and the following is asummary of what we discussed. As a reminder, our diocesan fiscal year always begins on July 1, and our recentfinance council meeting reviewed the first

August 31- September 1, 2024 Dear parishioners, Thanks to those who have inquired about the upcoming parking lot repaving in Paulding.  Yes, it is still planned to happen in the near future; however, we have not yet heard back from the contractor as to when exactly that