Dear parishioners, Looking ahead on the parish calendar, we will have our usual Thanksgiving Day Mass at 9:00 A.M. in the Paulding church. As we spend the day thanking God for all the good things he has given us, please consider starting the day off with the
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Hello everyone! I realized after last weekend’s bulletin was printed that there is one point that needs to be clarified from the recap of the latest finance council meeting. I mentioned that the building and maintenance fund contains around $24,000. However, this number is prior to adding
Read more →Dear Parishioners, We recently held our first finance council meeting of the current fiscal year and the following is a summary of what was discussed. As you have seen in the bulletin updates, our Sunday offertory remains above budget. Last week’s bulletin shows that we are $13,000
Read more →Hello everyone! Some have been asking about our first Saturday Latin Masses in light of Pope Francis’ document, Traditiones Custodes, dated July 16 of this year, which put severe restrictions on the celebration of the Latin Mass. I have waited to provide an update because much still
Read more →Hello everyone! As promised in last weekend’s bulletin, I would like to provide answers to some of the questions that were brought up at the recent set of town hall meetings that I organized in order to gather feedback regarding what would be best for our parish’s
Read more →Dear parishioners, Many thanks to everyone who attended our recent town hall meetings to discuss our projected capital maintenance expenses and planning for the future of our parish. There were many good questions and I am grateful for the honest feedback that was offered. In the interest
Read more →Dear parishioners, As part of the jubilee year of St. Joseph that Pope Francis announced last year, many people across the country have undertaken some spiritual exercises to foster their devotion to this great saint. Of course, we have been reciting the litany of St. Joseph every
Read more →Dear parishioners, Many thanks to those who participated in our first town hall meeting last Sunday for our long-term planning discussion. I felt that the conversation was very positive and provided the long-term planning committee with some ideas and suggestions that we will be looking into. In
Read more →Dear parishioners, When I announced a few months ago that I was going to form a committee of parishioners to make recommendations regarding a long-term plan for the future of our parish, I mentioned that we will be having some “town hall” style meetings in order to
Read more →Dear parishioners, The first item I would like to mention in this weekend’s article is something that I am sure you noticed in the bulletin a couple weeks ago. I would like to offer congratulations and special thanks to a young parishioner, Dillon Shough. At the beginning
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