Dear Parishioners, +JMJ We had our first pastoral council meeting of the year on October 17th. My report to the parish has been delayed, because I wanted to give the Bishop bulletin space with his “Leading the Flock” column. I’m pretty determined that we all
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Dear Parishioners, +JMJ At this weekend’s Masses I am speaking about “The Disciple Maker Index” (DMI) survey that we are using in this parish. The idea of a survey like DMI comes from materials and meetings we have encountered in the Amazing Parish Movement. The DMI
Read more →Dear Parishioners, +JMJ Eight weeks have flown by way too fast! Our summer seminarian, Deacon Scott Perry, has reached his last weekend with us. I am very grateful for the great hospitality I have seen on the part of our parishioners, making Deacon Scott feel right
Read more →Dear Parishioners, +JMJ First of all, thank you to the many who stopped by my 20th anniversary of priesthood party last Sunday, as well as those of you who sent cards with thanksgivings and prayers and even gifts! What a packed twenty years it has been!
Read more →Dear Parishioners, +JMJ Here’s another letter to unpack a bit more Bishop Thomas’ mission for us, “Holy Disciples, Holy Families, Holy Vocations”. Not too long ago, during an exercise time, I listened to an interview with Sherry Weddell, the author of Forming Intentional Disciples: The Path
Read more →+JMJ Dear Parishioners, This past week the staff leadership team hosted another Amazing Parish follow-up meeting in the Paulding Ed Center. Once again, teams from Hicksville-Edgerton, Defiance and Lima were there. We watched a talk about music in the Mass by a couple of the Amazing Parish
Read more →+JMJ Dear Parishioners, Last week we had our first follow-up meeting to the Amazing Parish Conference in Atlanta. Alan Badia of the diocesan Parish Life and Evangelization Department led the meeting; and three other parish leadership teams from the area were in attendance: Edgerton-Hicksville, St. John’s Defiance,
Read more →+JMJ Dear Parishioners, In order to give the pastoral council, the finance council and the deacons a sense for what the Amazing Parish Movement is all about, I purchased copies of the book Divine Renovation: From Maintenance to Mission, by Fr. James Mallon, a parish priest in
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