Our parish open forum was held on November 8th. We again used the Zoom platform and had 25 users logged in at the highest point. Conversation was spent speaking about the upcoming synod, the need for people to assist with live streaming Masses, the new statues which will soon be installed on campus, landscaping for the front of the school, parish fraternal activities including an idea of a program called Journey to Bethlehem, and a question which was posed if there was a better way to report our parish collections in the bulletin. Our next parish open forum will be February 28, 2022 from 7pm-8pm.
I thank Carl Bailey and Karen Purcott for agreeing to be Synod group coordinators for our parish. There will be a training session for all coordinators in our deanery on December 13th. Following this training session our parish will schedule forums for the synod. I assume that these sessions will take place in January due to heading into the Christmas season.
Private donations were made to purchase three statues from Mexico. The first of these statues (Our Lady of Guadalupe) will be placed at the entrance of our parish school, the second of these statues (Our Lady of Guadalupe) will be placed in the field behind the parish in a grotto, and the third of these statues (St. Charbel) will be placed along the walking trail. If everything goes as planned the statue in the grotto will be blessed on December 12th, the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, following the 12pm Mass. This is open to everyone in the parish and a reception will follow in the school gym.
In Christ,
Fr. Dustin Collins
