September 6, 2007
Focus: A New Year of Programs, Services, and Challenges
Dear Friend,
With a new school year and the beginning of parish programs and services come both challenges and signs of hope for each of us. Our new Mass program with an 11:30am Sunday Mass for Youth and the Young at Heart, with all-time record numbers of registrations for Religious Education and youth programs, with a new youth musical soon to have try-outs, with second year athletic programs in Lacrosse, Soccer, and Basketball, we can feel the excitement and promise of the New Year.
The challenges will also be there: our Annual Offertory Renewal and hitting our goal for income, teaching two classes of Homiletics to 3rd year theologians at St. Mary’s Seminary each week, getting ready to leave for Mepkin Abbey on January 1, 2008 for three months and the smooth transition, and caring for parishioners with special needs and concerns – always the greatest challenge!
And with the grace of God and a grounding in daily prayer and meditation, it will be another great year. As I “grow in age and grace” I realize “success” cannot be measured in human terms, but rather in terms of how well we serve, how well we love, how well we forgive. To focus on these values is to already have, as Jesus often assures us, “treasure in heaven.”
Best wishes for a happy “New Year” to each of you and especially to the children, youth, and teens in your lives.
Fondly,
Father Nick Amato
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