Dear Parishioners:
The Festival on the Green is coming
quickly! This week we will put it all
together so as to be ready to welcome hundreds of people to join us for food,
fellowship and fun. Folks from the
neighborhood, alumni and friends from surrounding parishes all come together to
taste our festival food, listen to music, talk and enjoy the variety of activities
that make people laugh and smile. It is
a simple reminder that we can work together for others to experience joy in
being human.
Even as we enter into “festival
mode,” we can begin to allow the call of the New Evangelization to remind us
that there is a deeper purpose to this effort and everything else we do as a
community. We are destined for Eternal
Festivity. The fun that we experience in
time is nothing compared to what God has in store for those who love Him. We are meant to engage the world not just for
earthly enjoyments, but in order to advance the Kingdom of God
We have a Parish Mission
“United
in the Body of Christ, we strive to promote the greater glory of God
through
a spirit of welcome and willing service to our brothers and sisters.”
Each phrase chosen for this statement is important. Unity is a hallmark of Christian
community. Common effort to do
everything for the sake of God helps us to keep ourselves focused on our
identity. Welcome means reaching out to
draw others in, not merely saying “hello” when they arrive. Service in works of charity shows that we are
in it not just for what we can get out of it.
And we acknowledge that we are all children of the same Father and that
we are brothers and sisters to all we encounter because Jesus is our
Brother. The Spirit that fills us and
animates our life together is the Spirit of Jesus.
So as we prepare to engage in yet another Festival on the Green, let’s
open our hearts to the action of grace so that the Kingdom of God
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