A Word from Your Pastor May 19

Dear Parishioners:

As you may have heard from your St. Timothy School student, we had a surprise visitor for the Wednesday All-School Mass this week.  Bishop Robert Brennan came to be the celebrant for the 9 a.m. Mass, prepared by the 7^th grade and their buddies in grades 3 and 4.  It was truly a joyful event.  The children were in good form, the choir, directed by Kristen Babjak, was energetic and sang with full gusto.  The bishop especially enjoyed their rendition of Resucito.

After Mass, Bishop Brennan took a tour of the School and visited the individual classrooms.  Along with Principal George Mosholder and the Pastor, and he found every class already hard at work.  It was clear that the bishop enjoyed himself with them, engaging is questions and answers in multiple subjects, from the 8th grade's To Kill a Mockingbird to the 4th grade's history of Ohio and upcoming visit to Marietta, to a discussion with the 5th grade about vocations and discernment.  The other classes also engaged him with notes about polygons and circles, pilgrimages, the Roman Empire, papers about spying on teachers for a week and more.  It was truly a wondrous encounter between St. Timothy School and our new Shepherd.

The invitation to all of us to be missionaries, sent out by Jesus Christ to share the Gospel, is a charge we must all take up joyfully to continue the fruits of Bishop Brennan's first visit to St. Timothy. 

Blessings to all as the final days of the School year wind down.  We congratulate all those reaching milestones and graduating in the next few weeks.  We expect great things from you!