A Word from Your Pastor - September 4

Dear Parishioners:

Labor Day weekend is always the sign that Summer is really over.  As we begin the next season, I want to share with you three areas I hope we will all work on together this year: Communication, Making Sunday Mass a priority in our common life, and Hospitality. 

We are seeking to discover a way to attend more closely to God’s plan for our Parish and to ensure that all of our activities are directed by the Will of God for us.  This means that we must make a commitment individually and all together to be intentional in our discipleship.  We must commit and follow through.  We are responsible to and responsible for one another.

Our Patron, St. Timothy, was a young disciple of St. Paul and he worked closely with Paul on the Mission of Evangelization, making the Gospel known to others.  He was faithful through a long life to the call he had received and to the tasks entrusted to him by St. Paul.  He fanned into flame the Gift of Faith and he persevered until the end and fought the good fight, accepting martyrdom at an elderly age.  Our Parish calls us all to live in accord with the example of St. Timothy.  To the King of Ages, the Invisible, the Immortal, the Only God Be Honor and Glory forever and ever!

As the year unfolds, I will come back to these themes again and again: Communication, Sunday Mass, and Hospitality, following in the footsteps of St. Timothy.  I invite every group in our Parish and School and every family who walks the journey of Faith with us to be part of this endeavor.

This week, enjoy the family time that Labor Day allows.  Make plans, too, to be part of the Blue Mass to honor those who give of themselves courageously to keep us all safe.