March 25
The Annunciation (occurring in the Fifth Week of Lent)

I just returned from taking the Sacraments to an elderly parishioner. She made a confession, received Holy Communion and the Anointing of the Sick, but before our Liturgical Rites, we talked. We talked about our parish, the parish that was and the parish that is. For an old person she was remarkably positive about both lives of this venerable parish on the Boulevard. She said: "Good people are moving into SMT Parish."

It was refreshing to hear such positive talk. Too many folks are stuck in the past refusing to recognize the present and all the work that needs to be done now. On this Feast of the Annunciation we are called to reply "yes" as Mary did. A "yes" that will continue to give conception and birth to the presence of Christ in our parish community.

One way that we can do this is by opening a Thrift Shop for those who could use such a service. Please pray that this goal can be realized. We will need some funds to do this and I hope that some generous person will come forth to help us. I am to meet with the owner on Saturday. The owner seems most open to our idea, but as always, it's money that often is the obstacle to getting things done.

I am praying and I am confident that some way, somehow, this will happen.
I petitioned the diocese for permission. We need their blessing as well.

... Get ready - Holy Week is coming! It's a great week. Chill out from your normal routines and participate in the rites of Holy Week.

Begin by coming to Confession on Monday night at 7:00 P.M.

Pax et Bonum