October 12, 2003
In Hot Water
This
week's Listening Session
We’re hosting listening sessions as part of the Diocesan
Synod (a process that involves all the people of our diocese in planning
the future of the church.)
This
Tuesday, October 14th at 4pm in the School Chapel is the third of the
sessions we’re hosting.
We scheduled this afternoon meeting during Religious Education Classes
to make it easier for parents to attend. While your children are in
class, we’d be happy to listen to your hopes for the future.
Other upcoming sessions will be:
Sunday, October 26
after 6pm Mass: Chapel
Sunday, November 9
(activities for children will be provided )
After 10am Family Mass
Church Basement
(activities for children will be provided )
Other sessions in languages other than English are still being planned.You
can read the input from parishes online as it’s posted:
www.drvc.org/synod
At College?
At St. Brigid’s we like to stay in touch through
e-mail “letters from home.”
Once a person has an e-mail address at school (or if he/she uses a personal
address), please let us know what it is so we can include them when
we write.
Here's a handy college link so you
can send this info online.
e-mail Father Ralph:
Past Columns:
Oct 5: Fruits of the
Millennium
Sept 28: Jesus Comes
To St. Brigid's
Sept 21: The children
will lead us
Sept 14: Triumph of
the Cross
Sept 7: Nine-eleven: Two
Years Later
August 31: Where the
Summer went
August 24: Lessons from
the Blackout
August 17: Here and
There
August 10: Surrender
August 3: Reaping Rewards
July 27: What's your
mission?
July 20: From a Deserted
Place
July 13: Nothing for the
Journey
July 6: God at Home
June 29: Going in Stages
June 22: Sommer in the Summer
June 15: Our Newest Priest
Ordained
June 8: The Feast of Pentecost
June 1: Beyond First Communion
May 24: Felicidades Manuel
May 18: Twenty Years Later
May 11: Bows for Peace
May 4: Upcoming Ordinations
April 27: One Heart One
Mind
April 20: Amazingly Graced
Days
April 13: Ashes to Palms
April 6:
God Embedded
March 30:
Pastoral Visits
March 23:
Turning Tables
March
16: Transfiguring Imagination
March
9: Beasts and Angels
March 2:
Lent and Imagination
Feb 23: Sorrow
Far and Wide
Feb 16: Saints
Feb 9: Columbia Lessons
Feb2: Giving At A Difficult
Time
Jan 26: Penny Power
& Catholic Schools
Jan19: Yet Another
Year
Jan 12: Stealing Jesus
Jan5: The Wise Still Come
From Afar
Columns from 2002
Now
that the cool weather is here, we’re happy to announce that the
sisters who live in the convent are now in hot water. Due to the generosity
of parishioners in the Millennium Fund Drive we were able to replace an
aging boiler and broken hot water heater this week.
Over the weekend and during next
week we’ll also address the “tree problems”. There are
massive branches over the roof of the convent that could easily crash
down on the roof in a storm. There are also several large dead branches
and one large dead pine tree around the parish property -- at the school,
in back of the church and at the parish center. These need to be taken
care of before they cause any damage or injury.
Last week I reported the list of
priorities that our Building
and Grounds Committee drew up. We may have to rearrange this list because
we just got bids in for the school parking lot that indicate we’ll
need at least an extra $30,000 over the funds already raised. I’ll
be consulting with our committee this coming week.
Once again I want to thank all
of those who participated in the Millennium Fund Drive. After last week’s
column some people asked if it was too late to make a contribution. Of
course the answer is “It’s never too late.” The larger
our fund is, the larger the “dividend” is that we can use
to fix up the place.
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