April 25, 2004
Chapel Design
Support
for Father Augustine
As you may remember from a few weeks ago, Father Augustine’s brother
Anthony died suddenly in India. Anthony was the sole provider for his
parents and for his wife and children. Our parish has been so blessed
by the ministry of Father Augustine (and we’ll be blessed by his
presence this summer too) that we’d like to reach out and offer
some financial support to Father Augustine’s family who are devastated
by this loss. Next weekend we’ve arranged to have volunteers at
the doors of the church after mass to accept free-will donations for
the support of Father Augustine’s family. Checks can be made out
to St. Brigid’s. We will forward the receipts of the collection
to Father Augustine’s family,
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Past Columns:
April 18: Oh what a week!
April 11: Easter Life!
April 4: Palms & Passion
March 28: Plenty Good Room
March 21: More Passion
March 14: Reconciliation
March 7: A sequel from Mel?
Feb 29: Come to
Life!
Feb 22:
An Adventure to Life
Feb15: A rose
by another name?
Feb 8: If at first...
Feb 1: Our Patron Saint
Jan 25:A View From Inside
Jan 18: Our School
Jan 11: Baptism with Fire
Colums from 2003
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After a three week “visit” to Code Auditorium, our Sunday masses are back in Our Lady’s Chapel. Those who are attending mass in the chapel will notice a new backdrop to the altar. Thanks to many volunteers, under the direction of Al Posillico, and thanks to Jim Caiafa for his electrical work, we now have a more dynamic and permanent backdrop.
The
project still need a bit more work --
carpeting still needs to be installed, for
example. The lights need to be connected and the painting needs to be
completed. But our volunteers worked very
hard over the past two weeks to
accomplish this construction and I’m very
grateful to all who helped.
There is an important feature in
the new wall. Since
the room is often used for other purposes than church, it’s been
somewhat uncomfortable that we ignore the Blessed Sacrament, present in
the tabernacle during these other times. We want to teach our children
respect for the presence of Jesus but it’s hard to reverence the
Blessed Sacrament in the midst of dance classes, religious education meetings,
science fairs etc. So our new design allows us to move the tabernacle
into a little room behind the wall when the room is not being used for
prayer. Then when we use it as a prayer or worship space, the tabernacle
can easily be brought back into the room. 
We hope this project will help
us to create a more prayerful atmosphere in the chapel. We’ll be
cleaning, painting and rearranging some of the other aspects of the chapel
over the next few months to continue to make this a prayerful place to
be.
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