September 12th, 2004
Our New Priests
Pouring
Wine
Starting this weekend you’ll notice that we’re following
new Vatican rules for the pouring of wine at mass. There had been concern
that sometimes the Precious Blood is spilled or dripped onto the altar
cloths when it’s poured from the flagon (pitcher) to the individual
cups. The Vatican solution? Simple! Pour before it’s consecrated!
This way if any spills, it’s just wine! So you’ll notice
that we’re now pouring the wine into the cups at the time that
the gifts are prepared at the altar.
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Past Columns:
September 5: Got Two Hours?
August 29: In My Humble
Opinion
August
22nd: Hot Asphalt, Cool Church
August 15: A Big Assumption
August 8: Do It Anyway!
August 1: Parking Lot Joys!
July 25:"Doh!"
July 18: Taking Church Home
July 11: Seven Eleven
July 4th: Independence Day
June 27: God Bless Father
George
June 20: Our New Priests
June13:Missing you
June 6: Farewell Father
Leonard
May 30: Going & Coming
& Going
May 23: P.O.P.S.
May 16:
Celebrating Our
Parish
May 9: Facing the Future
May2: Resurrection Sequel
April 25: Chapel Design
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
Columns from 2002
As
promised, Father José Quilcate has arrived to begin ministering
here in St. Brigid’s as a full time Associate Pastor. He is originally
from Peru and has most recently been ministering at St. Ignatius in Hicksville
before he came to us.
Father José will be working
primarily with Spanish speaking parishioners but he has been studying
English -- and is currently enrolled in an English program at Nassau Community
College, so the whole parish is sure to get to know him over the months
ahead.
Bienvenidos a Padre José!
A few weeks ago I got a call from
the hospital ministry department in the diocese to see if we had room
for a hospital chaplain to stay at the rectory. Of course we did! The
good news is that Father 
Anthony
Bonsu is now in residence with us. Father Anthony, though not formally
on the staff of St. Brigid’s, will be able to celebrate mass with
us on days that that he is not ministering in the hospital. Originally
from Ghana, Father Anthony has been a chaplain at Nassau University Medical
Center for the past two years and had previously living in Lynbrook --
a muich longer commute than from st. Brigid’s. He is also studying
at St. John’s University.
Welcome Father Anthony!
People have been asking me “who
do you know that you’re able to get more priests at a time when
other parishes are losing priests.?” I just keep explaining to those
in the diocese all the good work our parish is doing. We ought to consider
ourselves rather blessed to have this many priests. It won’t last
forever,though. So enjoy!
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