October
16, 2005
This
time for real...
Oktoberfiesta
All parish volunteers are reminded of our much anticipated parish volunteer
party this coming Friday, Oct 21s. Bring your ticket with you so you
can be in the running for a door prize. Didn’t get a ticket yet?
Stop in the office. Can’t come? If you already took a ticket and
find that you can’t attend, please let us know.
334-0021
Bishop
Giuseppe
This weekend
Father Giuseppe Cavalutto was ordained as bishop for the Italian Dioceses
of Cuneo and Fossano. We continue to pray for him in his new ministry.
You can see more at the Diocese of Cuneo website:
www.diocesicuneo.it/
homepage.html
Also visit the Diocese of Fossano website:
www.diocesifossano.it
Pew
Contributions
In just a few days we have received many complimentary notes and donations
to help pay for the renovation of the pews. Thank you to all who have
given so generously.
CollegeStudents
If you know students who are away at college, let us know so we can
keep touch via e-mail.
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Past Columns:
Oct 9: Parishioners Don't
Read This
Oct 2: What would Jesus Sign?
Sept 25: New Pastor
Sept 18: Welcome Gonzalo
Sept 11: New Beginnings
Sept 4: Spreading the Faith
August 28:World Youth Day
Words
August 21: Dressing Up
August 14: Harsh
Words
August 7: Tiny Whispering
Sound
July 31: Welcoming Rob
July 24:Wedding Bells
July 17: Summer Weeding
July 10: Ministry to Seniors
July 3: The Painters are
Coming!
June 26: The Last 25%
June19: Sommer in the
Summer
June 12: Great News Anoying
News
June 5: What's Essential
May 29: Setting Priorities
May 22: Painting Project
May 15: We are the Church
May 8:Mother of the Church
May 1: On Life and Death
April 24: Habemus Papam
April 17: The Spirit Abounds
April 10: Two men on a journey
April 3: He's baaack!
March 27th: Not the best
news...yet
March 20th: What are You
Doing For Easter?
March 13th: The Stench
March 6: To Tell or Not
To Tell
February 27: Dry Mouth Dry
Soul
February 20: Good to Be
Here
February 13: And he was
hungry?
Ash Wednesday '05
February 6: Ashes Already?
January 23: Catholic Schools
Week
January 16: Continued Charity
January 9: Migration
January 2:All is bright?
Columns from 2004
Columns from 2003
Columns from 2002
Two
years ago I announced that we’d be taking a new Census at St. Brigid’s
for the first time since 1984. Alas, I had jumped too soon. There were
countless delays but I’m happy to say that we’re “on
track” again. We’ll take one Sunday this November to ask all
the people who are at mass to fill in a census form in church Here are
some frequently asked questions about a parish census:
Who is my information shared with?
No one outside the parish -- not the government, not the diocese. The
census will allow us to share statistics with others, but not personal
information.
Why are we doing a census?
Since 1984 the makeup of the parish has changed. Children grow up and
some move away. Elderly relatives come to stay with us, family members
die or move, People give birth to children and adopt children -- the changes
in life are constant. And so a census is a “snapshot” of where
we are now that will let us plan for the future. Are there lots of young
children in our parish who will soon be coming to our school or religious
education program? Do we know who all the homebound people are so we can
reach out? There are many more questions answered through a census.
I’ve been a parishioner for many years.
Don’t you know me by now?
Why are you asking me to do a census?
All parishioners are being asked to complete our new census so that they
are part of our new “snapshot” of the parish. If “oldtimers”
didn’t participate in the census, it would look like the parish
is only made up of newcomers.
Do I have to live in the Westbury area to
be considered a parishioner?
No, we accept people from all over. But we’ll only have a record
of you as a parishioner if you complete the census.
