June
24 , 2007
Sommertime
Father
Cine's Farewell
We gather at 2:30 Mass today for a final Sunday Mass with Father Cine
who returns to Haiti this week after serving st. Brigid’s for
the Past seven years.
A reception will take place at 4:30pm in Code Auditorium. All are welcomed.
Welcome
Father Chacha
We are blessed that Father Cine was able to get another Montfort Father
from Haiti to join our staff. He is Father
Ronel Charelus, and he prefers to be called “Father Chacha”
(pronounced
“sha-sha”)
--an affectionate form of the name Charelus.
So we welcome Father Chacha to our parish family.
Father
John
As we announced at mass last week, Father John Derasmo has been asked
by Bishop Murphy to accept the temporary position of administrator of
Our Lady of
Fatima in Manorhaven. We hope and pray for his speedy return to
St. Brigid’s.
Online Masses
We are now able to stream masses and other events live over the internet
to homebound folks and to relatives who live in other lands. If you’re
interested in this, in this, click
here.
e-mail Father Ralph:
Past Columns:
June 17: Celebrating
Fr Cine
June 10: When Nature Turns
June 4:Celebrating Father
Jim
May 27: Praying in Tongues
May 20: Making (up) the
difference
May 13: Loving our Mothers
May 6: About Father George
April 29: Hearing Voices
April 22:Three Stones
April 15: What a week!
April 8: Alleluia! Alleluia!
April 1: Holy Week
March 25: Climate Change
March 18: Take A Step
March 11: Cold Enough for
You?
March 4:Stocking the Shelves
Feb 25: Basket Case
Feb18: Ashes and Desert
Dust
Feb11: Get Ready, Get Set,
REST!
Feb.4: Lent Lurking
Jan.28:Catholic Schools
Week
Jan.21:Crying in Church
Jan.14: Love ahead
Jan.7: So How
Was Your Christmas?
Columns
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Did
you ever just want to have an informal conversation with a priest about
life’s issues or spiritual or church questions? “But father
is so busy!” you think. Well that may be true, but I love being
busy by being with parishioners.
Each year I spend part of the summer,
visiting folks in their homes in a little visit I call “Sommer in
the Summer.” (My last name is Sommer.) My aim is to get to know
parishioners a little better, to have informal conversations about issues
that concern them -- whether they be spiritual concerns, questions about
the church, issues with God, etc.
If you would like to host such
a gathering, here’s how it works:
contact a few parishioners whom you’d like to invite to a “Sommer
in the Summer” session. See what dates are good. Then contact me
by e-mail: shepherd@saintbrigid.net.
to arrange for a visit.
Usually a group of 8-12 people is good. (Twelve is best -- that worked
well for Jesus.)
Once the date has been set, invite your guests to consider what issues
they’d like to talk about or what questions they have.
Then prepare dessert and get ready
for a nice time together.
Over the years I’ve done
sessions in the evenings and on weekends but also in the daytime. Most
times the gatherings have been with adults but sometimes I’ve met
with a gathering of teens and young people.
I look forward to spending time
around the parish in the next two months. I will be away on vacation the
first two weeks in July so those weeks won’t be good. But “book
now” so we don’t run out of summer!
And onenote about supporting the
parish during the summer: If you’re going to be away on vacation,
please continue to support our parish even when you’re gone. Alas,
our bills don’t go away in the summer months.
