September 30,
2007
This
Old Gazebo
Bishop
Dunne To Visit St. Brigid’s
Bishop
John Dunne, the vicar for our area of the diocese, will be making a
pastoral visit to St. Brigid’s on the weekend of October 6th and
7th. He will speak at all the masses and meet with the parish staff
and different leadership groups in the parish.
English
Help
Thanks to all who came forth to volunteer for our after school homework-help
program and our evening English as a second Language Program. It was
wonderful to see how many people have offered their time. If you missed
our information meeting but would still like to help, call Yanira at
333-0651 and leave your name, phone, and whether you are interested
in our afternoon or evening program.
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Past Columns:
September 23: Missing Sheep
September 16: Speaking English
September 9: He's baaaack!
August 26: The Narrow Gate
August
19: Comings & Goings
August 12: Mass Schedule
Change
August 5: Better Late Than
Never
July 29: Sunday in the Chapel
July 15: Celebrating Kelly
July
8: I'm so not dead yet
July 1: Worse than Raccoons
June 24:Sommertime
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
from 2005
Columns
from 2004
Columns from
2003
Columns from 2002
On
St. Brigid’s Green (the area between the church and rectory) stands
our beautiful gazebo that has provided a place to offer fellowship (including
coffee and cake) for over a decade. But the years have taken their toll
and moisture and an attack of termites have done some damage.
The termites are now under control but there are places where the gazebo
needs some follow-up care. We need to replace the countertop, plane the
cabinet doors so they don’t stick, provide some fresh paint, etc.
The master builder responsible for the gazebo’s construction is
Al Posillico. For many years Al has constructed many projects at St. Brigid’s.
He had intended to renovate the gazebo this past summer, but due to illness
and injury among his carpenter buddies, the work wasn’t able to
be done.
So last weekend Al asked if I could
find some folks to help him out. I know the people of St. Brigid’s,
so I assured him this would be no problem. So here’s the invitation:
if you’re handy with tools and would like to join in an episode
of “This Old Gazebo”, let me know and I’ll pass you
on to Al to set a time for the renovation project. You can e-mail me at
shepherd@saintbrigid.net
. If you’re not handy with tools but know someone who is, why not
encourage them to help us out?
Of course we also want to use the
gazebo for fellowship after the 10am Family Mass this fall. If you’d
like to help out with set up or serving, please call Barbara at 796-7528.
