November
18, 2007
Religious
Education Week
Thanksgiving
Mass
Come join the “pilgrims” & “indians” and
folks from all the cultures of our parish, as we celebrate Thanksgiving
Day with Eucharist a 9am in the church. If you’ve never started
Thanksgiving Day in this way, come why not treat yourself and your family
to this great feast of gratitude with festive music, dance and prayer?
It’s one of the ways St. Brigid’s is at its best!
Family
Mass Planning
Advent will be coming soon and Father John and I would like to gather
with people who regularly attend the 10am Sunday Family mass who would
like to help plan our Advent liturgies. The meeting will be at 7:30pm
on Tuesday, November 20th in the Parish Center. Please RSVP that you’ll
be attending so you can get the preparation materials.
e-mail me at shepherd
@saintbrigid.net
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Past Columns:
November 11: We Did Good
November 4: Stopping in
Jericho
October 28: Heroes, Saints
& Souls
October 21:How Fast is God?
October 14: Who says thank
you?
October 7: Sacrament of
Charity
September 30: This Old Gazebo
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
When
a parent teaches a child to be thankful to God, religious education is
happening. When an older brother or sister teaches a younger sibling to
share, religious education is happening. When a grandparent prays with
a grandchild, religious education is happening. When a family reads the
gospel together before Sunday and talks about their experience after Mass
on Sunday, religious education is happening. Indeed the FIRST place religious
education happens is in the family.
But because families need and want
support in helping their children become disciples of Jesus, parishes
offer programs of Religious Education led by professional Directors of
Religious Education and volunteer catechists.
This week we have been celebrating
our parish Religious Education leaders: Sister Ann Horn, Socorro Moreno,
Meg Westfall and Vince Buzzeo; our catechists who teach in our program;
our parents who are raising their children to be followers of Jesus; our
children who are learning to know, love and serve God and their neighbor.
We are grateful for Barbara Budion and Rosemary Marquez who serve families
in our Religious Education Office.
During this week ahead where our
nation celebrates Thanksgiving, we give thanks to God for our faith and
for all those involved in our parish Religious Education Program. And
we give thanks to the parents and grandparents who lead their children
to Christ.
What are YOU thankful for? If you
want to try out a quick and easy online way of making a thanksgiving prayer,
go to our parish website: www.saintbrigid.net and click on the “What
are you thankful for?” link. (It’s like online Religious
Education --only it’s fun!) Maybe you’ll be able to use these
prayers at your table on Thursday (or each night during Thanksgiving week).
Finally, I’m thankful to
be alive and alive here at St. Brigid’s. I’m looking forward
of celebrating Thanksgiving together.
