January 27, 2002
Appealing Words
School
Open House
Next Sunday, February 3, St.Brigid/Our Lady of Hope School is holding
an Open House from 2-3pm. If you’re interested in what’s happening
in our school these days, stop in!
Did
you Know?
Next
Friday, February 1st is the Feast of St. Brigid? We’ll celebrate
in a special way at the 9am Mass and the “Jesus Evening” mass
at 8pm will also be in celebration of our patron saint.
Cool Way to Pray
If you’d like to try out a new interactive prayer site online,
go to the St. Brigid’s home page and click on the “Church
Interactive” link.
Away
at College?
If you know of a St. Brigid parishioner who
is away at college, you can help us stay in touch through our parish’s
weekly “letter from home”. Send in their name and e-mail address
just click here.
Today’s
Bible Quote
“I urge you brothers and sisters...that all of you agree in
what you say, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you
be united in the same mind and purpose.”
-1 Corinthians 1
Technology Ministry
If you’d like toggle your time and expertise at helping our parish
connect its telephone systems or develop its computer networking or
work on its website, you can let us know by filling in our
online form
El
Salvador Trip
If you’d like to see the parish’s mission trip to
El Salvador online, you can see photos and a travelogue by
clicking here.
Want
to e-mail Father Ralph?
Past Columns:
Jan 20:Our Wonderful
School
Jan 13: Changing
Times
Jan 6: Farewell Father
Augustine
Dec 30: A Great
Christmas
Dec 23: First Christmases
Dec 16: Our Lady of Guadalupe
Dec 9 : Future Priests
Dec
2: A Grateful Thanks
Nov 24: The Grinch Who Stole Advent
Nov 18:Let Me Count
the Ways:
Nov 11:Plenty of
Rooms
Nov 4: Treat, Definitely Treat
Oct 28: Figuring
It Out
Oct 21:Prayers for
Our Time
Oct 14: Warring Words
Oct 7: Getting more
from the Word
Sept 30: Saying Goodbye
Sept 23:
Gray Days
Sept 16: This
Week's Tragedy
Sep.9: Summer Vacation
Sep
2: I Used to be an Embryo
August 26: Holy
Walking
August
19: Just Like Family
Aug
12:Incredible Forgiveness
August 5: Diocesan Doings
July
29: On A Mission
July 22: Piecing Together
July 15th: Unpacking St Brigids
July 8th: Happy to Be Here
July 1st : First Words
Last weekend I had fun visiting
all of our Sunday masses to make a pitch for the Bishop’s Annual
Appeal. Really, it was so good to see everyone who comes to St.Brigid’s
on a weekend. Well not everyone... since the first snow of the season
kept some folks away and others took advantage of the three-day weekend
to travel. So, if you didn’t hear my scintillating and motivating
words, please read on. If you WERE here last weekend and you made a pledge,
you can just read the last three words of this column backwards.
We are called to do the work of Jesus. Each
day we try to find ways to share what God has given to us so that there
will be more people fed, housed, healed, educated, welcomed, counseled,
and loved. Yet alone we can’t reach out to all the sick, all the
immigrants, all the elderly, all the children, all those in need. So each
year at this time, our bishop asks us to participate in one of the best
opportunities to make an incredible difference as a church who cares actively
for those who Jesus cares for.
This effort takes a great deal of financing
and St. Brigid’s is asked to contribute $111,309 toward the Bishop’s
Appeal this year. If you happen to have a spare $111,000 I’d be happy
to accept that donation toward our parish goal. But failing that, perhaps
you could offer $309 (around 85 cents a day) this year. Larger or smaller
contributions are also welcome.
The good news is that once we reach out goal, we receive 25% of that back;
and 75% of every dollar received over the goal is returned to us. So our
parish will receive $30,000 to help us in paying our bills and offering
services to our parishioners.
If you received the Bishop’s Appeal
letter in the mail, please send in your pledge. If you have never given
to the Appeal before, I’m asking you to help us by being a first
time Appeal donor. You can do so right here at our website:
or by taking a card from the back of the church and returning it in the
collection basket.
In the way in which you give, you help to bless others in need and you
bless God!
For the Record..
See Father's Ralph's first spoken greeting to the community at St. Brigid..
Italian Mass
(translation provided)
(translation provided)
Haitian Mass
(translation provided)