October 6, 2002
Can't Stop Spreading Good News
Religious
Education Classes Start
Please pray for our
wonderful catechists and directors of Religious Education who start
a new season of helping families lead their children in the ways of
faith. Pray for our children who are being called by Jesus to be his
followers.
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Quote of the Week
“Abortion is advanced in the name of freedom, but it undermines
freedom by demeaning life itself. No
society can be truly free if its most vulnerable members can lose their
very lives at the hands of others.
And far from giving greater freedom to women, abortion leaves many women
feeling trapped in a deep
well of sorrow and remorse.”
Statement on Respect Life Sunday, US Bishops
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Past Columns:
Sept 29: Who's
Here
Sept 22: God
the Unfair
Sept 15: the
Joy of Judy
Sept 8: Facing the
Terrible Day
Sep 1: Sharing the
Faith
Aug 25:Empty Shelves
Aug 18: Comemmorating
Sept. 11th
Aug 11: Taking Time
To See
August 4: Moving
Music
July 28:Meet
the Missionaries
July 21:
Press One Now
July 14: Having
Our Say
July 6: One
Nation Under God
June 30: Anointing
the Sick
June 23: Giving Thanks
to God
June 16: Father's
Day
June 9: Fall Mass
Schedule
June 2: Summer Plans
May 26: Spreading
the Faith
May 19: Passing Grace
May 12: Changing
Times
May 5: Reason for Hope
April 28: Changing
Ministry
April 21: The Poor Are Hurt
Again
April 14: Celebrating
50 Days
April 7: Where have
they put him?
March 31: Alleluia!
Alleluia!
March 24: Hardly
Hosanna
March 17: Roll The
Stone Back
March 10: Here's
Mud In Your Eye
March 3: Our Local
Drought
Feb 24: Welcoming
Bishop Murphy
Feb 17: We Will Rise
Again
Feb 10: Very
Good Now
Feb 3: The Multi
Cultural Church
Jan 27: Appealing
Words
Jan 20:Our
Wonderful School
Jan 13: Changing
Times
Jan 6: Farewell Father
Augustine
In fact Nancy’s dad told me that from the time Nancy was in her mother’s womb, she came to our church every week -- how’s that for early “youth formation”!!
I’m happy to accept Meredith and Nancy as the new directors of our Youth Ministry program. Over the weeksahead they’ll be signing up Youth Leaders and participants so I encourage parishioners who have the gifts and time to work with young people to consider applying to volunteer in our youth program. Also I encourage all teens to come and join in the different activities that are being planned for the year ahead.
A few years ago, the bishops of country
wrote a vision for Youth Ministry in America and they said, “All
ministry with adolescents must be directed toward presenting young people
with the Good News of Jesus Christ and inviting and challenging them to
become his disciples...If we are to succeed, we must offer people a spiritually
challenging and world-shaping vision that meets their hunger for the chance
to participate in a worthy adventure.”
I believe that with Nancy and Meredith’s
example, witness and leadership, there will be a “worthy adventure”
in the year ahead. They build on the wonderful work of those who have
led them in faith and community and now they’ll lead us in sharing
the Good News in wonderful ways!
