My Dear Parish Family:

How blessed are we on this Father’s Day weekend to be able to also celebrate, as Catholics, the Feast of the Holy Trinity. All parents have their authority from God to watch over and care for their children. Our parents are honored in the Ten Commandments. Even the secular world recognizes the importance of mothers and fathers with a special day for them to be thanked and honored.

Therefore, we say thank you to all our fathers, grandfathers, godfathers and all those who have been a father figure in our lives. We are praying for all our dear fathers, both living and deceased, not only this weekend, but always. Let us also take a moment to invoke the Holy Trinity for all families by simply blessing ourselves: In the Name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen!

On a more mundane and certainly more earthly note, we are still involved in this year’s Cardinal's Appeal. The Cardinal is responsible for many people as well as for the entire Archdiocese and we can support him by pledging a gift to this year’s Cardinal’s Appeal. All gifts are important no matter what amount you are able to give, but it is important that the entire parish give something to the Cardinal’s Appeal. Please make your tax deductible gift today for the 2019 Cardinal’s Appeal. Thank you!

The last two weekends in June, I am going to be asking for the parish’s support in paying for some needed repairs to our Church. The front and back covers in the Church (where the radiators are located) have cracked because each time a repair must be done the covers are removed.

I am spending $12,000.00 to have them replaced. However, now there will be a hinge on them so that they can be opened easily for service to the heating system. Please consider giving to a second collection to be held on the last two weekends of June (June 23rd and 30th.) I am not asking for the parishioners to give both weekends. Please pick one of the weekends, if you are able, to help with these needed repairs. Also, we seem to have some water damage behind the Sacred Heart of Jesus and St. Benedict statues up in the front of the Church. You may have noticed the peeling paint! I will let the parish know what is going on as I learn more. Thank you for your loving support of this beautiful parish.

Until next week, Happy Father’s Day! St. Benedict and Cardinal Cooke, Servant of God, pray for us!