21st Sunday of Ordinary Time

Dear Parishioners;

            This weekend we welcome a visiting priest from Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans who will speak to us about Accompa ño, an introductory missionary experience that offers first year Notre Dame seminarians a real exposure to social injustice and Third World poverty.  Designed to reiterate the universal church and the dignity of human life, Accompaño allows seminarians to walk with the poor of Granada, Nicaragua.

            Accompaño uses St. Peter Seminary for accommodations about thirty minutes outside of Granada, Nicaragua. While the seminarians are in Granada they have 2 days of travel, 2 days of pastoral visits; 2 days building; 1-day enculturation; 1 day-Sunday-Mass with a community; 1-day retreat; visits to orphanages and religious sister communities; and a recreational visit to volcano and local markets as well as Daily Mass and prayer. 

            The second collection this weekend is for Accompaño, the missionary experience for first year seminary students of Notre Dame Seminary. 

            The Welcome meeting for Confirmation Phases I, II, and III will be after the 11:00 A.M. Mass on Sunday, September 9^th.    A parent/guardian is required to attend this meeting.  If you have not received a registration packet, or need to register a new student, contact Ms. Mary Kay Vicknair at [email protected] as soon as possible.  All students entering the 9 ^th grade and Phase I of the Confirmation Program need to register—this includes students attending a Catholic high school.

            I will be away this week, visiting the Dominican Sisters Motherhouse in Columbus, Ohio.  Deacon Richard will lead a Liturgy of the Word and Communion Service in place of the 6:30 A.M. Mass.

            Next week’s second collection will be for the Building/Maintenance Fund. 

            Have a Blessed Week!