We Belong to Christ Campaign
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Thank you to Mary Skrzeczkoski who has served as our rectory housekeeper. Unfortunately, the lingering physical effects of a mid-winter car accident have forced her to resign her post. Father Sakowski and I are grateful to Mary for the loving care with which she has kept our home in good order and our clothes clean! We will greatly miss her weekly time spent with us at the rectory! May the Lord bless her and grant her the gift of healing.
Thank you to so many of you who have attended the parish gatherings with regard to the We Belong to Christ Campaign, the five-year vision for our parish and Diocese. These meetings, which began in December, have been enjoyable for me. It has been inspiring to hear of your love for God, His Church, and our beloved Saint Peter Parish! Your excellent questions have sparked good dialogue and increased the participants understanding of our parish and Diocese. Eighty cents of every dollar given as a part of the We Belong to Christ Campaign stay right here at Saint Peter to address our parish spiritual needs and physical plant projects over the next five years as identified by our Parish Pastoral Council, Parish Finance Council, and Parish Building and Grounds Committee. We are off to an incredibly fast start as you have already pledged nearly $150,000.00 towards our goal! Indeed, in the whole Diocese the We Belong to Christ Campaign has been an overwhelming success as it is at an amazing 92 percent of the goal! And that is with 34 parishes (including us!) still in the middle of the campaign! Virtually every single parish of the Diocese has met and exceeded its goal or at the very least come very close. Please prayerfully consider the generous role you will play in our parish over the next five years. Indeed, the participation of every single family of our parish is crucial if we are to remain vital as a parish! Please complete and return your pledge card at your earliest convenience. For those of you who have not yet picked up your pledge card we will be contacting you personally. Now is the time for us to imitate the profound faith and burning charity, the generous service and heroic sacrifices of our immigrant ancestors who founded Saint Peter. In this way, may our prayer to the Father be fulfilled: Thy Kingdom come! May the Lord richly bless you for the ways that you so generously serve Him and our beloved Saint Peter Parish!
The Risen Jesus appeared to the Apostles by the Sea of Tiberias. “When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, ‘Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?’ He said to Him, ‘Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.’ He said to him, ‘Feed my lambs.’ A second time He said to him, ‘Simon, son of John, do you love me?’ He said to Him, ‘Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.’ He said to him, ‘Tend my sheep.’ He said to him the third time, ‘Simon, son of John, do you love me?’ And he said to Him, ‘Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Feed my sheep’” (John 21:15-17). Let us offer prayers of thanks to the Risen Lord for giving to us Peter – and his successors – to feed us! Let us thank God for Peter, who has spent this last week on the shores of our great nation, tending to us and feeding us with the Word! May the many graces God has given to us as a nation and especially as Catholics by the visit of Pope Benedict XVI bear much fruit in our lives! And let us pray for our Holy Father who celebrates (April 19) the third anniversary of his election as Pope! Ad multos annos! May he shepherd us for many years!
Saint Peter, pray for us! Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for us!
For past issues of Father Louis's Column Strenghen Your Brethren, visit archives at the St. Peter Catholic Church Website.
Thank you to so many of you who have attended the parish gatherings with regard to the We Belong to Christ Campaign, the five-year vision for our parish and Diocese. These meetings, which began in December, have been enjoyable for me. It has been inspiring to hear of your love for God, His Church, and our beloved Saint Peter Parish! Your excellent questions have sparked good dialogue and increased the participants understanding of our parish and Diocese. Eighty cents of every dollar given as a part of the We Belong to Christ Campaign stay right here at Saint Peter to address our parish spiritual needs and physical plant projects over the next five years as identified by our Parish Pastoral Council, Parish Finance Council, and Parish Building and Grounds Committee. We are off to an incredibly fast start as you have already pledged nearly $150,000.00 towards our goal! Indeed, in the whole Diocese the We Belong to Christ Campaign has been an overwhelming success as it is at an amazing 92 percent of the goal! And that is with 34 parishes (including us!) still in the middle of the campaign! Virtually every single parish of the Diocese has met and exceeded its goal or at the very least come very close. Please prayerfully consider the generous role you will play in our parish over the next five years. Indeed, the participation of every single family of our parish is crucial if we are to remain vital as a parish! Please complete and return your pledge card at your earliest convenience. For those of you who have not yet picked up your pledge card we will be contacting you personally. Now is the time for us to imitate the profound faith and burning charity, the generous service and heroic sacrifices of our immigrant ancestors who founded Saint Peter. In this way, may our prayer to the Father be fulfilled: Thy Kingdom come! May the Lord richly bless you for the ways that you so generously serve Him and our beloved Saint Peter Parish!
The Risen Jesus appeared to the Apostles by the Sea of Tiberias. “When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, ‘Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?’ He said to Him, ‘Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.’ He said to him, ‘Feed my lambs.’ A second time He said to him, ‘Simon, son of John, do you love me?’ He said to Him, ‘Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.’ He said to him, ‘Tend my sheep.’ He said to him the third time, ‘Simon, son of John, do you love me?’ And he said to Him, ‘Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Feed my sheep’” (John 21:15-17). Let us offer prayers of thanks to the Risen Lord for giving to us Peter – and his successors – to feed us! Let us thank God for Peter, who has spent this last week on the shores of our great nation, tending to us and feeding us with the Word! May the many graces God has given to us as a nation and especially as Catholics by the visit of Pope Benedict XVI bear much fruit in our lives! And let us pray for our Holy Father who celebrates (April 19) the third anniversary of his election as Pope! Ad multos annos! May he shepherd us for many years!
Saint Peter, pray for us! Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for us!
For past issues of Father Louis's Column Strenghen Your Brethren, visit archives at the St. Peter Catholic Church Website.
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