2021 archive of Fr. Poggemeyer's Weekly Letter
May 23, 2021
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 5/20/21
+JMJ
Dear Parishioners,
After Governor Dewine's announcement that COVID-19 restrictions in the State of Ohio would be lifted as of June 2, the Ohio Bishops issued a statement saying that the obligation to attend Sunday Mass would be reinstated, as of the weekend of the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, ... Read More »
May 16, 2021
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 5/15/21
+JMJ
Dear Parishioners,
A few weeks ago we had another finance council meeting. Here are the highlights:
- We reviewed the usual finance reports: the balance sheet, the income and expense report, the aging report.
- The contract for the sale of the high school property to FEDC has ... Read More »
May 9, 2021
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 5/06/21
+JMJ
Dear Parishioners,
In May of 2016 I wrote the following letter to my parishioners of Divine Mercy Parish, summarizing our first year of YDisciple, the new high school youth program that I had introduced there. YDisciple is a parent-driven, small-group program that was crafted by people very experienced ... Read More »
May 2, 2021
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 4/29/21
+JMJ
Dear Parishioners,
We are blessed to have Bishop Daniel Thomas visit us this weekend to confirm our eighth graders at the 11am Sunday Mass. Bishop Thomas has not ceased to work tirelessly for our Diocese, even from the very day of his installation back in October of 2014. ... Read More »
April 25, 2021
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 4/22/21
+JMJ
Dear Parishioners,
Before Holy Week, the Ohio Catholic Bishops sent out a final update for COVID-19. There were no new guidelines in the letter – just encouragement; and their letter ended: “We look forward with eager longing to when we can all be together around the altar of ... Read More »
August 18, 2021
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 4/14/21
+JMJ
Dear Parishioners,
Several weeks ago we had another finance council meeting. Here are some highlights:
- We looked at the most recent finance reports: the balance sheet, the income and expense report, the aging report.
- Deb Brickner is working with past years' records, and working with each ... Read More »
April 11, 2021
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 4/06/21
+JMJ
Dear Parishioners,
First, thank you so much to all of the people who put so much work into making our Holy Week liturgies so beautiful: the decorators, the musicians, the lectors, the servers, those who cleaned, etc.! I know there were hours and hours and hours of preparation. ... Read More »
April 4, 2021
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 3/27/21
+JMJ
Dear Parishioners,
He is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia! I pray that your experience of Easter celebrations this year be rich. I have to confess that growing up, it seemed that Christmas always was more important than Easter. I did not realize how important Easter is. Easter ... Read More »
March 28, 2021
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 3/22/21
+JMJ
Dear Parishioners,
With this letter I would like to announce a change in our approach to Mass intentions – specifically the reading of Mass intentions at the time of petitions. Let me start by quoting the pertinent paragraph from the Diocesan Pastoral Policy Handbook that treats this practice. ... Read More »
March 21, 2021
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 3/17/21
+JMJ Dear Parishioners, For this letter, I primarily want to give you a sample of the Familiaris Consortio letters I send to couples in marriage prep. There are about 30 letters – one sent every other week. Each letter is a meditation on a snippet of Pope ... Read More »