2022 archive of Fr. Poggemeyer's Weekly Letter
December 25, 2022 & January 1, 2023
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 12/20/22
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Dear Parishioners,
I wish all of you a most Blessed Christmas and New Year! Christmas celebrates the Eternal Son of God taking to Himself our human nature. How precious that is to us! Without this astounding condescension of God to our level, we would not have the Eucharist; ... Read More »
December 18, 2022
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 12/08/22
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Dear Parishioners,
Did you know that a Catholic podcast was on the top of the list in popularity over this past year? A Catholic podcast got the most downloads of all podcasts! The podcast was “Bible in a Year", created by Father Mike Schmitz and Ascension Press. Well, ... Read More »
December 11, 2022
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 12/08/22
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Dear Parishioners,
Last week we had another finance council meeting. The following are the highlights:
– We reviewed the normal financial charts for September-October: the balance sheet, the income and expense report, the payables report. We also heard from council members who conducted the internal audit for ... Read More »
December 4, 2022
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 12/01/22
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Dear Parishioners,
The RESCUE Project has been happening at our parish for the past number of weeks. The evenings consist of a simple (but delicious) meal, a video presentation by Acts XXIX (especially its founder, Fr. John Riccardo) and small group discussions at tables. I've gotten a lot ... Read More »
November 27, 2022
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 11/21/22
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Dear Parishioners,
I recently read a blog article by a priest about demonic strategies against modern Christians. He imagined the demons meeting to brainstorm schemes to trick disciples of Christ into damnation. First a demon suggested trying to get them not to believe in evil. Another demon retorted ... Read More »
November 20, 2022
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 11/14/22
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Dear Parishioners,
This past weekend Anthony Gallina publicly announced to all of us his intention to take the position as Director of Music at Our Lady Of Consolation Shrine in Carey, Ohio. While the news came as a surprise to the staff and me when we heard it ... Read More »
November 13, 2022
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 11/10/22
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Dear Parishioners,
We are now in the second week of the public phase of our capital campaign, after having made personal visits to numerous parishioners in the first 10 weeks or so of the campaign. Thank you so much to everybody who has participated thus far. I'm writing ... Read More »
November 6, 2022
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 11/01/22
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Dear Parishioners,
Many thanks to all of you who sent notes or otherwise told me of your prayers during the recent pilgrimage with Bishop Thomas. The pilgrimage was extremely blessed. Over and over again, I heard the Bishop comment on how overwhelming the special favors of the Lord ... Read More »
October 16, 2022
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 10/11/22
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Dear Parishioners,
By the time you are reading this letter, I will be in the middle of the pilgrimage with the Bishop to Spain and Italy. Here are the highlights of the trip. I hope you have been able to follow some of it through our facebook posts. ... Read More »
October 9, 2022
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 10/03/22
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Dear Parishioners,
As a follow-up to Chris Stefanik's REBOOT! experience, soon we are going to offer another dynamic opportunity, entitled “The Rescue Project”. You don't have to have participated in the REBOOT! in order to join the Rescue Project. Chris encouraged everybody to commit to some type of ... Read More »