January 2022 archive of Fr. Poggemeyer's Weekly Letter
January 30, 2022
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 1/27/22
+JMJ
Dear Parishioners,
Last week we had another St Wendelin Educational Foundation meeting. You remember that the mission of the Educational Foundation is to provide financial support for Catholic schooling for our parish children. Since the closing of our own schools, parents apply for scholarships to help their children ... Read More »
January 23, 2022
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 1/18/22
+JMJ
Dear Parishioners,
On this weekend of the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, with the Pro-Life March on Washington, D.C. by tens of thousands of people protesting the scourge of legalized abortion in our country, it seems appropriate to address abortion in this bulletin letter. Here I address the ... Read More »
January 16, 2022
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 1/16/22
+JMJ
Dear Parishioners,
What happens in the Mass? Jesus, the Word of God, reaches out to give life to us, to inspire us – we who are part of His Body, the Church. He does this first, and most prominently, in the Eucharist. Jesus is the Word Incarnate, and ... Read More »
January 9, 2022
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 1/09/22
January 9, 2022
+JMJ
Dear Parishioners,
Back in my seminary years, one of my priest mentors advised me regularly to read poetry, in order to maintain a contemplative gaze upon reality, and to see beauty. One modern poet he recommended is a Carmelite nun named Sister Miriam of the ... Read More »