2023 archive of Fr. Poggemeyer's Weekly Letter
April 2, 2023
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 3/30/23
+JMJ
Dear Parishioners,
Last week we had another bi-monthly finance meeting. Here are some highlights:
- We reviewed the normal financial statements: the balance sheet, the income and expense report, the accounts payable report. Also, a member of the finance council reported on the internal audit she did for ... Read More »
March 26, 2023
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 3/23/23
+JMJ
Dear Parishioners,
This past Wednesday I had a meeting with all of our musicians and cantors, just to fill them in with the status of our search for a pastoral associate for worship. With this letter, I wanted to inform you as well. The first thing to say ... Read More »
March 19, 2023
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 3/14/23
+JMJ
Dear Parishioners,
Here is another letter in the series of letters couples in marriage preparation get—meditations on Pope St. John Paul’s encyclical on the mission of the Christian family.
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Dear Couples, +JMJ
In his exhortation on family life, John Paul II says the following:
At ... Read More »
March 12, 2023
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 3/08/23
March 5, 2023
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 3/01/23
+JMJ
Dear Parishioners,
Last weekend, in my homily I said that parents could even do some spiritual warfare for their children. Here is a prayer I composed back at my last parish; and it includes the “deprecative” type of warfare, where you ask the Blessed Virgin Mary and other ... Read More »
February 26, 2023
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 2/23/23
February 26, 2023
+JMJ
Dear Parishioners,
Last weekend was the official diocesan kick-off of the Bishop's Annual Catholic Appeal, which this year is entitled “This is the Day” (a line from Psalm 118: i.e., “This is the day the Lord has made!”). In fact, taken in its fullest ... Read More »
February 19, 2023
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 2/14/23
February 12, 2023
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 2/09/23
+JMJ
Dear Parishioners,
Just in case anybody thinks miracles no longer happen – even physical healing miracles – check out the following link on Life Site News that reports on a priest who was recently healed of a brain tumor after a visit to the Shrine of Our Lady ... Read More »
February 5, 2023
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 1/31/23
+JMJ
Dear Parishioners,
Last fall I did a series of homilies reminding us of the basic points of the gospel: 1) We were created by God in His image to know, love and serve Him in this life, and as a result, abide with him in heaven forever; 2) ... Read More »
January 29, 2023
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 1/31/23
+JMJ
Dear Parishioners,
Last February, I sent a memo to the Diocese asking if we could engage Peterman & Associates to start designing a storage building, since we had lost four buildings on the high school property. Those buildings housed items for the festival, but also all kinds of ... Read More »