Fr. Poggemeyer's Weekly Letter
February 11, 2024
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 2/08/24
+JMJ
Dear Parishioners,
A couple weeks ago we had another finance council meeting. Here are some highlights:
– We reviewed the basic financial reports: the income and expense report, the balance sheet, the payables detail. A finance council member reported on her internal audit, using Diocesan forms, for the ... Read More »
February 4, 2024
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 1/29/24
January 28, 2024
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 1/29/24
+JMJ
Dear Parishioners,
I have been asked what projects come next, now that the storage building is completed. Do you remember there were four projects designated for the Diocesan capital campaign?: the storage building, the church lighting, a new roof for the rectory, and repair of the parking lots. ... Read More »
January 7, 2024
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 1/04/24
January 7, 2024
+JMJDear Parishioners,
A Blessed New Year to all of you! Thank you to everybody who made our Advent and Christmas liturgies beautiful! – the decorators, the cantors, the musicians, the greeters and ushers, the servers, lectors and extraordinary Eucharistic distributors. I believe our Lord was well-worshiped ... Read More »
December 24 & 31, 2023
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 12/14/23
+JMJ
Dear Parishioners,
Why all the excitement about God becoming “incarnate”? Well, because God for the first time in all of history becomes tangible in a way He had never been before. “Incarnate” means “in-the-flesh.” God comes to us in-the-flesh, so humanity is able to sense him in a ... Read More »
December 17, 2023
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 12/14/23
+JMJ
Dear Parishioners,
Every once in a while I will have somebody ask me what I am doing during that period of silence right after I chant “Let us pray” before the opening collect (i.e., prayer). The rubrics for the Mass instruct for a moment of silence right there. ... Read More »
December 10, 2023
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 12/07/23
+JMJ
Dear Parishioners,
Last week we had another finance meeting. Here are some highlights:
– We reviewed the normal financial reports from the last two months: the balance sheet, the income and expense statement, the payables report. Also, one of the finance council members reported on the internal audit ... Read More »
December 3, 2023
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 11/28/23
+JMJ
Dear Parishioners,
May the Lord grant you a very blessed Advent! We begin Advent focusing on the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. We finish Advent focusing on His First Coming, humbly in a manger. Between these two comings is the coming of Jesus Christ to each one of ... Read More »
November 26, 2023
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 11/20/23
November 19, 2023
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 11/09/23
+JMJ
Dear Parishioners,
Advent is only two weeks away! Almost impossible to believe! With Advent, we begin a new liturgical year. The Sunday readings will be taken from the Lectionary Sunday cycle “B” of the three-year cycle. The daily readings will come from the Lectionary daily cycle – year ... Read More »