Fr. Poggemeyer's Weekly Letter
June 4, 2023
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 6/01/23
June 4, 2023
+JMJ
Dear Parishioners,
Last week we had another bi-monthly finance committee meeting. Here are some highlights:
- We said goodbye to Greg and Annie Cassidy, thanking them for their faithful service. Annie has taken notes for about three years. Greg has been a member for about ... Read More »
May 28, 2023
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 5/22/23
May 21, 2023
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 5/22/23
+JMJ
Dear Parishioners,
On the Feast of Corpus Christi 2022, the National Eucharistic Revival began in the United States, led by our Bishops. You can learn all about it at https://www.eucharisticrevival.org/. This first year was the diocesan level for revival. You remember there were a number of evenings of ... Read More »
May 14, 2023
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 5/09/23
+JMJ
Dear Parishioners,
Well over a month ago, I was put in contact with Larry Clouse (no relation to any local Clouses that we all know), who with his wife Krista and daughter Autumn moved to Fostoria a couple years ago from the East Coast, purchasing a huge, fixer-upper ... Read More »
May 7, 2023
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 5/09/23
Archbishop Schnurr of Cincinnati wrote a fine column regarding the upcoming proposed amendment to the Ohio Constitution enshrining abortion and taking away parental rights regarding abortion. This is replacing Fr. Poggemeyer's letter this week. OPINION: WE MUST REAFFIRM COMMITMENT TO HUMAN LIFEProposed Ohio constitutional amendment perpetuates a culture of death
... Read More »
April 30, 2023
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 5/09/23
+JMJ
Dear Parishioners,
It's interesting that in the last couple of weeks two big screen movies have come out treating the extraordinary work of the devil. The first, which is getting the most media attention – even getting an article in our local newspaper – is the movie “The ... Read More »
April 23, 2023
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 4/11/23
April 16, 2023
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 4/11/23
+JMJ
Dear Parishioners,
First on the agenda is to thank everybody who put such competent work into making our Easter Triduum liturgies so beautiful: our decorators, lectors, extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion, our Holy Thursday and Easter Vigil choir, our Good Friday schola, our Easter Sunday contemporary ensemble, the ... Read More »
April 9, 2023
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 3/30/23
+JMJ
Dear Parishioners,
A Blessed Easter to you! He is risen! He is risen, indeed! Alleluia! Did you know that in the Tradition of the Church, there is the long-standing belief that the first appearance Jesus actually made after the Resurrection was to His Blessed Mother, Mary? I know ... Read More »
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 »