Fr. Poggemeyer's Weekly Letter
June 18, 2023
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 6/12/23
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Dear Parishioners,
Here are a few music items for my bulletin letter this week. First, we scheduled the young adult sacred music chorale ECCE! for our parish on Sunday, August 6th at 3:00 PM. We will consider this another concert in our parish Karcher Concert Series. Jessica Schuster, ... Read More »
June 11, 2023
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 6/06/23
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Dear Parishioners,
First, congratulations to all our graduating seniors! Thank the Lord for everything he has given you to get you to this point! Certainly, thank the Lord for your families who have supported you and provided for you in so many ways. Please continue to be dedicated ... Read More »
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
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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
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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
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April 30, 2023
Posted by Melissa Kelbley on 5/09/23
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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
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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 »