Church of St. John of St. Paul

FROM THE PASTOR'S DESK
As we begin the Ordinary time of the year I would like to bring to your attention a number of items that are taking place in the parish.

• Because of the size of the group the Inquiry Classes we are holding the presentations in the rectory. (Remember this group is primarily geared to help people come into the fullness of our Communion in Christ; all are welcome however.)
• We are in the process of getting bids to fix the water damage again on the two walls in the Church.  I will keep you appraised of what is happening.
• We are also getting a bid to put in a new riser in the choir area. In a perfect world we should have this before Easter.
• I'm having a new Easter Candle holder made. The new Easter candle will be done in wood as a base with larger size to fit the beauty of our Sanctuary. (Again thanks to a couple of donors who helped us.)
• We will be paying off the money owed for the installation of the organ and the new lights. I want to thank all the folks who were generous and who were patient as we completed this project.
• We will be looking at upgrading some of our other electrical circuits over the coming months to have them be up to date and more logical for the benefit of the parish.
• We're looking at the possibility of having approved lighting on the front of the main altar.  (I will keep you aware of the opportunities.)
• We've purchased a set of vestments and altar linens, I'll give you more details as we have this project corrected to our specifications. (You may have noticed the new stoles, tabernacle veils and chalice veils that match.)  I want to thank a number of our benefactors who have made this project possible.
• You should have available in the back of church over 1000 cards that give a simple explanation of how to participate in the Plenary Indulgence of this the Jubilee Year.
  

Sat     4:15 p.m.   Mike Sirian   
Sun.   9:00 a.m.   Richard Christman
Sun.  11.00 a.m.  Perry Cucchiarella

Sat.     4:15 p.m.   John Sullivan/Warren Buck
Sun.    9:00 a.m.   Dan & Debbie Philippi
Sun.  11:00 a.m.   Dan Dunn

• This past week you should have received your statements for 1999 we have 391 families who helped us maintain and enhance the work of Our Lord here at St. John's.  I again want to thank you for your co-operation.
• Next week I have invited Father Vieter Warkulwiz to speak to us about the possibility of cooperating with Blessed Sacrament in the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in this Jubilee Year.  If this works out well, I'm open to looking a the possibility for our parish in a permanent way. (It would necessitate a serious commitment both in volunteers and space accommodation for the parish as a whole.) I thought as a pastor it would be good to cooperate with Blessed Sacrament since they've made a commitment as a parish both in resources, space and people to accomplish this goal in the near future.
• The second collection this weekend helps our Pro life group here in our area and Church throughout the year please consider being generous.