One of the major initiatives within our parish and school will be recitation of the prayer to St. Michael the Archangel after all of our Masses. The prayer will be said after the final blessing and before the recessional hymn. Sister Kathy and I have petitioned our bishop for permission to use this prayer in our parish and our school. First, it is the tradition of the Michaelite Community to pray this prayer. Second...

This weekend we welcome Fr. Tomasz to our parish. He arrived on Friday Nov. 14th from Poland via Frankfurt and is assigned to our parish.

As I mentioned to you in last week's bulletin, the second year of the parish pastoral plan will be dedicated to: the call to holiness. Our archbishop invited us to a year of prayer for the New Pentecost as a preparation for the upcoming diocesan synod. He suggested to us: ??Set small, attainable goals. Pray with someone. Practice your devotions: Our Lady, Saints, Rosary, Divine Mercy Chaplet, Lectio Divina, Stations of the Cross, etc. Focus on God. Prayer is not just meditation; it can be an important way of bringing us peace amid our busy lives. When you pray, you focus on God and God?s will, focusing your mind outside of yourself, to something greater. It?s helpful spiritually and psychologically, as well.