A BIG thanks to all who helped to make our parish mission with Dcn. John Green and his wife Carolyn, such a fruitful event! Thanks to the dinner crew, to the tech crew, to the Adoration crew! Deacon John with his witness of words and Carolyn with her witness of music helped us to see a deeper way of living: Only to do justice, to love goodness, and to walk humbly with your God. If you missed out on this great evening, you can find the QR code to a recording on our YouTube page. We plan to show the recording in the chapel meeting room coming up soon.
Coming up after Easter is a rather big opportunity for our parish. In discussion with parish and finance councils and Mr. Csank, our school principal, our parish will be working with the Catholic Leadership Institute starting on April 12th to develop a Pastoral Plan for both the school and church for the next few years. The beginning of this planning will begin in a VERY important survey that will be sent out to everyone. The Disciple Maker Index is a survey that the whole diocese did back in 2020/21. We feel that it is time to do a renewed survey and be actively discerning key priorities and planning tangible growth goals for our parish over the next few years. Stay tuned for details on how you can be involved in this important opportunity for our parish.
On Tuesday, the priests of the Diocese will be traveling to West Akron to St. Sebastian Parish for the Chrism Mass. This is the Mass at which all the sacred oils are blessed by Bishop Malesic. The Oil of the Sick (For the Sacrament of Anointing), Oil of Catechumen (Baptism and OCIA), and Sacred Chrism (Baptism, Confirmation, and Holy Orders). Traditionally, this Mass is celebrated at the Cathedral of the Diocese, but due to construction issues with the Cathedral parking garage, the Mass had to be moved to another location. I spent a few summers at St. Sebastian as a seminarian doing maintenance work, so it will be cool to have the Mass there.
