Sunday May 4th, 2025 – Third Sunday of Easter
PRAISED BE JESUS CHRIST, NOW AND FOREVER!
Dear Friends,
After an incredible Easter celebration at our Family of Five parishes, remembering the Passion, Death and Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, and welcoming 15 new members into the Body of Christ, the Church, we received the news of the passing of our beloved Holy Father Pope Francis. We pray for the repose of his soul and entrust him to the mercy and love of God whom he served so faithfully.
We now enter the Great 50 days of Easter, culminating with the great feast of Pentecost! We pray for the outpouring and guidance of the Holy Spirit as the process of electing a new Pope will begin. We pray for the outpouring and guidance of the Holy Spirit as our parishes move forward in all the various ways we live the mission of Jesus to a world so in need of him! There will be Baptisms, Confirmations, First Holy Communions, graduations, quinceañeras, Ordinations, weddings, maybe a funeral or two, religious formation of our youth, adult enrichment and education, visits to the sick and elderly, the continual work we do for the poor in outreach, formation, advocacy, daily and weekend Masses—in short the regular work of parishes at the front lines of the proclamation of God’s Kingdom!
Helping us to do our jobs as parishes are our parish priests. In the next month we begin the process of saying farewell to our two beloved associates, Fr. Joseph and Fr. Carlos. Stay tuned for the various celebrations we have planned to say thank you to them.
Archbishop Grob has appointed two new associate pastors who will join Fr. Brian and me in the priestly servant leadership of our parishes. We will be welcoming our new fulltime associate Fr. Ariel Orozco, an archdiocesan priest, who has been serving at St. Charles, Hartland, and our new half-time associate Fr. Silas Henderson, a priest of the Society of the Divine Savior, the Salvatorians, who in addition to work here will be serving in his religious community and as chaplain at Divine Savior Holy Angels High School. Our new associates will be starting June 17.
So, fasten your seat belts! Changes always, but trusting in the Lord Jesus, who has promised to be with us till the end of the ages!
