Update from the pastor to parish pastoral council 19 June 2003

Update from the pastor to parish pastoral council 9 October 2003

Apple Fest
The APPLE FEST is set for Sunday October 12 from 11:30 to 3:30.

Liturgy
November 30th we will be introducing a few changes in the manner of our celebrating liturgy to conform with the recently promulgated revision to the Roman General Instruction on the Roman Missal. Some of these changes are not new, simply accenting former directives had not been adequately noted earlier (e.g. bowing at the words of the incarnation in the creed.) Some of the changes are new with the Roman revision (e.g. all kneeling briefly at the invitation to Communion “Lord, I am not worthy”) Some are optional (e.g. replacing the Nicene Creed with the Apostles’ Creed, which we will do seasonally.)

A significant element of the new instruction is the emphasis on moments of silence framing the various elements of the liturgy. We have striven to accent this already and will be continuing to do so in the future.

We will be calling for a new class of Eucharistic Ministers and Lectors mid October.

Generations of Faith

A team from the parish will be participating in the first of a series of meetings on November 7th. The series will continue over eighteen months.

Pancake Breakfast

The social committee is planning on a pancake breakfast November 1st.

Finances

The Finance Council gave a full statement to the parish September 28th.

Stewardship

The results of the recent Stewardship survey will be in next week’s bulletin. They have encouraged us to have more adolescents in formal liturgical ministries. Over the coming weeks we hope to introduce some of our confirmation candidates into the ministry of greeter and usher.