Monday, September 10, 2007

From the Pastor's Desk

In this case, the pastor is Father Alan Jurkus, effective last Tuesday at St. Al's.

He says he plans this to the first of planned weekly columns in the bulletin. After thank yous, his first topic is finances.
If all of our parish members would respond with just $2.00 a day for three years, we would be able to wipe out the entire debt.

As I always say, if someone showed as much concern about the parish's 27% Mass attendance, the debt might be easier to pay.
Factually, for many reasons, some members will not respond at all to this very pressing need.

I responded here.
I look forward to visiting the classrooms on a regular basis.

Sounds good. I look forward to seeing him in mine.

He then give the schedule for his town hall meetings.
I encourage each parish member to come and honestly, but gently, (no ax grinding or mean spiritedness’ allowed) share your insights etc. (The staff will not be present for these meetings.)

This appears to mean no staff but him. As for the discussion rules, if this is fair comment, we should be able to stay in bounds.

Here's a possible topic: How about we mail everyone requests for their opinions and confine the fund appeals to the bulletin, instead of the other way around?

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