A Franciscan Parish in the Archdiocese of Detroit

Browsing FROM THE DESK OF FR. JEFF

February 6-7, 2016

Did you notice the new Information Desk in the gathering space last weekend? A generous parishioner created it for the parish. Now all we need is one or two parishioners at each of our weekend masses to assist those with questions and distribute information about parish activities. I invite the various groups of the parish, especially those with an event or project coming up, to take turns making this beautiful piece of furniture a helpful fixture of our weekend liturgies. I see the desk as another way of showing our welcome to those who attend our masses.

Ash Wednesday begins the season of Lent. We will have another mass at 7pm for those who cannot come to the noon mass. One of my favorite pieces of advice is to begin anything by keeping the end result in mind. Applied to Lent: where do I want to be in my spiritual life on Easter Sunday? Try to imagine a different you, transformed by 40 days of prayer, fasting and good works. Once you have a picture of yourself on Easter Sunday, count backwards to Ash Wednesday and decide how you will make your way to your goal.

Our parish survey: We inquired about the number of school aged children that belong to our parish. According to our response (and this isn't a tally of our official parish records) we have:

10 infants
11 pre-school
27 elementary (or k-5 grade)
20 middle school (or 6-8 grad)
34 high school

On the other end of the age spectrum, we wanted to know the level of interest in various among the 65+ parishioners.

34 finances
54 health and wellness
30 legal issues
26 personal and family safety
75 spiritual.

Next week I'll have a few comments on the question related to the country of origin.

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