Every year we host two missionary speakers, one through our Franciscan missionary cooperative, and another from national organizations such as Bread for the World. On the weekend of April 22-23, the organization Unbound is sending Fr. Greg Schmitt, a Redemptorist priest from Chicago, to speak on behalf of this ministry. (It just so happens that I will be in St. Louis celebrating my nephew's wedding that same weekend.)
Unbound was once known as the Christian Foundation for Children. Later it became the Christian Foundation for Children and Aging, and then in 2013, Unbound. Its mission is "to invite people of good will to live in daily solidarity with the world’s poor through one-to-one sponsorship." Fr. Greg will explain the work of Unbound at each mass and invite you to how the organization reaches out to individuals living in poverty. The bulletin will carry more information as we come closer to April 22-23.
Thanks to the Mens Club volunteers who served over 160 carry-out fish lunches on Ash Wednesday. Our noon mass was packed with people, and our evening mass was more than I expected. The attendance was a clear sign of how much we need and long for spiritual renewal in our life. My prayers for you continue as we begin our second week of Lent. Please keep in your prayers Bob, Alex, Josh and Dexter who are preparing for the Easter sacraments.