We are about to enter into several very busy weeks of activity here at Transfiguration parish. Next Sunday we are observing the Year of Consecrated Life by inviting to the 10am mass all religious who have served at the four parishes in years past or who currently are members of Transfiguration Parish. This event is meant to recognize their ministry to us.
At the same mass we are observing Catechetical Sunday, and lifting up in prayer and blessing all those who have committed to teaching religion to our young people. (Classes will begin on the following Sunday.) I am so happy that a significant number of adults have signed up for our adult bible study too. I hope that a love for learning about our faith will continue to increase throughout the parish. And please continue to encourage friends and family members to consider joining our RCIA program if they have talked to you about becoming Catholic.
I want to encourage all families with teen age children to join our youth group. You may have read in recent bulletins that we are joining with La Salette parish's youth group in the hope that a larger group of teens will provide more possibilities for the kind of activities we want to provide.
Finally at the National Shrine of the Little Flower, the fall 40 Days for Life begins with a special mass on September 16, 2015, 7:00 – 9:00pm. A number of parishioners have been active in witnessing against abortion and for life, and I encourage you to attend this mass, and pray for a renewed ethic of life. Recent revelations about Planned Parenthood's practice of selling of parts of aborted babies has opened many eyes to a growing insensitivity to life.