Category Archives: Pastor’s Note

Actual Pastor’s Note Outreach Envelope UpdateIf you click the online giving link on our website, you will notice that right beneath the parish tithe, there is an “Outreach” category. If you receive paper envelopes, you will notice monthly “Outreach Envelopes”. What are these about? You can read some history and context here, but the shortContinue reading “December 15, 2023 – Pastor’s Note”

Difficult Financial ReportThe work of a PAA (the Archdiocesan term for a Parish Business Manager) is complex, and training a new one is a very steep learning curve. So as we transitioned PAAs this year, we deprioritized certain tasks to make more time for that learning curve. Long story short, I finally met this weekContinue reading “December 08, 2023 – Pastor’s Note”

Advent ScroogeThe First Sunday of Advent is always my opportunity to be an Advent Scrooge. At least since I entered seminary in 2011, I have been very strict, with myself (and, as pastor, with church music and decorations) about respecting the season of Advent. I do not listen to any Christmas music or do anyContinue reading “December 01, 2023 – Pastor’s Note”