Category Archives: Pastor’s Note

Reach More GroupsOne of my primarily pastoral focuses here at Assumption is to get people to pray together more in small groups. To that end, we have offered regular “Reach More” (link) trainings. Right now, we are currently running two training groups: one for about 10 adults, mixed between the English and Spanish communities, andContinue reading “September 29, 2023 – Pastor’s Note”

This weekend at the Masses, we will be making the long-awaited announcement about our proposed family for Partners in the Gospel. A few notes on this: DraftThe families that are announced are draft families, meaning that this is the best configuration that the chancery, Presbyteral Council, and priests could come up with. But now weContinue reading “September 22, 2023 – Pastor’s Note”

I recently had to shift my paradigm for our Pastoral Council, and I would like to explain that in today’s note. What is a Pastoral Council?Pastoral Councils are primarily a diocesan entity, though can. 536 expands them to parishes. Can. 511 In each diocese, in so far as pastoral circumstances suggest, a pastoral council isContinue reading “September 15, 2023 – Pastor’s Note”

Two things on my mind this week: DyingI visited a woman in the hospital this week who had received a terminal diagnosis and had transferred to hospice. She had a lot of fears, and we spent about an hour talking those through. In the course of the conversation, we ended up using two questions toContinue reading “September 08, 2023 – Pastor’s Note”