Dear Friends,
On Friday, August 13, at the Oakdale Theater in Wallingford, we as the clergy and laity of the Archdiocese of Hartford will gather to celebrate the closing Mass of the Archdiocesan Synod, a Mass that was scheduled for last year but postponed by the pandemic. The theme of the synod is “Grow and Go,” and at this Mass the Archbishop will sign and publicize the decrees rising from the multiple synod consultations that took place over the past few years. Each parish has been asked to send thirty (no more and no less) representatives to the Mass on August 13. We have hired a coach bus for transporting our parish representatives to the Mass. It will leave the St. Mary parking lot at 4:00 PM and should return about 10:00 PM. If you would like to go to the Mass and ride the bus, please contact Deacon John and we will put your name on the list. If we exceed thirty people in terms of interest, we will start a waiting list.
The parish Finance Council will meet this coming Wednesday, July 7, to discuss the fiscal state of our parish, which in spite of the pandemic is not terrible. Sometime after that meeting, we will be publishing a report to the parish on our financial situation and enclosing it in the bulletin. This should happen sometime later in July or early in August.
We at the parish wish all of you a safe and happy Independence Day as we mark the 245thanniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence which was a major step toward the establishment of our nation. We offer praise and thanksgiving to God for the blessings we enjoy as citizens of this great country and we ask God to help us to come together as a people, to put aside all partisan rancor, bitterness and namecalling so that we can make this nation even better than it is.
Have a good week!