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REGARDING MY SEPTEMBER, 2024 LETTER 

TO ALL REGISTERED PARISHIONERS

LET US HEAR FROM YOU… 

It has been seven years since we updated our list of registered parishioners, and three years since the COVID-19 restrictions were lifted and we went back to having public Masses. Prior to COVID, our average Sunday Mass attendance was 650 people. Since COVID, the very first week of public Masses, we only had 300 people return to regular Sunday Mass. This number was consistent for two years.

That number is slowly inching its way upward to 400 to 450 people per weekend. Attendance at the 11:00 AM Sunday Mass has gone from 100 to 200! Thanks be to God! And thanks be to YOU! We are growing! Please ignore any rumors that our parish is closing.

We would like to hear from those 200 folks who still have not yet returned to Mass. 

I sent a letter to all registered parish households, especially to our absent brothers and sisters, asking them to prayerfully consider returning to Sunday Mass, tell us why they are not coming, or to let us know if their spiritual needs are being met elsewhere.

I ask ALL of you to return the response sheet so that we can begin an outreach to everyone to come “Back in the Pews” and to update our parish records. Thank you!

At the end of the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis, Indiana in July, all American Catholics – including US – were invited and challenged to “Walk with One” person who is away from the practice of the Faith and to invite them back to their spiritual home. Whom will YOU invite and accompany “Back in the Pew?” Ask the Holy Spirit to help you find them! 

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​​Fr. Nick

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