I hope you enjoyed the Christmas liturgical
and social celebrations this year. More importantly, I hope that they
were meaningful for you spiritually.
Much preparation goes on behind the scenes
to ensure that the symbols, the manger, the tree and the decorations, are
carefully put together and that all the liturgical pieces fit together as they
should.
There are so many to thank including
Ministers of the Word, Ministers of the Eucharist, Ministers of
Welcome, the collection counters who live behind the scenes every
weekend and, at Christmas and Easter, give so much more of their time, teachers
who provide our children with their own liturgy every Sunday, our Choir
Directors, Anthony and Sean, and members, the Altar Servers, our decorators who
did a beautiful job this year, the children who made Advent come alive with the
Jesse Tree and the children who made the Christmas story come alive in the
Christmas pageant under the direction of Jennifer Van de Coevering, the St.
Vincent de Paul Christmas Giving Program coordinators and our many donors
and the Knights of Columbus for putting together the tree lighting
ceremony and the evening with Santa.
It takes a lot of dedicated people to make
all of these social events when liturgical celebrations happen and I am
indebted to you all for your time and generosity.
Special thanks to Fr. Roger and Fr. Milton
for your assistance throughout the year. Once again, thank you for the gifts,
cards and good wishes I received during the Christmas Season. They are
very much appreciated! I would like to thank Coro San Marco for their
wonderful Christmas concert too!
To all parishioners: Your on-going
support, in every way, is greatly appreciated.
Fr. Phil
