After much planning, the rectory restoration project has begun. The R & D Construction Company of Warren has been engaged to accomplish the project. For your information, a new garage is the first order of business, followed by the construction of new offices (where the present garage is) and lastly there will be a new kitchen and dining room.
We ask for your patience throughout this process which should take between 3 and 4 months. Any donations to help defray the cost will be gratefully accepted. Funds from last year’s auction as well as the monthly building and maintenance collection will be used.
Fr. Bob Hawkins - November 18, 2007
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Life is Unending
A big "thank you" to our Bereavement Committee and choir who organized our annual Mass of Rememberance last Friday evening. November is the month that we remember all those who have returned home to God. We pray that our loved ones will share in Christ's victory over sin and death.
The following prayer by Bede Jarrett has been a favorite of mine for many years. It reflects the liturgical mood of November:
"We give him/her back to you, O Lord, who first gave him/her to us, and as you did not lose him/her in the giving so we do not lose him/her in the return. Not as the world gives do you give, O Lover of souls! For what is your is ours also, if we belong to you. Life is unending because love is undying, and the boundaries of this mortal life are but an horizon, and an horizon is but the limit of our sight. Lift us up, strong Son of God, that we may see further! Strengthen us in faith, that we may see beyond the horizon! And while you prepare a place for us, as you have promised, prepare us also for that happy place, that where you are we may be also, with those we have loved, forever."
Fr. Bob Hawkins - November 10, 2007
The following prayer by Bede Jarrett has been a favorite of mine for many years. It reflects the liturgical mood of November:
"We give him/her back to you, O Lord, who first gave him/her to us, and as you did not lose him/her in the giving so we do not lose him/her in the return. Not as the world gives do you give, O Lover of souls! For what is your is ours also, if we belong to you. Life is unending because love is undying, and the boundaries of this mortal life are but an horizon, and an horizon is but the limit of our sight. Lift us up, strong Son of God, that we may see further! Strengthen us in faith, that we may see beyond the horizon! And while you prepare a place for us, as you have promised, prepare us also for that happy place, that where you are we may be also, with those we have loved, forever."
Fr. Bob Hawkins - November 10, 2007
