Msgr. Tom’s Weekly Update – September 12, 2024

What a wonderful summer! I hope you found time to celebrate the joys of summer!

WELCOME BACK! From the summer, that is! The seasons seem to change so quickly during this month of September. I do love the change of seasons. Each of them holds a special place in my heart, for so many different reasons. I find autumn is here very exciting. For some of us it is back to school or back to work. For most of us, it is the resumption of the activities, events and programs that tend to go on hiatus during the summer. I hope and pray we can generate excitement among you for all the wonderful things that we do and hope to do here at Saint Helen.

Our parish staff have done a lot of planning this summer. We have all of our previous discipleship programs ready to go with a number of very exciting new and expanded programming underway. We have something for those of all ages in each phase of our lives. Each one of us is in a different place in their faith journey and we are being sensitive to meeting the needs of all our parishioners. What I hope, in all we do and all that we have planned, is that it makes everyone feel a strong sense of parish community.

Our new message series beginning next weekend (OK, with a little introduction this week) is called Turning Point which seems apt for all the plans we have to support our parishioners in fostering a deeper faith and ideally making our world a little bit better than we found it. In all we do, we recognize the strong desire for many of us to feel a strong sense of connection and community. Many of us crave that sense of community. I know I do. We are here to re-connect with you as this new season begins.

Let us do the Lord’s work, let us worship and praise him, let us serve others who are less fortunate than ourselves and let us feel a sense of parish family as we gather to spread the love of our Lord during this beautiful new season. Let us all recommit ourselves to the Parish Mission: Worship God, Serve Others and Make Disciples.

God Bless You All,
Msgr. Tom

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