God Bless
Our Catechists
Last Sunday and Monday our
sacramental preparation programs started. Each year we have a large number of
students in our programs, and this year is no exception.
In the previous years that
I have been here at the parish, I noticed that there would be no parking left
for our Mass attendants at the 11:30 AM Mass. In the Spring I asked for
suggestions in order to resolve the situation. One of our parishioners gave me
the idea to change catechism to Sunday afternoons after the 1:00 PM Mass and
before the 5:30 PM Mass. So we are implementing the suggestion, and God
willing, the adjustment will ease the traffic congestion that we used to have
in the parking lot.
A large program like ours
demands the organizational and relational gifts of our very committed director
of religious education, Mrs. Eneida Scoby, and our several catechists who make
it happen. Many thanks to Mrs. Scoby and to our catechists who once again will
share the faith with our youth, as well as the adults in need of initial
instruction in Catholic teaching.
Although faith is a gift
from God, it comes by hearing about what God has done, and by seeing the
example of sincere Christians around us. I was blessed to receive the gift of
faith from the example of my parents and grandparents, and one uncle who was
very patient with me when I was an inquisitive teenager.
Our catechists play a
major role in the mission of our parish, in fulfilling their vocation of
assisting parents and grandparents in communicating to their children the good
news of God’s love for us in Jesus Christ. May you continue to fall in love
with God, and to seek to better understand Church teaching, so you can continue
to teach others and to share the love you experience in and through Jesus
Christ.
God bless, Fr. Carlos, OSA
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