This weekend we welcome Bishop Christensen to our Parish. He will be with us at the 11:00 AM Mass on Sunday to celebrate with 67 of our young people the Sacrament of Confirmation. Congratulations to those who are receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation. We pray for you, that you may use well the gifts you are receiving in this Sacrament. Finally we, in a special way, welcome family members and friends of those receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation who are joining us for this celebration.

One of the things that our Parish Pastoral Council has been working on during the past month is a Parish Self-Assessment. This is being required of every parish in our Diocese. The assessment tool we are using was developed by the Diocese and requires us to look at five areas of parish life: Parish Values, Membership, and Management; Parish Liturgy and Sacraments; Catholic Faith Formation; Stewardship; and Parish Finances and Facilities. Those parish committees that relate to each area have met with representatives of the Parish Pastoral Council and completed the self -assessment and established some goals that we as a Parish should work toward. The Pastoral Council will now review the self-assessment and select the most pressing goals for us to be working on as a parish. This will be submitted to the Diocese to help them in their planning too.

We are all invited to join Deacon Patrick McConnell in celebrating with him and his family, his ordination to the priesthood. This will take place on Sunday, June 3rd, at 4:00 PM in the Cathedral of Christ the King, Superior, WI. May we continue to keep Deacon Patrick in our prayers during these final weeks before his ordination and as he prepares to move to St. Patrick’s and serve us as a priest.

Remember, Monday, May 28th is Memorial Day. There will be a 9:00 AM Mass at the cemetery. (I always must add that if it rains, Mass will be at church. However, I have a 15 year streak going of not being rained out on Memorial Day and being able to celebrate Mass at the cemetery.)