Dear Fellow Parishioners, It was great to hear that everyone was toasty at Mass this weekend. The temporary heating system will get us through this winter as we investigate all the options available to us for replacing our radiant heating system. Repairing the current system is not an option. As information unfolds, we will keep you posted. This mild winter has been a blessing as we encounter these heating issues. Our Pastoral Planning Team (PPT) is discussing how we can return to some sort of Parish Life Night meetings. For those of you who are new, or may not remember Parish Life Night, let me refresh your memory. Once per month all our parish teams would gather in the parish hall for their meetings. We would begin with prayer together, then hold our individual meetings. Following the individual meetings each team would report to the larger group their discussion so that everyone would know and be informed of parish happenings and seek wisdom from others in the work we do as a community. These meetings were stopped due to covid. Our parish teams are: Worship, Faith Formation, Community Engagement, Operations, Stewardship, and Finance. As plans unfold, we will begin to invite people to assist in serving on these teams again so that our ministries flourish and we breathe life and vitality in to our community. It is important that we allow those who we are planning for, to be involved in the planning process. Your wisdom and input is very important to all the activities and ministries of our parish community. I am hoping that you will take stock of your personal gifts, skills and talents, and be willing to share them with the larger community by serving on one of these teams. One other reason that all the teams meet at the same time is so a person many serve on only one team, so that no one person is overwhelmed with the mission of the parish. If you have any wisdom for the PPT please contact any member of the Team, or the parish office. Fr. Bill