Dear Fellow Parishioners, As we join in prayer for the “Synod on Synodality” gathering in Rome during the month of October, our Pastoral Planning Team thought it would be beneficial for us, too to come together as a parish. I would like to invite everyone to come together to discuss parish life here in the Catholic Community of Sacred Heart. Save the date: We will gather at 7:00 P.M. in the parish hall on Monday 25 September. To focus our discussion, we are asking everyone to reflect on their answers to the following four questions: 1. What is the thing that delights you the most about our parish? 2. What is your holy discontent? 3. Who could be members of a vision team for our parish? 4. What can we do to raise the visibility of the Parish in town to involve other town residents currently not members of our Parish? Please take the time to reflect on these questions. Write down your answers and take the time to listen attentively to the Holy Spirit so that you are able to bring your thoughts and wisdom to the table. Listening to each other is so very important. We don’t have all the answers and are not sure where the Holy Spirit is leading us a Catholic Church in the future. Although, some may want to “turn back the hands of time,” we need to remember that the Holy Spirit always moves us forward. The future may be unknown but we must not fear but trust that we are all members of God’s Church. That means that God is in charge and guides and directs the Universal Church and our Catholic community through the movement of the Holy Spirit. To make our gathering as beneficial as possible, the more people that join, the better. Fr. Bill