Pastor’s Letter: February 4, 2024

My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

We hear in this weekend’s Gospel that more and more  people were coming to see Jesus who was curing the sick and driving out demons.  Even though he knew that people were coming to him, Jesus still wanted to reach out to others especially in the villages he never  visited.  In recognizing how Jesus reaches out to all, we know that Jesus continues to reach out to each one of us.

Our eighth grade Confirmation candidates will be receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation by our Archbishop this on Wednesday, February 7th at St Cecilia’s Cathedral.  Please keep all our Confirmation Candidates in your prayers.

Thanks to St John Vianney’s Knights of Columbus for all their hard work in making the Casino Night and the Annual Barbeque Competition and Dinner a success.  All proceeds from this event support our Outreach Program for the less fortunate of St John Vianney.  Thank you also to Mary Our Queen Men’s Club who assisted in the Casino Night.

Mary Our Queen Men’s Club Annual Wild Game Feed is this Saturday – Feb 3.  The proceeds for this event support the Men’s Club and their charitable activities at Mary Our Queen.

Next Saturday will be Mary Our Queen’s Annual Fundraiser – The MARQUEE.  This event supports Mary Our Queen Parish.  Because of your generosity, we were able to make capital improvements to MOQ’s facilities.  This includes the new HVAC system for the Gymnasium that was just recently installed.  I would like to thank this year’s Chairs – Nicky and Jamie McCarville, Katryna and Steve Floersch and Nicky and Andrew Rainbolt and all our subcommittee chairs and volunteers for making this event possible.    The proceeds for this year’s Raise the Paddle will go  towards updating our classrooms with new flooring, ceiling tiles, video projectors and whiteboards.  We are grateful for your generosity that helps continue building up our Parish Community.

Things going on in our Family of Parishes:

St. John Vianney

With the roof replaced at SJV, we proceeded with the repairs caused by the water damage this week.  This work has been covered through our insurance.

Mary Our Queen

With the arrival of the playground equipment last week, we will begin the work on the playground as soon as the frost on the ground clears up.

God’s Blessings,

Fr Marc