My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

We had Spring Break for our school this week.  I hope everyone had a wonderful break and that you enjoyed the nice weather that came with it.  Both St John Vianney and Mary Our Queen Knights of Columbus are hosting their Lenten Fish Fries.  Please see the times and details in our bulletin.

 

We enter the Second Sunday of Lent.  In the Gospel reading, we hear of the account of Jesus’ Transfiguration.  For Luke, up the mountain is a regular place of prayer for Jesus.  Moses and Elijah are two figures in the Old Testament that represent the law and the prophets and that Jesus’ transfiguration shows forth His glory.  The heavenly voice that they heard is an invitation to listen to the words of Jesus who came to draw all of us to himself.  Jesus came as the teacher to guide us.

 

Last Sunday, our Candidates and Catechumens in our RCIA program went to the Cathedral for the Rite of Election.  We look forward to receiving them into the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil.

 

As mentioned last week, confessions will be available at Mary Our Queen on Thursdays at 5:30pm.  We invite you to use this Season of Lent to make a good confession.  Please also see our bulletin for more details about our Lenten offerings.  Please also note that St John Vianney’s new website is up and running.  We continue to work to improve communication through social media and websites.

 

Control Services is working on the controls for the HVAC system for the Church and basement at SJV this week.  As our current controls are no longer supported, this installation includes the upgrade for the rest of our campus’ HVAC controls.  We continue to work to address the lighting controls that need to be replaced for the church, narthex and Blessed Sacrament Chapel and draw up a plan to update the church sound system.  More details to follow.  I am talking to our Parish Council at SJV to do a study on our campus facility and identify the needs for our parish for the future.

 

As mentioned in the last few Pastor’s Columns, we are currently going through all our spaces in both our parishes.  We have been actively cleaning up the basement of SJV and removing things that have not been used for several years.  We are also clearing up a classroom at SJV that was previously used for storage and returning it back to a classroom and reallocating spaces for other use.  Once again, if your group needs space to place your things, kindly contact our Parish Office and we will do our best to meet your needs.  Please also note that items left in spaces that have not been allocated to your group will be tossed out on a regular basis.

 

I am grateful for all the sacrifices that have been made to make our campuses in our Family of Parishes of St John Vianney and Mary Our Queen the beautiful facilities that we have and am looking forward to building on the foundation that laid by our founding members.

God Bless,

Fr Marc