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Pastor's Note - October 18, 2009

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Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

       Welcome as we gather together to celebrate the Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time!  We welcome all of our visitors who are joining us today, and in a special way, we welcome our new members and families.  We are most grateful to God for bringing you here to our community!

       This past Friday evening was our 2009 Fall Festival.  What a great time for all of us!  I think that there was something for everybody.  I’d like to thank Jason and Shelly Connell for all of their hard work and time in chairing this year’s event, and all of those who helped them put it on.  Our community loves to get together with one another and with food and music.  At the Italian Festival this past summer, a visitor from Pennsylvania commented to me about much our Parish liked to be together.  I remember that he said, “You guys really enjoy being with each other.”  He’s right.  We do!  We just don’t want to ever forget that it is a lot of work to plan and execute any event for the whole Parish.  Nor do we ever want to forget to thank all of those who make these celebrations possible.

       We continue to look forward to the opening of the Vatican’s Eucharistic Miracle Exhibit, which will be here at St. Maria Goretti from Sunday, November 1^st, All Saint’s Day, through Saturday, Nov. 7^th.  We are one of the first parishes in Indiana to get to host this traveling exhibit.  The 160 panels will be on display in the church narthex at scheduled hours.  Visitors to the exhibit are asked to enter through the north church doors.  All other church doors will be locked to the outside to facilitate the progression of the exhibit.  The exhibit is free to all.  We want everybody to come and share this amazing opportunity with us.  A free-will offering will be taken up at the end of the exhibit.  The Church’s approved Eucharistic Miracles call all of us to a greater appreciation to the Body and Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus Christ that is truly present to us in the Holy Eucharist.  It is hard to go to Mass in the same old way AFTER viewing this exhibit.  Set aside some time that first week of November, because it does take a while to read and examine all 160 of the panels.  Because of all of the reading involved and the vast amount of information, young children would most likely NOT enjoy the Exhibit.  It is not intended for young children.

       Another awesome opportunity that we have coming up is Christopher West’s presentation on the Theology of the Body.  St. Maria Goretti is honored to welcome Mr. West to our Parish for several sessions on Friday evening, Nov. 13^th and all day on Saturday, Nov. 14^th.  Mr. West’s presentations will be our 2009 Marriage Conference.  If you are married, or thinking about getting married, or maybe, like me, marriage is not part of your plans, or maybe you just happen to have a human body, YOU ARE GOING TO WANT TO JOIN US FOR CHRISTOPHER WEST’S CONFERENCE!!!  Building on the writings of Pope John Paul II, Mr. West explains to us that there is a better way of viewing our bodies and our souls, and living as Jesus wants us to while we are in this world.   You’re not going to want to miss this one!  Registrations are coming in from all over the Midwest for this event.  And you don’t have to drive to a nearby state, Christopher West is going to be right here at YOUR Parish!  Sign-up and register now for the 2009 Marriage Conference.  Bishop Higi is even going to be here at the Friday evening sessions.  It’s going to be great!

       We continue to encourage ALL St. Maria Goretti families to get signed up to have their picture taken for our new Pictorial Directory.  Many already have had their picture taken.  Many are scheduled this month.  But an awful lot of people still haven’t made their appointment yet to their picture taken.  Please, Please, Please!  I know you are as tired of hearing me talk about this, as I am OF talking about it, but we really need YOU, EVERYBODY, to sign-up to have your picture taken.  If you are a registered member of this Parish community, we want you in the book.  It is as simple as that.  You may like having your picture taken as much as I do, but we still need you to do it.  Please sign-up today.

       We are blessed!  We are given so many amazing opportunities!  Next Sunday, Oct. 25^th, I am leaving to go on my annual priest retreat.  I will be gone until late on Oct. 31^st.  Please say an extra prayer for me while I am on retreat. 

In Christ,

Fr. Kevin

An atheist can’t find God for the same reason that a thief can’t find a policeman.