Overview for August 31, 2016 to September 14, 2016

Here is a listing of all the exciting Spirituality Tuesday sessions for Sep - Dec of 2016.

As your Pastor, I want to encourage all parents and guardians to also make plans for your children’s ongoing faith formation, as our own programs commence in just a couple of weeks. Your parish stands ready to help you in fulfilling this pledge. Over the summer, both Susan Olsen (Director of Catechetical Ministry) and Chris Mardesich (Director of Youth Ministry) have been hard at work preparing for this new year of learning and living our Catholic faith.

Confirmation Sessions: Certain Saturdays, from 3:00PM to 5:00PM, St. Albert the Great Hospitality Center First Session Begins: September 10th, 2016 (Parent Info Session) Middle School (EDGE) Sessions: Sundays from 4:00PM to 5:30PM at Dermody Center (Our Lady of the Rosary Site). Fall Kickoff Date: September 25th, 2016 High School (Life Teen) Sessions: Sundays from 6:00PM to 8:00PM at Dermody Center (Our Lady of the Rosary Site). Fall Kickoff Date: September 25th, 2016

Total: $10,612 (Weekly Goal) $12,000 2nd Collections in July: $20,558 Total July Stewardship $73,166 Thank you for sharing God’s gifts.

Our parish plumbing contractor Degree HVAC is replacing and rerouting a water pipe for the school which has broken in the past several times. The last break/leak was april 2016 and it was about $6,000 to repair. Originally installed in the 1950s when the school and church were built, the water pipe runs under the porch of the hall. It is being relocated to under the eaves to make it more accessible for repairs. And it is being replaced since it’s so old.

Knights of Columbus is a growing organization of - more than 1.9 million members - and for over 130 years have committed to overcome the challenges of the need for food, shelter, warm clothing and financial security, as well as provide aid for widows and orphans in our local communities.

As your Pastor, I want to encourage all parents and guardians to also make plans for your children’s ongoing faith formation as our own programs commence in just a couple of weeks. Your parish stands ready to help you in fulfilling the pledge you made when they were baptized.

In particular, we’d like to thank you for the recent Summer Book Drive. At the Book Drive’s conclusion just before the summer break, beautifully wrapped packages were distributed to our 2nd Grade students.

Are you an adult baptized Catholic and wish to complete your Christian initiation with the Sacraments of Confirmation and/or First Eucharist? Our parish welcomes and invites you to continue your journey of initiation into a deeper spiritual relationship with God by leading you to receive the Sacraments of Confirmation or Holy Eucharist for the first time.

“Faith is born of an encounter with the living God, who calls us and reveals his love, a love which precedes us and upon which we can lean for security and for building our lives.” Lumen Fedei 4

Pledged: $159,218 - Potential Rebate: $29,157 Please keep making your regular payments. When all our pledges have been paid, St. Thomas Aquinas will receive a much needed rebate to help us pay for improvements to our parish facilities. Thank you for your support of Bishop McGrath and our local Church

I want to take this time to encourage all parents and guardians to also make plans for your children’s ongoing faith formation, as our own programs commence in just a few weeks. As parents, you made a promise to your child on the day of his or her baptism: “to accept the responsibility of training them in the practice of the faith...to bring them up to keep God’s commandments as Christ taught us, by loving God and our neighbor.”