Dear Parishioners,

I’ve been on vacation this past week. Thanks to Fr. Chris for taking up the extra work and to Fr. Tony for helping on the weekend.

As many of you know Fr. Chris will be taking a leave from ministry to discern a calling to joining a religious community. He will remain in our prayers. We will be receiving a new parochial vicar, but at the moment he is still in Canada as we work with immigration. When I know he is arriving, then I will announce the date and name. However, I doubt that he will arrive by July 1. So that will mean the Friday daily mass will be cancelled as of July 8th until the new priest arrives.

School News - We finished another great year with the school. Those kids are resilient, dealing with masks and smoke! Catholic Charities who owns Holy Child Day Care center just a couple of blocks away wants us to use that facility. The plan is to use that facility for K-2. This would allow the school to reduce class sizes and gradually open the doors to more kids. We will be taking a year to examine the structural changes needed and how to adjust for the two sites. I am excited for this. And this is something the Bishop also supports. It would help our current students and also allow us to slowly give more families access to Catholic education and our mission.

During the rest of the summer I will be working on the Capital Campaign project, hopefully welcoming our new priest, and in July will be at Notre Dame for a week for a conference. I will also be continuing our search for a new Youth Minister. But I will also be full time here at OLS, and not splitting my time with Chancery Duties.

Your pastor,
Fr. Bob

From Sunday Bulletin, June 19, 2022

Congratulations to our pastor, Fr. Bob Chorey, on the 20th Anniversary of his Ordination, May 31!