July 1, 2018
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Did You Know?
Literally hundreds of you have showered
me with your goodbyes, love, tears and
gifts.
Cheryl is one of them. She writes, in part,
“Thank you for your understanding in so many different
situations and compassion for others...I have always loved
VOL. You are one of the reasons I loved it so much...I
don't think I ever realized what a Good Steward was
before you came to VOL. Because of you I promise to
continually try to do my best at being one...Thank you for
your kindness...I feel I am a better person because you
have been in my life. You will be out of sight but never
out of mind.”
“Thank you so much for your beautiful words. I will
treasure them always.”
I have spent more than 1,000,000 seconds being
your servant. It has been the happiest period of my life.
Anonymous writes, “I really do kind of like you Father
Mike, but I have warned you over and over that you do
not do nearly enough to keep us on budget. As I expected,
you will be leaving us in debt. It looks to me that our
collections this year will be $40,000 below budget.”
“I suspect that collections this fiscal year will fall short
of budget approximately $35,000. However, because of
other income and prudent expense cuts, we will pay all
out bills and do so on time.
Please give me a going away gift. Give Father Braud
at least a year before you become the burr under his
saddle.
God Bless you.”
Father Mike
Why do we do what we do?
The Mass Explained
Week 3 on
The Liturgy of the Eucharist
&
The Concluding Rites
Wednesday, July 11th
6:00pm
in the Main Body of Church
All are welcomed!
Father Mike
Want to dig deeper into your Catholic faith?
We can help.
Visitation of Our Lady Parish will be offering The Rite of Christian Initiation of
Adults Program (RCIA) beginning this August. The RCIA Program is designed for
adults 18 and over who are:
unbaptized
baptized in another Christian faith who wish to become Catholic
baptized Catholics who have not yet received the sacraments of First Communion or Confirmation, or who received
little or no instruction in the Catholic faith as children.
Classes are held every Wednesday from August to April at 7 p.m. in the Visitation of Our Lady
Church meeting room. The classes are interesting and fun. And there are NO TESTS. For more
information, call Fr. Francis at (504)347-2203.
First RCIA class starts August 29, 2018.