All of the priests of the diocese will be gathering at a conference center near Plymouth from Tuesday afternoon until Thursday afternoon this week for our annual Continuing Education Days. There will be neither Mass nor confessions in the parish from Tuesday afternoon, 10/14, until Thursday afternoon, 10/16. We will return in time for our Thursday evening Mass and confessions. With no parish Mass on Wednesday, Deacon Rob will lead a Communion service at 8:15 a.m. The daily Mass readings will be read, along with a reflection, and then Holy Communion will be offered to those who are present.
Our monthly Wednesday morning coffee and donuts will be offered in the Community Room this week after the Communion service on 10/15.
As reported in a recent video in church, Bishop Rhoades has called for a Diocesan Synod in the fall of 2026. The priests of our diocese, in our days away this week, will be taking part in a “priest consultation” to help prepare for that synod. On February 22, we will have a similar “parish consultation” at St. Charles. Similar consultations are being organized in convents, colleges, jails, homeless centers and nursing facilities in the diocese. The goal is to have a wide variety of people praying and thinking about the questions: What is working well in the Catholic Church in our diocese… and where do we really need to focus more attention? The discussion questions for the Diocesan Synod in 2026 will be drawn from the insights people bring to these many consultations. Watch the bulletin for more information, and mark your calendar for the afternoon of February 22.
Next weekend we will have a rite at the 9:00 Mass for adults who are preparing to join the Catholic Church. Those who have not yet been baptized will become Catechumens. Those who have been baptized in a different Christian faith tradition will be welcomed and officially recognized as Candidates for the other sacraments in the Catholic Church.
