FATHER JIM'S JOTS - Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time - November 12, 2023

 Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

November 12, 2023

FATHER JIM'S JOTS

Greetings!!

Next Sunday we welcome Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory, the Archbishop of Washington.  He is the first African-American Cardinal.  Cardinal Gregory is a long-time personal friend of our own Sr. Cora Marie Billings, RSM.  This Mass will be the closing Mass of our historic Centennial Year.  100 years as a Beacon of Hope and Faith in the heart of Richmond.  All are invited to the one Mass next Sunday at 9 a.m.  This Mass will not be streamed on Zoom but on our Facebook page.

As we remember the past, we are planning for the future.  In 2018 we started a St. Elizabeth Planning Committee.  During COVID, the committee was on hold and has now in the Fall of 2023, started again with representatives from Parish and Finance Councils and some other members.  They are Barbara Vaughan, Patrick Merone, Cathy Woodson, Gary Williams, Pat Cleary, Kim Bragg, Ken Soistman and Adrien DeLoach.  We are looking at options for St. Elizabeth and reviewing how best to plan for the future.  We will keep you posted and feel free to contact anyone on the Planning Committee.

Special thanks to Connie Hom, Anne Gibbons, Eva Wiznerowicz, Edith Cooley Scott, Mike Henrich and Tommy Williams, who cleaned the church last week to get ready for our big closing centennial Mass.

Blessings,

Fr. Jim

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