Greetings as we begin another week!
As we approach the holy time of Easter, I would like to express my love and appreciation to all of you for making my experience here at St. Mark a time of joy, thanksgiving, and yes, of resurrection! We priests also struggle with being good Christian people and we experience disappointment and frustration at the way things are and feel helpless to make it better. However, the people here at St. Mark have shown me time and again the power of faith in overcoming great obstacles by your thoughtfulness and desire to make things happen. Rarely, have I seen such a great effort by so many, and for that I am so thankful to be your Pastor. I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else and I look forward to even greater things in our future! Be assured of my prayers for all of you during this Holy time.
This Monday, I will have participated in a fundraiser to benefit the golf team at the University of South Florida which is my Alma Mater. I’m a little nervous since I haven’t been out in awhile and I have been partnered with Vinnie Testaverde, the former quarterback for the Bucs! I’m not sure what kind of game I’ll bring to the course, but I just am thrilled to play with a nice person such as he. I just hope I can keep control of my language as I hack it around. I’ll let you know how I do in the next column.
As of this writing, we still have a few cabins left for our trip to Europe and the Holy Land in October. If you haven’t made your mind up just yet, I would recommend you do it soon before the cabins are gone. You can reach Binnie at Tampa Palms Travel at 813-514-1507. This is a once in a lifetime trip and I promise it will be one that you will remember always. In addition, what a great opportunity to walk the land of Jesus with your parish family!
Well, that is all for now. Continue to enjoy the gift that God has given us in each other!
Peace,
Fr. David
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Friday, March 19, 2010
Mission/Pastoral Council
Greetings to all of you!
Next week is our annual Parish Mission with Fr. John Murray as our retreat Master. What a great gift to give yourself and your loved ones by taking advantage of this opportunity for spiritual growth. I’m looking forward to listening to his presentation. Please remember we will also will have our Parish Penance Service on Tuesday night, March 23rd, within the retreat itself. Just imagine how ready you will be for that great Easter Sacrament where we celebrate with great wonder the resurrection of Jesus Christ! I hope you will come!
No golf to report on again this week since the rains wiped away any chance to play. However, at least my grass and what flowers that were left after the freezes are beginning to come back to life. Hmm, maybe there might be a homily in there somewhere!
I have been meeting with the Pastoral Council these last few months in which we are putting together some goals and objectives for the future of St. Mark Parish. We will be having a Ministry Workshop on April 24th, in which all heads of the parish ministries will be invited to attend an informational meeting to discuss these issues. A letter will be coming from me to all ministry heads with all the details. I am so proud of what our Pastoral Council has accomplished these past years and it is looking like St. Mark will continue to be one of the premier parishes in the Diocese as we head into the future.
Well, that is all for now. Continue to enjoy the gift that God has given us in each other.
Peace,
Fr. David
Next week is our annual Parish Mission with Fr. John Murray as our retreat Master. What a great gift to give yourself and your loved ones by taking advantage of this opportunity for spiritual growth. I’m looking forward to listening to his presentation. Please remember we will also will have our Parish Penance Service on Tuesday night, March 23rd, within the retreat itself. Just imagine how ready you will be for that great Easter Sacrament where we celebrate with great wonder the resurrection of Jesus Christ! I hope you will come!
No golf to report on again this week since the rains wiped away any chance to play. However, at least my grass and what flowers that were left after the freezes are beginning to come back to life. Hmm, maybe there might be a homily in there somewhere!
I have been meeting with the Pastoral Council these last few months in which we are putting together some goals and objectives for the future of St. Mark Parish. We will be having a Ministry Workshop on April 24th, in which all heads of the parish ministries will be invited to attend an informational meeting to discuss these issues. A letter will be coming from me to all ministry heads with all the details. I am so proud of what our Pastoral Council has accomplished these past years and it is looking like St. Mark will continue to be one of the premier parishes in the Diocese as we head into the future.
Well, that is all for now. Continue to enjoy the gift that God has given us in each other.
Peace,
Fr. David
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Parish Mission/Ministries
Greetings to all of you!
Although it has been pretty cool out there for the last few weeks, I have really been enjoying the winter so far! Don’t get me wrong, I hate the cold just about as much as anybody, but for me it sure beats 90 degree weather during the summer! I guess it’s one of those Lent things where I’m trying to be more content with the happenings of my life. I just wish it would carry over to my golf game!
Next week we will have Fr. John Murray here to give a parish mission as we prepare for Holy Week coming the week after. Just a side note: Fr. Murray is the brother of our Youth Minister Mary Ann Weigel! So if you know Mary Ann, you will agree that this is going to be one heck of a retreat!
The Knights keep breaking all kinds of records for their Fish Frys during Lent. Last week they sold over 553 dinners not to mention all the free dinners they fed me! Anyway, keep it coming guys!
Coming in the latter part of April, our Pastoral Council will be holding a workshop for all the leaders of our parish ministries. In it we will explain the purpose of the Council in addition to some goals and objectives we feel we need to accomplish in the coming years. I hope all the leaders will be able to come to it! More information will be forthcoming. I’m so proud of all our ministries as we all take ownership of our great parish!
Well, that is all for now. Continue to enjoy the gift of each other!
Peace,
Fr. David
Although it has been pretty cool out there for the last few weeks, I have really been enjoying the winter so far! Don’t get me wrong, I hate the cold just about as much as anybody, but for me it sure beats 90 degree weather during the summer! I guess it’s one of those Lent things where I’m trying to be more content with the happenings of my life. I just wish it would carry over to my golf game!
Next week we will have Fr. John Murray here to give a parish mission as we prepare for Holy Week coming the week after. Just a side note: Fr. Murray is the brother of our Youth Minister Mary Ann Weigel! So if you know Mary Ann, you will agree that this is going to be one heck of a retreat!
The Knights keep breaking all kinds of records for their Fish Frys during Lent. Last week they sold over 553 dinners not to mention all the free dinners they fed me! Anyway, keep it coming guys!
Coming in the latter part of April, our Pastoral Council will be holding a workshop for all the leaders of our parish ministries. In it we will explain the purpose of the Council in addition to some goals and objectives we feel we need to accomplish in the coming years. I hope all the leaders will be able to come to it! More information will be forthcoming. I’m so proud of all our ministries as we all take ownership of our great parish!
Well, that is all for now. Continue to enjoy the gift of each other!
Peace,
Fr. David
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