|
|
 October 14, 2007 Thanksgiving ~ Looking AheadOur Planning Group ~ The Webster Penfield Catholic Connection (WPCC) includes Holy Spirit, Holy Trinity, St. Paul’s and St. Rita. While more than 50% of the churches in our diocese are now in a cluster, with a Priest and Pastoral Administrator serving several churches, we are in one of the less than 50% “stand alone” parishes. One of our goals is to create an awareness of church elsewhere in the diocese and the world. You will recall that we took one such step two summers back when all four parishes cancelled our last Mass on Sunday and celebrated one grand liturgy for all four parishes at the Webster Schroeder Football Stadium. We are still committed to this goal and our Planning Group has decided that this year we will hold one common Thanksgiving Day Mass and it will be celebrated on the Wednesday Evening the Vigil of Thanksgiving here at St. Rita at 7:00pm. There will be no Mass here on Thanksgiving Day itself. As we indicated in our Planning document, “such an event should in some way take the place of a scheduled liturgical celebration in the local parishes so that our people can experience both the enriching aspects and the loss that go with having to celebrate liturgy at a different time, in a different place, with different people, and Sacramental Leadership. The celebration should serve as both a reminder of what our sisters and brothers elsewhere are experiencing in terms of changing long-established patterns of worship; and also it should serve to celebrate the unity and marvelous gifts that our four parish communities offer to each other.” Please be sure to include this Great Liturgy in your Thanksgiving Plans and put in on your calendar. Peace, Fr. Chuck
| |||||||||||||||
