Dear Parishioner, ​

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As our St. John Paul II family comes together, there is a powerful energy at work – I hope you feel it. You and I have been working through some adaptations and refocusing of our efforts, and it’s tremendously encouraging to have all our parishioners reaching out to each other to pray together, to volunteer together and to share in our task of making Christ known in our community.

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As you’ve seen and heard a few times by now, the shared task which our St. John Paul II Family has taken up isn’t about organizing but evangelizing: sharing our faith, hope and love in concrete ways with one another and all around us. You and I want to serve those who want their children to know more about Christ, and who want to know more themselves. We want to be ever more present to those who are most in need in our community, and our parish family strives to be a place of renewal of hope and dignity. Further, we want to ensure our highly used facilities continue to improve and be more accessible.

 

One of the eye-openers for me in the last two years as your pastor has been the great variety of activities in our family of parishes touching lives young and old. And yet, there is so much more to do!

 

With this in mind, I invite you to respond to our parish’s new stewardship program: Open Wide the Doors for Christ. Please review the enclosed brochure and prayerfully consider how you and your family can play an active role in continuing the work of Jesus Christ through our parish community. The essential goal is to generate greater Sunday offertory contributions to bring Jesus Christ to as many people as possible. This is ambitious in today’s climate, but I am confident that our dedicated parishioners are up to the challenge. You and I don’t want to pull back, but advance!
 

On October 26 and 27, the parish will be holding a special Commitment Weekend, inviting

all members of our faith-family to come together and make a financial commitment that will

allow St. John Paul II Parish Family to keep moving forward. This is something we must do

together; you matter! By participating in Open Wide the Doors for Christ we respond to

God’s great gift of love by loving one another with the heart of His Son.
 

Thank you for your generosity, prayers, and commitment to St. John Paul II Parish Family!
 

In Christ,

Fr. Martin Fox