Dear Friends of our Pastorate,
This weekend, we celebrate the Ascension of the Lord. Some of us remember when this feast was celebrated on a Thursday (40 days after Easter), but most of the US Dioceses now have transferred the celebration to Sunday, so that more people are able to attend Mass and commemorate this important feast day of the Lord.
This weekend, we welcome Archbishop Lori to our Pastorate as Our Lady of the Chesapeake celebrates her 45th Anniversary. The Archbishop will be celebrating the 4:00pm Mass at OLC on May 31st followed by a celebratory toast and cake in the Gathering Place. We will also be drawing the winning numbers for OLC’s 45th Anniversary Raffle. All are welcomed to attend the Mass and reception.
I wanted to inform everyone that our Director of Pastorate Operations, Mike Downes, has submitted his resignation, which was effective as of May 30th. Mike has been a tremendous help to me as we navigated through two major capital projects (SJF School Roof and OLC Church Roof) as well as helped us coordinate our two parishes’ pastorate offices and support staff. Mike and his family have decided to relocate to Delaware. We thank him and wish him well with his new endeavors.
We will be welcoming two seminarians to our Pastorate for their summer assignments. Nicholas Hays and Jordan Damewood will be with us for about 6 weeks this summer as they prepare to enter Major seminary this Fall. They both will be studying in Rome and have been assigned to the Pontifical North American College, the same seminary where Fr. John completed his studies. Nick and Jordan will be residing at the St. Jane Frances rectory while they are here with us. Welcome Jordan and Nick!
Please join us for our Pentecost celebrations occurring this week as we prepare to celebrate Pentecost Sunday next weekend. Information can be found in the bulletin. Also please remember to RSVP to Tracey Laber (410-255-4646) for our Pastorate’s Volunteer Appreciation Dinner which is being held this Friday, June 6th in the St. Jane Parish Hall starting at 5:30pm. All pastorate volunteers and their spouses are invited to attend, but please RSVP.
Thank you for keeping St. Jane Frances and Our Lady of the Chesapeake—our Pastorate of the Visitation—in your daily prayers!
God Bless,
Father Steve
