Dear Friends of our Pastorate of the Visitation,
This weekend we celebrate the great Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church paragraph 234, “The mystery of the Most Holy Trinity is the central mystery of Christian faith and life. It is the mystery of God in himself. It is therefore the source of all the other mysteries of faith, the light that enlightens them. It is the most fundamental and essential teaching in the “hierarchy of the truths of faith.” As we say in the Creed, we believe in one God, but our one God has revealed himself to us in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. By the Father’s plan, in Jesus Christ his son, through the Holy Spirit, we are invited to participate in this divine mystery and offered the opportunity “to share in the divinity of Christ who humbled himself to share in our humanity” (Roman Missal). Just remember, ‘mystery’ doesn’t mean unknowable, but infinitely knowable. One can never fully “know” the Trinity, but we can every day come to know more personally the Trinitarian love God has for each and every one of us.
Our Pastorate Volunteer dinner is this Friday, June 5th, at 5:30pm at Our Lady of the Chesapeake. We look forward to welcoming you and thanking you for all that you do for our Pastorate. If you are unable to attend, please know of our gratitude for you and your service to our pastorate community.
There may still be some tickets available to join us on our bus trip to Sight and Sound Theater to see Joshua. We will be meeting at St Jane Frances at 9:00am and departing soon after for a buffet lunch at Miller’s Smorgasbord before attending the 3:00pm performance. Our plan is arrive back to St. Jane’s by 8:30pm. Tickets are $165 each and include transportation, lunch, and the show. Please contact Tracey at St. Jane’s if you have any questions or would like to check on availability of tickets.
We will be welcoming two seminarians to our pastorate this summer: Alex Sohm and Andrew Cogswell. Alex is studying at the Saint John Paul II College Seminary in Washington, DC and Andrew has just completed his Propaedeutic year at the Blessed Father Michael McGivney House of Propaedeutic Formation in Baltimore. Alex will be joining us this coming weekend and Andrew will begin next weekend. Both will be here until July and will be assisting with our Summer Mission and VBS programs as their schedules allow. Welcome Alex and Andrew!
Finally, after many years of faithful service to St. Jane Frances, Gina Bujanowski has informed me of her plans to retire. Her final day of work will be August 27th. I would like to thank Gina for her many years of serving our parish, and more recently to our pastorate. She will be missed! Thank you Gina and God bless you in retirement!
Thank you for keeping our Pastorate of the Visitation—St. Jane Frances de Chantal and Our Lady of the Chesapeake—in your daily prayers!
God Bless,
Fr. Steve
