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Announcements
November 17, 2025
As Thanksgiving approaches, discover ways to give thanks, serve, and grow in faith. This edition highlights the first-ever Digital Experience with Pope Leo XIV at NCYC, upcoming events, volunteer opportunities, retreats, and diocesan resources
Read MoreNovember 10, 2025
As autumn unfolds, we give thanks for the blessings in our diocesan family. This week’s memo features new appointments, upcoming events, opportunities to serve, and resources to grow in faith—all ways to stay connected and engaged in our community.
Read MoreNovember 3, 2025
This past week, our diocese joyfully celebrated the Ordination and Installation of Bishop Ralph O’Donnell on Tuesday, October 28. As we pray for our new bishop, may this celebration renew our hope in Christ and strengthen our unity as one faith family. We also reaffirm our commitment to fostering and maintaining a Safe Environment – where all can encounter God’s love with confidence and security.
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Everything comes back in style eventually.
We’ve previously shared that we were very clear from the beginning that we wanted to keep the feel of the “small town, old fashioned, 1895 built” church. One of the…
When God opens a door…
Doors seem to be the word of the day around here! The doors have come in that will be installed to allow parishioners to enter the main body of the…
It’s all in the details.
When we began this project we were clear that we wanted to stay as close as possible to the look and feel of the original church. To make that happen…
We have paint!
The painters have been busy and we now have both the front and side altar areas painted and ready for stone while the walls are painted and ready for trim!…
It’s finally time for flooring!
We finally have flooring! Well, in some areas, anyway. Because of the ongoing construction, movement of scaffolding, and more, the flooring won’t be laid in the main areas until later.…
Primed and ready!
The finishing touches are going on and the scalloped siding and round window are officially in! These pieces were specially chosen to recreate the original look of the church. The…
We went treasure hunting in the bell tower.
The oldest known picture of the church shows a round window in the gable over the side door. This was long ago covered by siding but during the demolition process…
It takes a village.
Many things, especially things in small towns, take a village. This is never more true than in the case of our small parish and this massive renovation project. Several parishioners…
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Let there be light!
It’s been a busy few days around here and we’ve kept the electrician hopping! But, we finally have lights! Both exterior and interior lights have been installed and they’ve really…
Stain and doors, doors and stain…
Stain and doors, doors and stain. That seems to be the focus of every conversation these days. But, in an exciting update, we have doors! And not only do we…
We’ve been in the gutters this week.
We’ve finally got gutters! While the exterior of our building has been moving right along, it’s finally time to trim it out and add the gutters! We have all new…
Picture it, October 2023…
All of the bits and pieces are coming together and we’re beginning to get glimpses of what the finished product will look like! The view from the altar area shows…
Just a little stain.
The contractors have been busy staining the woodwork and the doors. These two large doors will open into the body of the church from the entryway. The windows have been…
Upon this rock I will build My church…
The stone is in! Both the front and side altars now have stone installed to highlight these beautiful points within our building. The stone was chosen to resemble the stone…
It’s time for some finishing touches.
Interior doors are going in and some areas, like the confessionals you see here, are starting to show us what they’ll look like when they’re completely finished! The renovation plans…
Diocesan Announcements
November 17, 2025
As Thanksgiving approaches, discover ways to give thanks, serve, and grow in faith. This edition highlights the first-ever Digital Experience with Pope Leo XIV at NCYC, upcoming events, volunteer opportunities, retreats, and diocesan resources
Read MoreNovember 10, 2025
As autumn unfolds, we give thanks for the blessings in our diocesan family. This week’s memo features new appointments, upcoming events, opportunities to serve, and resources to grow in faith—all ways to stay connected and engaged in our community.
Read MoreNovember 3, 2025
This past week, our diocese joyfully celebrated the Ordination and Installation of Bishop Ralph O’Donnell on Tuesday, October 28. As we pray for our new bishop, may this celebration renew our hope in Christ and strengthen our unity as one faith family. We also reaffirm our commitment to fostering and maintaining a Safe Environment – where all can encounter God’s love with confidence and security.
Read More