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Sacred Heart Weekend

We have confirmation for this weekend:

• Saturday AM Mass at St. Vincent de Paul at 9:00 AM
• Drive to Sacred Heart Church in Salisbury, NC arriving by 11:00
• Training with Fr. Ferguson and Noah Carter from 11:00 to 1:00pm
• Bring your own lunch, a large cooler with ice will be in my car. We'll eat lunch on the Church grounds.
• Arrive back at St. Ann's in Charlotte between 2 - 3 pm
• Be back at Sacred Heart Church in Salisbury on Sunday June 13th by 3pm

We'll have extra space in cars on Saturday. If you need a ride on Sunday, we can coordinate that as well.

The Mass schedule has been updated as well. Training schedule to be updated soon.

The new servers will be joining us at the next training session on Monday, June 21st. Please pray for them as the first few months are challenging as we all remember. More to come...

Getting Organized

We have a tentative training session set up at Sacred Heart Church in Salisbury, NC on Saturday June 12, 2010 at 11:00 AM.

Here's a tentative plan:

• Saturday June 12th 9:00 AM Mass at St. Vincent's off Park Road.
• Caravan up to Sacred Heart Church after Mass. (Should take less than an hour to get there.)
• Do the training.
• Lunch in Salisbury.
• Caravan back to St. Ann's where servers can get picked up.

Marla Walsh, Debbie Mack, and Stefano Monaco (a MEF regular at St. Anns and well known to me and many of the parents) have offered to drive other servers whose parents may not be able to make it.

As for the Mass itself, it will count for the Sunday obligation. Servers will be expected to be at the Sacred Heart Church by 2:45 pm to help set up. The Missa Cantata will be at 4:00 PM on Sunday June 13th.

A note for the servers: you will be expected to listen, obey, and be prepared for your position so that we can facilitate Noah in his new role. Expect to learn new things with Fr. Ferguson. I know I will.

I need everyone to contact me to let me know what they can make and can't make. I'll be at the hospital this weekend but I hope to hear wonderful stories of tomorrow's Ordination and first Masses for the new priests.

Evening post in between shifts

I'm busy but here's some updates:

• Will Borin and Sam Dehority have volunteered for tomorrow's MEF and Children's Benediction. Please be there by 4:00pm to set up quickly for the kids and then finish setting up afterwards before the regular Holy Hour.
• I'm trying to organize a training session for the Missa Cantata in Salisbury and here's what I've come up with so far: Fr. Ferguson FSSP and Noah Carter (DoC Seminarian) will be available on Saturday June 12th around lunch time in Salisbury. The next day is the Missa Cantata. Can we make it? Can we carpool? Please give me feedback so we can make this great experience work.
• This weekend: seminarians/ordinands become priests = huge! Friday night they have a Holy Hour for the Ordinands at St. Pat's. Saturday 10:00 AM at St. Marks for the Ordination. Then 10:30 on Sunday at St. Ann's for soon to be Fr. Rossi's first Mass. New priests (baby priests as my wife calls them) don't come around every day. I highly recommend that everyone show up and support these men. Pray for them.

More info to come...stay tuned

Get ready...

I got an email from seminarian Noah Carter, who will be staying in Charlotte for a bit, complimenting the servers on the Ascension Missa Cantata. He told me he saw the pictures and they looked beautiful. I read his email, and I thought, "What pictures?" Then I got on to the Diocese of Charlotte website and saw this:

Missa Cantata from David Hains on Vimeo.

Our little group has already been asked to serve a Missa Cantata this summer at another parish (more details to come). We've got a new class of servers coming this month and after this publicity, expect more.

Bottom line: God is telling us that we're doing good. Stay focused and disciplined, and let's keep up the good work!

See you Saturday at the party!

Training Time Change

Sorry for the late notice everyone. This Monday, the Missa Cantata run-through will be from 5 - 7 pm. That's 5pm to 7pm which is an hour earlier. This change is to accomodate Fr. Reid's schedule. The late notice is my fault as I've known for over a week now. That being said, I still expect the servers to have reviewed their roles for the Missa Cantata to be prepared for Monday evening at 5:00 pm.

Don't forget about the Summer Server Party at the Borin's. All Latin Mass servers and their families are invited to attend. It's on Saturday May 22nd at 6:00 pm.

I also need to add a friendly reminder that parents need to be aware of when they are supposed to show up for their role in Protecting God's Children. We've had some very gracious help with some parents volunteering to stay when others didn't make it, didn't find a substitute, and didn't notify me. Please remember that if we do not have an extra adult, training will be immediately cancelled.

More to come...

Finishing up April and May

We are officially planning the Ascension Missa Cantata Rehearsal for Monday May 3rd from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at St. Anns. The Schola will be there as well. As with the last training session, we may have to swing the time to accomodate Fr. Reid's schedule, but as of now 6:00 PM is the set time.

Moreover, we have the results back for the pool party and the official scheduled date, time, and place is: Saturday May 22nd at 6:00 pm at the Borin's Residence. More information will be provided.

Please remember that the next server training will be at 4:45 PM at St. Anns this coming Monday April 19th. See you there!