Next Training Session: Monday August 10th

I look forward to Monday's training session.

Please remember to review the Canon using a 1962 missal (or one close to it). If you don't have a missal, you can view a rough version of the Canon online. Please remember to also bring your Missa Cantata work. Lastly, I remind the servers to bring cards and other prayers for Lucas' spiritual care package.

• Upcoming dates: August 17th training session has been moved to August 18th at 4:15pm.
• I need people to comment or email me with requests for Missa Cantata positions prior to this upcoming session.
• If anyone is willing to wash cassocks and surplice's, please let me know. Ours need it.
• I hope everyone who went to Discernment Day had a great time. We look forward to reports on Monday.

"August Happenings"

1. With so many of our servers attending Discernment Day, we are in need of other MEF servers to volunteer in assisting with set up for the Wednesday (Aug 5th) Benediction/Adoration. We have servers who can make it for the Mass, but we are in need for Benediction/Adoration. I will be working and so I cannot make it at that time.
2. My little family will be moving to a new house in a few weeks (Aug. 22nd). In order to make the move successful, I've had to move a training session from Monday August 17th Training session to Tuesday August 18th for the same time (4:15 to 6:00 pm).
3. Seminarian Lucas Rossi will not be attending any more training sessions due to schedule conflicts and he will be leaving his post at St. Ann's next week. I am asking all of the servers and their families to offer up prayers for Lucas and provide a card so we can gather them up for a spiritual care package for his last year in seminary.
4. We will begin work on the next Missa Cantata at the next training session. Servers are asked to bring their previous Missa Cantata work with them so we can jump start right back in it.
5. Early September will be the move in time for the new Church. Please be flexible with the schedule as we approach. We will be looking to help Mrs. Kuhn and Fr. Reid move items from the Sanctuary back into the new Church as well so stay tuned for more information.

Diocese of Charlotte Day of Discernment

The Diocese of Charlotte will be hosting a "Day of Discernment" for all high school and college boys interested in learning more about the vocation to the priesthood. It's a good day filled with fun, activities, meditation, and interaction with Bishop Jugis, seminarians (like Lucas Rossi who's been with us this summer), and priests.

This is not a day where if you attend you are expected to become a priest. It is a great opportunity to hang out and meet men who have answered God's call. Hearing God speak can be difficult. Listening to what the Lord is saying to you can be even more challenging. Finally, it's one thing to understand the Lord's will in your life; it's another to to follow it.

Here are the details:

• Wednesday August 5th 2009


• 10 am - 5pm


• St. Michael's Catholic Church, Gastonia


• Call 704-370-3327 to make your reservation.

For more information on the vocation to the priesthood in the Diocese of Charlotte:

• please talk with your pastor


• visit the Diocese of Charlotte website


• visit the Roman Catholic Vocations website

St. John Vianney, pray for us.

Photo Credit: Lawrence OP

Even the Holy Father takes vacations...

Welcome back everyone! We will be having training this afternoon Monday July 20th at 4:15PM. Please be sure to arrive on time. The St. Michael crowd will not be in attendance this week, but we still have work to do.

First off...I really changed the schedule for the end of July and August so that we could have coverage. Vacations are great, but I had to move things around to fill in holes and provide Lucas a chance to serve the MEF. PLEASE BE SURE TO CHECK THE SCHEDULE AS I MOVED A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND.

I look forward to this evening.

Schedule Changes

There will not be a MEF this Saturday July 4th. If there's one next Saturday, July 11th, then we'll post that information.

Everyone should have a happy and SAFE 4th of July!

Back from a break

Sorry for delay in writing. I'm getting back into the swing of things. Please pray for my little family as we continue to search and follow God's will in finding a new home.

Check the updated Mass schedule. I've had to rearrange some folks due to sicknesses and other appeals. If this schedule doesn't work for you please let me know.

New Missa Cantata date is Saturday October 24th, the Vigil of the Feast of Christ the King!

More news to come.

Corpus Christi and more

This Sunday June 14th, all are invited to sit in the choir at the Novus Ordo 10:30 Mass. Here are your rubrics for that Mass:

• Be at St. Ann's by 10:00 AM. Dress in cassock and surplus. (If no cassock and surplus, dress in the white alb and cincture.) Per Fr. Reid's approval you will process up in pairs at the beginning of Mass. You will genuflect in pairs in front of the altar and then go to the liturgical choir. Your movements will be the same as the congregation, but be sure not to fidget as you will be an example for others. When it comes time for Communion, proceed to the Lateral Gospel side behind the acolytes kneeling on the step. Father will give you Communion and you are to return to the liturgical choir and kneel. At the end of Mass, you will process out under Fr. Reid's instructions. Then he will direct how you are to go about the actual Corpus Christi procession. He will need someone to ring the bells during the procession. I will not be there due to work, but my prayers will be there. All questions are to be directed to Lucas, the seminarian, and Fr. Reid.

This Monday June 15th we'll have a dinner party at the Borin's after the training session. (I know some may not be able to make it, but this was the only and best oppotunity to have it.) Please call each other and spread the word. Bring your swim suit...weather permitting. Families of the servers may attend. Families need to bring side dishes and deserts. Address and directions will be provided in the next day or two.

Due to sickness, we had Joseph and Benjamin Bruck step up and serve this past Wednesday. As a result, I rearranged the schedule a little to compensate so check it out. Thank you to those who couldn't make it which gave me notice beforehand to get the word out. Thanks to Debbie Mack for helping as I was at work at the time.

All are encouraged to pray the Corpus Christi novena in preparation for this weekend. Our ministry is to humble ourselves for Our Lord who humbles Himself by His Presence in the most Blessed Sacrament.

Sacred Heart of Jesus...have mercy on us.

Photo credit: Rrrodrigo