Dear Brothers and Sisters,

We have a number of local changes taking place for the Parish of St. Joseph, Pillar of Families. First, Kris Archibald is resigning her position (see the note from her in the following pages of this bulletin). I want to publically thank Kris for her years of service to the parish and the people of our community. She is immensely qualified and truly cared about the work; we have been blessed to have her share her talents with us. Please continue to pray for her and her family as they transition to a new stage.

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Second, with Kris resigning, we will have Amy Udermann take up that full-time position and she will be moving to the office in Milaca. Third, we are looking to hire someone as a part-time parish associate doing similar things for the Church of St. Louis Bertrand as Amy had been doing (see the note in this bulletin or on the website for more information). This position would also be primarily at the offices in Milaca for now, which would mean that the rectory office in Foreston will be unoccupied probably June 1st. That means no regular hours at that location or anyone answering the phone there. We will plan on having the phone line redirect to the Milaca office for a while before we look at cancelling that.

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These are a lot of changes, and there will be many more changes to come. We are in the midst of transition planning as a new, merged parish, and questions about offices and job positions are part of that discussion. My best guess right now is that the parish would have enough need for all current employees of our churches to have a position in the new merged parish should they want it. Because a number of the positions do very similar tasks, and having three less corporations with fewer reports and more things shared, the job descriptions may change to drop some duties and pick up others. This includes the position we are advertising for right now - we are not looking at this as just a temporary position until the civil corporations merge. We will likely still need someone for various secretarial and/or administrative duties, working with the rest of the staff and enabling each to focus more on specific areas according to their talents and interests. If you think you have gifts and talents to share with the people of God in our parish, please look into applying for the position or share the word and encourage someone else who you think might be a good candidate for the position.

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Peace in Christ,

Father Timothy