Dear Brothers and Sisters,
 

The last in our parish mini-mission series centered on the family is next week, Wednesday, July 29th. As I have mentioned before in this

space, a parish mission is usually a multi-day event held by the local church to inspire or revive the people in living out and promoting the mission of the Church. Rather than having one multi-day event, we went with multiple single-day events on the same theme broken up over a year. Our theme for these mini-missions has been on families - specifically on making families holy after the heart of Christ. We kicked off our first session with Cardinal Burke and Fr. Altier in Milaca last fall. Our second session was at Mora this last February with Alyssa Bormes, and introducing our partnership with the Hallow Prayer App.
 

Our upcoming event begins with Evening Prayer at 5:00 pm, a parish meal following that, and presentation at 6:00 p.m. by published author and podcast host, Dr. Mary Ruth Hackett, on friendship, dating, and marriage. The event concludes with a time for adoration with praise and worship, and priests available for confession. We ask that you RSVP for the meal if you intend to join for that to help us plan accordingly, but no RSVP is necessary to attend the talks or prayer portions of the evening.
 

I also want to encourage all parishioners of the ACC to make every effort to attend the parish mission and consider inviting others to join as well. For a parish mission to have any effect, it requires that parishioners actually attend. In fact, there should be an expectation that everyone make an effort to attend. Even if you personally have been happily married for 30, 40, or 50 years, coming to the presentation will still benefit you and the community. It will help provide talking points for your conversations with your children or grandchildren. We need to bring the truth and goodness of the Catholic perspective on these issues to a world that is often focused only on self. We are all needed to begin to change the culture; to let others know that there is a better way; to avoid the heartache, brokenness, and emptiness that will fall on those we love if they live according to the world and not in God's love. Do your part for them and others. Join us in making families holy.
 

Peace in Christ,

Father Timothy