DEAR HOLY ROSARY FRIENDS AND FAMILIES, As we continue bit-by-bit to put the pandemic and its effects behind us, we’ve restored more and more of our ministries and programs. Some of them, like all-day-adoration, were hit badly due the drop in numbers of people who could commit to daytime hours (over time that will hopefully change). Another thing that had gone fallow is the number of trained ushers and readers we have at the Vigil and Sunday Masses. It’s been a long while since we’ve had a proper program for them.

It’s easy to see both ushering and reading as impromptu tasks and we take them for granted. But they are far from that. Our priests are responsible for bringing the sacraments to the people but they cannot do so in a vacuum. Case in point, if we did not have servers or musicians our liturgies would be a very different (and sometimes illicit) act of worship. Our current readings of the Acts of the Apostles recount the building up of the early Church. Everyone pitched in to assist at the liturgy. It was a community event and it is no different today.

On May 21st at 10:00a please come to the Church and join me for a theological and practical reflection about these very important ministries. It is equally important for those who have done this in the past, for those interested in doing in going forward, and for those just interested in knowing more about the liturgy. Please RSVP to the office so that we can get a good head count. We will also provide a light lunch afterwards in Aquinas Hall.

Blessings to you all in this Easter Season, Fr. Corwin Low, OP