Fr. Carroll is away this weekend from July 7th to July 9th at LBI. He will also be traveling to Austin Texas on July 14th and return on July 19th. Fr. Lukasz will be in Massachusetts July 13-15th with the OLM Youth Group attending the Steubenville Conference. Fr. Ed and Fr. Henry are in charge!

All too often the priests learn about someone in the parish who is sick when the funeral director calls the rectory. Please let us know beforehand, so that we might visit and bring them Holy Communion and hear their confessions. Hospitals are not allowed to let us know if a person is in the hospital, so we depend on family to let us know.

There are four new sheds located behind the school. Two are for the parish and two belong to Shepard School. Storage space is hard to find and these provide a great amount of space for the parish and the Knights of Columbus.

A Eucharistic Minister recently mentioned that an adult received the Host in her hand but did not consume it immediately. It appeared as if she carried it to her pew and then put it in her mouth. If you receive Holy Communion in your hand that is with one hand on top of the other you are to immediately take it with the other hand and place it in your mouth before walking away from the priest or the Eucharistic Minister. Why is this so important? Some people do not know how to receive communion either because they are not Catholic or because they do not know or believe that the host is the Body of Jesus. They should be instructed to either remain in their pew at Communion time or if they follow the person in front of them, they should approach with cross arms across their chest for a blessing instead. What should I do if I find a host in a pew or hymnal or on the floor? If you do not wish to consume it, give it to a priest, deacon, a Eucharistic minister or usher.