This coming Thursday, February 10, 6:30 pm, we will be hosting our parish Synod meeting. Pope Francis has requested that all Catholic parishes throughout the world participate. We have been provided with questions to discuss and to give feedback on. This is an opportunity for the local Church to speak to the leadership about their ideas, thoughts, feelings, the good and the bad. We will begin the evening with a potluck (at 6:00 pm) and then proceed to small group discussions at the table. These will be led by designated individuals. The questions are not a test of your knowledge. They sincerely seek your opinions and ideas regarding your experience of Church and your hopes for its future. It will conclude with a gathering of the entire group. Cathy Wieck who is our parish Director of Parish Life will lead the meeting. I will be present. I want to earnestly encourage you to attend. The more input we have the better will be the reflection of our parish. Your ideas are important, and they matter. Please come! Yours in Christ our Lord, Fr. Sid.