Welcome to our New Catechetical Year
We are excited to welcome the children, teens, and Catechists in our faith formation and youth ministry programs back from the summer break. Session begins this Sunday for the EPIC teens and Catechesis of the Good Shepherd children, and during the week for the elementary and JAM middle school youth. I thank our dedicated Catechists and Core Leaders who volunteer their time each week to serve our parish. I assure you of my prayers and support in your ministry. If you haven’t yet registered your children or teens, You can still do so on our parish website
HERE.
Order of Christian Initiation of Adult Program (OCIA). Do you know anyone from the age of 7 who would like to be baptized? Do you have a family member or friend who is interested in learning more about the Catholic faith or would like to join the Church? Do you know of any adult Catholic who would like to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation? If so, please have them contact us (480.961.1610) to sign up for their preparatory classes as soon as possible. The OCIA participants are expected to become full members of the Church through Baptism, Confirmation and First Eucharist at the Easter Vigil Mass on Holy Saturday and adults preparing for Confirmation will receive their Sacrament from the Bishop after Easter.
The Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults, or RCIA, as it has been more commonly referred to, had its name changed to Order of Christian Initiation for Adults, or OCIA, by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in November 2021. The name change applies both to the process by which one enters the Church and the book that contains the ritual text and prayers for those steps.
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Congratulations to Rama Salloum
Congratulations to Rama Salloum for stepping up to serve as our new volunteer coordinator for Walking With Moms in Need ministry. She will be representing our St. Benedict parish community at the Diocese. This is a critical ministry that supports young mothers and expectant mothers with pastoral and spiritual support as well as providing them with resources available within and around our community to meet their family needs. I invite those who are willing to support this ministry to contact the parish office (480.961.1610) to sign up.
Construction Update From the Building Committee
- The ABC stone will be spread next week in preparation for pouring of the slabs.
- Concrete has been ordered for next Wednesday for pouring the slabs.
- Will be saw cutting the east and west walls for the i-beams that will support the loft.
- The choir loft decking is 4 to 6 weeks out. This may impact the pouring of the west slab. We need to allow the heavy equipment access to construct the loft infrastructure.
- The masonry on the north and south side of the buildings after the slabs are poured. We will see the walls starting to go up.
This week's photos
The Sanctuary work is waiting for choir loft steel
The Sacristies
The ABC stone is delivered