OLDP Update

We have been having some difficulties getting our bulletins early, which has meant that we are looking all over for them on Saturday mornings and, on occasion, haven’t gotten them until right before Saturday’s 4:00 p.m. Vigil Mass. Because of that we are now trying to prepare the bulletin much earlier to make sure we get it on time.

Although you are reading this on the weekend of June 26^th and 27^th I am actually writing it on Friday, June 11^th, so, I hope some of the information is not out of date, or doesn’t happen, by the time you see it. If so, my apologies.

This coming Thursday, July 1^st, will be my 11^th Anniversary as Pastor of Our Lady of Divine Providence. The Archbishop gave me this wonderful assignment on July 1^st of 2010.

Hopefully, next weekend in commemoration of July 4^th, Independence Day, we will be having some Apple Pie and Ice Cream, again, as we use to do before the Pandemic. And since, like last year, there is really no chance to celebrate my anniversary, this year, I’ll at least, hopefully, get to enjoy some pie and ice cream with all of you.

Also, beginning in July, I will be changing my day off from Monday to Tuesday. For the past year many of the funerals I have done, and there have been way too many, have taken place on a Monday, my day off. Since my calendar is almost always already filled, on those other days of the week, I have worked on my day off and, in most cases, have not been able to take another day off.

While there is no guarantee that I wouldn’t be doing funerals on Tuesday, as well, it is a little less likely since the Monday funerals were because it was easier for relatives of the deceased to come in on a weekend and stay one extra day (Monday) for the funeral.

One extra plus of having a Tuesday day off, instead of Monday, is that more places are open on Tuesday, including some of my, and Fr. Frank’s, favorite restaurants that are closed on Mondays.

If I don’t see you next weekend, because you are vacationing or just away because of the Holiday, may you have a blessed and safe 4^th of July! Those of you on Vacation please don’t forget that there are apps on your phones and web sites to find those Catholic Churches, for Sunday mass, no matter where you go or you can google it. The other day I was sitting at my desk, picked up my phone, and said, “find a catholic Church” and up popped Our Lady of Divine Providence with a Map.

Pretty convenient.

God bless you,

Fr. Mike