Dear friends,

Happy New Year! Last week you read from seminarian Jeff, who’s now living and working at St. Gen’s parish with Fr. Rogelio.
Please keep Jeff in your prayers as he begins a new chapter in his faith journey. Over the Christmas break we also saw Deacon Alex, and seminarians Ivan and Ruben. They have all returned to seminary for their spring semester and would certainly appreciate our support and prayers.

I’d like to share good news with the parish community. Just before Christmas I invited a small group of folks to chat and brainstorm around the idea of adult faith formation and how best we can create a comprehensive parish plan. The group is now in the process of creating a mission statement as a way to help frame the goals and objectives of this initiative. This process is obviously a step in the right direction but will take time and energy to discern and implement.

As we begin a new year, please pray for the work of our parish community, that we might truly be disciples of the
Lord Jesus! I will pray for each of you and ask for your prayers! 

Fr. Ray

Hello friends at St. Albert’s and happy New Year! 

This is Jeff the seminarian filling in for Fr. Ray this week. I am writing to inform you all that I will be leaving this parish and moving to St. Genevieve’s on January 5th and will no longer be serving this wonderful community. The amount of love and care that you have given me was monumental and I feel very blessed to have had the opportunity to serve this parish – especially starting out! You all have been so welcoming and caring and I could not have asked for a more wonderful community to start out in as a seminarian. I have called St. Albert’s my home for the last four and half years and came here as both a parishioner and an employee – so I have grown to love every nook and cranny of this beautiful church! I am very appreciative of Fr. Ray and the staff for putting up with me these last few months, and am also very blessed to have made so many loving and supportive friends here! I will continue to pray for all of you and hope I can come back to serve you again in the future!

Thank you all so very much!

With much love and many prayers
-Jeff