I Make All Things NEW

BEHOLD! I make all things NEW 2016 Saint Mary Parish Renewal Handbook Ministry Catalog and Annual Report B.C. See, I am doing something new! Now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? In the wilderness I make a way, in the wasteland, rivers. I S A I A H 4 3 : 1 9 A.D. The one who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” R E V E L A T I O N 2 1 : 1 - 6 page 2 Saint Mary 2016 Parish Renewal Handbook table of contents “I Make All Things New” 4 Letter from Father John Mosimann, pastor 7 Material for Meditation 8 The Great Isaiah Scroll 8 Isaiah 43:1-19 9 Bible Study: The Prophet Isaiah 10 Greek Manuscript Codex Sinaiticus 12 Revelation 21:1-6 13 The Book of Revelation and the Lamb Slain 13 Reflection 14 Letter from Sr. Susan Louise, OSFS, principal 16 ► Index to Parish Ministries 17 2016-2017 Parish Ministries 18 Parish Advisory Board and Spanish Ministry Team 19 EDUCATION 20 LITURGY 24 OPERATIONS 28 OUTREACH 30 PARISH LIFE 36 ► Parish Annual Report 45 Last Year’s Commitment Renewal 46 Parish Profile 47 Age of Parishioners/Years in Parish 47 Geographic Summary of Parishioners 48 Education/Sacraments Statistics 49 ► Parish Financial Summary 51 Actual Income/Expenses 52-53 Projected Income/Expenses 54-55 Parish Offertory Overview 56 Parish Second Collections and Contributions 56 Total Parish Giving 2015-2016 56 Other Areas of Parish Giving 56 Bishop’s Lenten Appeal 5-year Summary 57 2010 Renovations and Capital Improvements 57 Parish Debt 57 Dedication 2010 58 Parish Leadership 61 Parish Staff 61 Parish Advisory Board 61 Parish Finance Council 62 Stewardship Committee 62 We Welcome You Home 63 page 2 Saint Mary 2016 Parish Renewal Handbook Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church page 3 Saint Mary 2016 Parish Renewal Handbook “I MAKE ALL THINGS NEW.” dream breaks at the op’ning day.” loose, teeth are a standard, and This week, eating lunch with kin- all of these topics are better than Terrance W. Klein, for dergarten students, I asked them knock-knock jokes, a skill for AmericaMagazine.org, Apr 22, 2016 what they were going to wear for which K-2nd students simply lack. Halloween. Yes, it’s April, but I Trust me. In the Mass, the world is young wanted a break from that day’s again. subject, which was cuts and inju- For kids in Kindergarten, Hallow- ries. When you eat with little kids, een is half a lifetime away, but they The old hymn says, “Time like an one of them finds a topic, and the embraced the topic. I doubt that, ever rolling stream bears all her others pile on. So one meal will come October, many will be going sons away. They fly, forgotten, as a be all about dogs, or cats. Really. as the Easter Bunny. They simply All. Another will be trips. Lost, or projected their present into the fu- page 4 Saint Mary 2016 Parish Renewal Handbook ture, with great eagerness. That’s to record it. I don’t know of any past, living each year in reverse what kids do. They’re hot to trot that do. That would only augment order: growing younger, having for tomorrow. the anxiety: This is the day when family and friends restored to you, the future ceased to be my friend. erasing mistakes. But there comes a day in the life This is the day when I gave my af- of every person—no doubt the fections to memory rather than to There’s something delightful in precise moment varies—when the morrow. the dream, however impossible we no longer see the future as an or improper it might be. Indeed, ally, when thoughts of tomorrow Have you ever daydreamed of that an adult would entertain the threaten us with loss and dimin- living your life in reverse? You’d notion of going backward through ishment. Our culture doesn’t teach watch the weight of the future re- time suggests the presence of us to mark the day, to notice and treat as you walked back into the Adam’s fall in our lives, of origi- Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church page 5 Pope Francis and the Jubilee of Mercy, continued nal sin. We know that hope does Because what we call the Way of In the mystery of his Incarnation, disappoint; we’ve seen it happen. the Cross is Christ striding through God the Son comes to die. God If we are honest, we acknowledge time, Christ aging in the course of a takes all that is ugly and old and our own part in the winnowing of few hours, Christ trampling toward rotten in this world and draws it wishes. The wisdom of age tells us death, making his way to the far- into his self. Here death dies. Here that we have wandered, lost the thest reach of human sorrow, of our the old gives way to the new. Here way, become alienated from some estrangement from God. If the old hope is reborn. This is why St. John source of renewal and delight. Why world, the one in which you and I brilliantly records Christ speaking not go back? were born, was one of sin, of alien- of his passion as his hour of glory. He has many critics, as a man and a With equal artistry and genius, moviemaker, but in his movie “The Pope St. Leo the Great bespoke the Passion of the Christ” (2004) Mel deepest meaning of the Mass, of lit- Gibson reset a line of Scripture, and, urgy, when he wrote, “Quod itaque in that act of artistry, revealed the Redemptoris nostri conspicuum deepest of truths. Here’s the scene. fuit, in sacramenta transivit” (Tr. Mary sees her son Jesus fall under LXXIV, 2). “And so what our re- the weight of his cross. She remem- deemer made evident (in his pres- bers running to her child when he ence among us) has passed over fell. Despite the crowd and his cap- into the sacraments.” tors, she races to her adult son. Rais- ing his bloodied face from the earth, In the Mass, the world is young she offers the greatest of comfort, again. In the liturgy, the Word be- though it is only the words, “I am speaks a freshness that does not age. here.” In the Eucharist, bread and wine, Behold! I make all things new. given to us centuries long past, be- Jesus sees her, and Mr. Gibson (Rev 21: 5). come food for the morrow. In his moves a line from the Book of Rev- body and his blood, like a woman elation to this encounter. Panting, giving birth, Christ makes all things Christ responds, “See, Mother, I ation, of aging and of death, Christ new. make all things new.” That’s noth- walks the way of the cross so as to ing less than inspired. Why? claim it back for God. Our Bishop Paul Stephen Loverde and Fr. Robert Wagner, his secretary, at the Instal- lation Mass for new pastor, Fr. John Mosimann. page 6 Saint Mary 2016 Parish Renewal Handbook from our pastor 28 August 2016 Dear Brothers and Sisters of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, “Behold! I make all things New” The summer of 2016 brought significant changes to our parish. When Father Don Rooney selected this scripture as the theme for this coming year, he did not yet know that the Lord would ask him to move to another parish. Here we are, beginning a new year at St. Mary of the Immaculate conception and God has asked me to be your new shepherd. To believe that Jesus makes all things new is to trust that "God brings good from all things for those who love Him.” When I saw this year’s theme, I smiled because while the scripture quote comes from the book of Revelation, it is echoes back to Isaiah 43:19, “See, I am doing something new! Now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?" Isaiah 43 has been a scripture close to my heart for many years. When I made my first communion, my Godmother gave me a plaque with the words “I have called you by name, you are mine.” (Is 43:1). That plaque has been by my bedside ever since. While I find myself learning a new parish, it has been a great consolation to see the Lord pointing to this very same chap- ter to remind me that He is working in all facets of my life, and the life of our parish family. “Saint Mary is family” keeps echoing through the words of all I meet in our parish. This does not happen without the shared love and grace of growing together. As the 7th of 8 children, I understand that families can be a work in progress and great strength. It was in the family that I learned of sac- rifice; I thank God for my parents' generosity without which I would not exist. When I arrived at our parish, I promised that I will always support and treasure families praying together at Mass from the youngest to the wisest. So How does the Lord “make all things new?” The Cross. It is Jesus Christ crucified and risen who is the very healing power of God. He is the beginning and end. The Lord meets us and draws us up into the mystery of His love every time we turn to Him.

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