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Highlights from this session:

  • General parish family updates
  • Parish Family Advisory Council & Parish Family Leadership Team
  • Does Father Lappe (pastor of Star of the Sea, Bremerton) still offer Latin Masses?
  • Excursis on Latin in the Mass (as opposed to the Extraordinary Form of the Mass)
  • Excursis on Traditionis Custodes and the accompanying letter from Pope Francis to bishops
  • Banners – particularly the banners Father Randy introduced – in the parish?
  • If someone comes up with their arms crossed, will you (Father) bless them?
  • Speed of Mass – parts being slow and thus feeling less-than-joyful
  • What do the altar candles signify?
  • Is there a survey coming about Partners in the Gospel?
  • Request for consideration to spread out the Sunday Mass times at Saint Joseph, especially to allow for time for fellowship
  • Dreaming of a single parish campus for the central region between Sequim & Port Angeles
  • Why do we not spend any money at our own parish (Saint Joseph)?
  • Could we have a the Rite for Distributing Holy Communion Outside Mass with a Celebration of the Word when a priest isn’t available for Masses?
  • If there were no priest on a Sunday, would we be able to have a Sunday Celebration in the Absence of a Priest?
  • Have you considered a new parish directory?
  • Questions about crosswalk lights at our parish (Saint Joseph)

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