Stewardship Annual Report

Dear Family of God,

“Let us give thanks to the Lord for he is good, his mercy endures forever.” Indeed, his mercy endures forever. We all received Jesus in the Holy Eucharist and are grateful that Jesus comes to dwell in us and remain in us if we also choose to “Remain in Him.”

It is my pleasure to present OLOJ’s 2023-2024 Annual Stewardship Report. Today, we have 2,500 registered families - thank you for making our Parish a welcoming community! Thank you also to our 380 volunteers and our parish staff.

November 2023 was the 10th Anniversary of our Adoration Chapel. I thank our Adorers as we continue to invite more parishioners to join us in committing at least an hour a week in our Queen of Peace Chapel. In November we also celebrated my Silver Sacerdotal Jubilee with Bishop Emeritus Thomas Olmsted and 23 Priests concelebrants. Later that month, we had 200 parishioners join our annual Eucharistic Procession at Carefree Gardens on Christ the King Sunday.

Fr. John Parks joined our parish in December 2023 as Parochial Vicar and began to oversee our Faith Formation Department, just in time for my two-month Sabbatical leave from January 20th until March 20, 2024. We said goodbye to Sr. Margery and Sr. Susan Marie in June so they can continue to serve in New York and Pennsylvania. In July, Fr. Clement was assigned to become a formator with Fr. Kurt at our Seminary in Phoenix. I was also appointed by Bishop Dolan to be the Dean or Vicar Forane of the Deanery #8 North East of our Diocese, which is composed of seven Parishes. This is a five-year appointment that started on July 1, 2024.

Beginning this school year, for the first time in fifty years of our parish, we have two seminarians joining our local seminary. Our fiscal year came to an end last June 30, 2024, with the planned renovation of our Preschool building and courtyard, which serve 31 students.

For the past three years, the US Catholic Conference of Bishops has headed a Eucharistic Revival Program. We celebrated the l0th Eucharistic Congress from July 17-21, 2024, in Indianapolis. I learned at the Congress that we need this revival because of ignorance, that the remedy is knowledge, and the road to knowledge is the Truth. But sometimes the problem is indifference or “I don’t care.” Then, the remedy is love and the road to love is repentance. There is no revival without repentance. According to Fr. Mike Schmidt, “Knowledge can make one great but only love can make us saints.”

Yours In Christ through Mary Immaculate,
Fr. Jess Ty

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