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From the Officers of the St Joseph Association:
"On the 25th of June the St. Joseph Association held a town hall meeting. Among the topics of discussion was the
recommendation of a future venue for the Extraordinary Forms of the Liturgy in light of the Called to be Church recommendation
for the closure of St Peter's Church in 2009. The St. Joseph Association solicited volunteers to form an advisory committee to recommend that venue for consideration by diocesan officials. Information
has been made available through email and bulletin announcements on the 6th (mass email/flyer), 13th (bulletin announcement),
and the 27th (bulletin announcement) of July.
A committee
has been formed. The members include: Joseph Kearney
(President, SJA), Paul Audino (Officer, SJA), James Ayrey (Officer, SJA), Peter Ranalli (Officer, SJA & Choir member),
James Agnew (Liturgy Volunteer & Officer, SJA), Bill Danish (Choir
member), Jody Agnew (Parishioner),
Claire Bracken (Hospitality Volunteer), Margaret Purcell (Parishioner), and Raoul Weigand (Parishioner). Thank
you for your interest."
The Society of Our Lady of Good success has requested that parishioners pray a rosary novena for the restoration
of the Church and the future of St. Peter's Church, Troy, NY.
Pilgrimage for Restoration--September 24-27, 2008
From Father Bill (March 30, 2008)
CALLED TO
BE CHURCH
St. Peter’s, St. Paul’s and St. Patrick’s are merged into
a single parish using one of the current church buildings as a worship site. The
new name of the Parish would be determined through a mutually agreeable process. The
new parish (which we will call temporarily “All Saints” for ease of writing) will be linked with St. Augustine’s Church. Our Lady of Victory
and Christ Sun of Justice will also be linked.
As we proceed into the future, this configuration will be evaluated on a
regular basis and if “All Saints” is not able to sustain itself, the parish will be closed or merged.
The
four parishes (Christ Sun of Justice linked to Our Lady of Victory and St. Augustine
linked to All Saints) will themselves be linked to provide life-long formation, Christian service, Prayer and Worship, and
administration wherever possible. That is, it is possible that Life-long Faith
Formation will be a single program for all communities although there may be three models of Life-long Faith Formation that
operate – one at each of three different sites. The same is true for other
critical components of CALLED TO BE CHURCH.
SIGNED – FATHER WILIAM A. GORMAN
ADMINISTRATOR of ST. PETER’S CHURCH and ST. PAUL’S CHURCH,
TROY, NEW YORK
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