St. Denis Parish Mission Statement

“We, the faith community of St. Denis believe that our Baptism calls us to life in community with God’s people and to growth in holiness by becoming more like Jesus.  We welcome and invite all people to build and experience this community, which mirrors God’s love for us.”

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Dear Parishioners,

       My four and a half hour meeting (which actually

went for almost  five hours) gave me fewer specifics than

I had hoped. However, if you have looked on the website

you have seen that we were given the basic setup of the

regional school. It is clear from the elements that are to

be incorporated into the school that the archdiocese

intends all of the regional schools to be Blue Ribbons

Schools. Many of the extras that are already in our

school were added for just that purpose, e.g., the art

room and the science lab. In fact, the only thing that is

reguired by the guidelines which we do not have is a

resource room and that is not a problem.

    We were also directed to form an Implementation 

Committee which we have done. The committee consists

of both pastors, both principals and lay people from both

parishes. Besides Sister Gerlad and me, the other

members from St. Denis are  Rita Block, Tom Howard,

Walt Kokol and Sally McGovern. The first meeting will

be this Monday evening (Jan. 16). This meeting will

involve basic orientation for the committee and a walk-

through of the school. One of the first things we will need

to do is to hire a principal. There are more meetings

scheduled for the pastors and current princippals and I

am sure that each meeting will bring more tasks to be

accomplished.

      As the process goes on I will keep you informed. I

have scheduled a meeting with the parents at 2:00pm

today in the Church.

      Thank you for your continued support.

Msgr. Graham

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A copy of the Blue Ribbon Commission report is available

on the following website http://www.faithinthefuture.com/.  

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CATHOLIC CHARITIES APPEAL 2012

“Because I am Catholic”

 Listed below is the link to the Catholic Charities Appeal

website. Please take some time to visit the website and

watch the video of

Archbishop Charles Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. regarding this

year’s appeal.

 www.catholiccharitiesappeal.org