What is going on around the parish

This article is going to be a few pieces of random information about what is going on around the parish.

First of all, we are getting ready for RCIA for those who are interested in joining the Catholic Church. We will begin the classes in September, and are moving the timing of the classes to Wednesday evening so that David can help a little easier. If you know of someone who is interested in joining the Church, or is just curious about the faith, have them contact Fr Ken, Fr Ryan, or David Reising for more information.

Second, we are still in need of some volunteers to help with Religious Education for the year. We NEED a good number of catechists, please consider helping. We are also in need for substitute catechists, small group leaders, as well as helpers in the classrooms. If you feel called to help the 375 kids we serve in our Religious Education program, please contact David Reising for more information.

You may have noticed the roadwork we are doing on the north side. We have the funding in our Future Phase Fund and the school leadership funding already, so we do not need to ask for new special donations. We are connecting our parking lot to the cul-de-sac on Watercrest Drive. This will help a few different ways, it will get us access to the north and west, and next year, the city plans on connecting 18th street to 415 and this will give our families another route to come in and get traffic off Weigel Drive. It will also help with the school drop off and pick up lines, as we can get more cars on the property and have less people turning onto Weigel in the short distance of our lots. Eventually in the next couple of years when we start Phase III we will be adding parking to the north side and this project will help us to prepare for it.

Fr. Ryan is wanting to lead a group of people to our sister parish in Ghana to continue to build that relationship with them. The group will be going in early summer of 2024 and will be an 8–12-day trip, depending on flights and situation. This will be a mission trip primarily to meet the people of St. Martin de Porres parish, with whom we are building that sister parish relationship. The costs will be a plane ticket for around $1,500 and some other travel expenses, but those should not be a large amount. Feel free to reach out to Fr. Ryan for some information and we will be sharing some more information in the coming months.

We are still looking for parent or grandparent volunteers in the school. We utilize a good number of volunteers to help with lunches here at St. Luke. It is a good opportunity to help the students and see the excitement of the students around the lunch times here.

Finally (for now) keep praying for staff, faculty, volunteers, and the many different things going on here at the parish and school. While it is very busy around here, it is really a wonderful and energetic place to be!

God bless,
Fr. Ken