I'm between planes in Detroit on the first leg of a busy weekend where an old friend's 25-year journey to the priesthood is about to be fulfilled.
Saturday at 11: St Augustine Church in Pittsburgh, attending the priestly ordination of Br. Matthew Palkowski, OFM Cap. Thanks be to God: habemus sacerdotem!
Since Capuchins are a type of Franciscan, one has to expect that an event run by the Order will have a certain amount of guitar-strumming and happy-clappiness, but Br. Matthew promises that at least the Mass ordinary will be something dignified by Proulx. Preghiamo.
Then it's a hasty road trip to help him get to:
Sunday at 11 (maybe): St Basil's in Eastpointe, MI, for Fr.'s first Mass. He always wanted to celebrate it at a regular parish Mass, since that's what it's all about.
Wow - that sounds like a great weekend! Congrats to your friend.
Deo gratias!
my comment is this the pope is gone why do catholics treat him as a god? he is not god. the bible says thou shalt not worship any god but him and that Jesus Christ. also peter was not the first pope. he was a dicipile of God. peter was married. how do you explain that
Hi, Michelle. Did you mean to post your pope comment on the other thread? It doesn't seem to have anything to do with this topic. If you want to post it in the right place, go ahead, and I'll delete the mistaken one.
AHHHHHH - a new priest! A truly joyous occasion. Enjoy and send blessing to your friend.