ST. HEDWIG CLOSING - 17TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Well today was the 4th Sunday of July - the day Deacon Jerry stated, five weeks ago, would be the last regular Sunday Mass in the church building of the former St. Hedwig Parish.

Nothing to report on that fact; nothing in the sermon. The Sunday parish bulletin shows a regularly scheduled Mass St. Hedwig's for next week the 18th Sunday in Ordinary time.

Will something change? Who knows -anything's likely to happen, but I suspect Pastor Joseph and the bishop have decided to turn the heat under the pot real low; that way the frogs will be completely unaware they are being slowly boiled.

I won't be able to confirm what happened for a couple of weeks. SNAP conference next weekend in Chicago (I'm going by bus - trying to keep my personal vow to use the automobile as little as possible). The following week I'll be donating blood platelets at the Red Cross - at 9:30 AM - usually a 2 1/2 process. So unless I get back home before Mass lets out on Sunday, August 8th, I'll have to wait until Sunday, August 15th to find out for sure what happened unless, of course, my iron content in my blood isn't high enough (and won't be able to donate) in which case I will know when I go to attend Mass.

Noticed that bulletin now shows a combined collection amount. Average is about $4,000.00 per Sunday (over $200,000.00 per year). I do wonder how much of that ends up being directed to the Shoo-Loop lawyers once a portion of it gets sent to the downtown offices of the Diocese? It's a question that has bothered me for a few years now.