Most everyone reading this column experiences problems. Problems of health. Problems of making a living and paying our bills. Problems in the family. Problems involving habits of selfishness, habits of sinfulness. You know... problems. But there is such a thing as a good problem. Let's imagine that you won the Mega Millions drawing. What a good problem to have, deciding how to give away all that money. As a parish family, we have several good problems to solve. Let me tell you about them.
By God's grace, the spiritual renewal that we have been praying for is taking place. There are sure signs of this renewal. One sure indicator of spiritual renewal can be seen in the active engagement of the parish with the great sign of Christ's healing presence, the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation. Children and teens and adults are coming to this encounter with Christ, coming to confess their own sin, coming in the promise of hope, to receive blessing and forgiveness and reconciliation from the Lord. I have added several hours of availability for this sacrament, in the late afternoons at the middle of the work week, to go along with the times of confession each Saturday.







St. John Neumann Preschool will be registering for the 2009-2010 school year beginning February 2. Our program is for ages 2 years through 5 years. If you would like your child to be in a loving and caring Catholic environment that provides a fun and enriching hands-on program, please contact Marti McLeer at 770-833-0404.

