11/13/2011: SJCCC eNews

Dear brothers and sisters of SJCCC,
We had a wonderful Workshop with Fr. Brendan on Saturday 11/12. Fr. Brendan provided a very informative presentation about the future directions for structure of our community and parishes across the diocese, and he answered many questions from the community. There were also small group discussions where many feedbacks were heard and presented to all attendees.

I am very thankful that about 70 people across different segments of the community attended the workshop. There were people from all geographic areas and age groups including young adults and recently baptized. There were tears, joy, singing; as well as heated remarks and sincere attempts to reconcile; most importantly, there were expressions of hope for our future and desires to move forward to serve the broader Chinese community across the Diocese. I am happy that so many people came and actively participated in this important event.

The presentation (PDF) and pictures are available online. There will be additional communications from the Planning Task Force to summarize the learnings and actions from the workshop. The next step is to formulate our recommendations to our Bishop by the end of the year.

Many people used their talents with loving hearts in the preparation of the workshop, just like the good and faithful servants, they diligently use their talents to serve God's church. I want to thank you very much. Once again, sincere appreciation to the people who came to the workshop, showing their love of the community.

God bless!
Fr. Alberto Olivera

Here are highlights of this week at http://www.sjccc.org: