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From The Pastor
As most of you know by now, there are now two priests
serving our community at St. Michael’s. That is, myself and
Fr. Francois Babulu! He will be serving us for the next four
months or so until sometime in June when a priest is
assigned to us on a more permanent basis. Fr. Francois has
already been a great help and you will be seeing him in many
places and in many ways over the months ahead. I thought
you should know a little bit more about him.
He was born February 23, 1958 in Bumba, Province of
Equateur in what was then the Belgian Congo (later Zaire and
now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). It is the largest
country in Africa and, with a population of 68 million, the
largest country in the world with French as its official
language. He is one of three brothers and four sisters. His
higher education was in Kinshasa, Congo, Ibadan, Nigeria
and back in Kinshasa. He was ordained in 1990. He also
obtained a law degree in 1998 (now you have two lawyers
serving you as priests!!). An ongoing war sent him first to
Lagos, Nigeria and eventually here to the U.S., where he was
granted asylum as the war dragged on in the Congo. He
lived briefly in Chicago and in 2001 began 7 years of service
as a priest in the diocese of Wheeling/Charleston. In
November of 2008, he was invited to come to the diocese of
Richmond and has served at St. John in Highland Springs,
where he still resides, and Annunciation parish in Ladysmith.
As of February 13 the bishop named him Parochial Vicar at
St. Michael. In addition to English, he speaks French,
Spanish, Lingala and two other African languages, as well as
a little Italian and German.
He is extremely grateful to our nation for granting him
asylum and has already told me how much he has
appreciated the warm welcome he has received here at St.
Mike’s. Let us enjoy him and continue to make him welcome
here in our community.
Peace & Love,
Fr. Dan
frdan@saint-mikes.org
Town Hall Meeting with Bishop DiLorenzo
When: Saturday, May 1. Bishop DiLorenzo will preside at the 5:30 Liturgy and hold the meeting afterwards.
Where: the Worship Space
The conversation will center upon the strengths and needs of our parish gathered through the We Walk by Faith process. Review the results of that survey and the parish self-assessment report listed below in preparation for the conversation. We hope you can join this conversation!
We Walk by Faith Survey Results
Parish Self-Assessment Report
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Celebration of Eucharist
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SUNDAY
Saturday, 5:30pm Sunday, 7:45am, 9:30am, 11:30am, 5:30pm
WEEKDAY
Monday, 12:15pm Wednesday, 8:30am Thursday, 12:15 pm
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Reconciliation
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Saturday, 4:00-5:00pm
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Morning Prayer
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Tuesday, 7:30 - 8:00am Thursday, 7:30 - 8:00am
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Joining The Parish
New parishioners are asked to attend an Orientation to receive information and registration forms. Upcoming meetings: Tuesday, March 9, at 7pm and Sunday, March 28, after the 11:30am mass. For more information, call the office, 527-1037.
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