What a blessing it is to be in a parish where parish council members make themselves available on the second Sunday of the month (at all the weekend Masses) to listen to questions, comments, suggestions and concerns that you, our parishioners, have about any area of ministry that happens here in this parish. This input is then brought to the parish council meetings for discussion. A Council member then speaks back to the person who gave the input with the result of the Council's discussions. This back and forth communication is helpful and hopefully fruitful for all those involved in this interchange and for the parish. I would ask that anyone who communicates with me through the mail will give me the opportunity to communicate back with you, by signing your name to the letter you send to me. I want to respond and dialogue with anyone who shares with me their thoughts and feelings about anything I have said or done. Thanks for giving me this consideration and know that anything we talk about will be held in strict confidence.