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Dear
Parishioner:
The
Parish Council has chosen to identify ourselves as "A Parish with a Family
Perspective." We define family as an intimate community of persons bound
together by blood, marriage, or adoption, for the whole of life. In our
Catholic tradition, the family proceeds from marriage-an intimate, exclusive,
permanent, and faithful partnership of husband and wife. The family is
therefore not a collection of individuals, but a living and developing system
whose members are essentially interconnected. This, therefore, includes the
single, married, divorced, separated, and widowed persons.
The
challenge in our society comes from the fact that diversity in structure,
economic status, special needs, ethnic and religious heritages and the
influence of societal trends affect the roles and activities of families today.
Partnerships, therefore, need to be formed between families and institutions
that share family responsibilities. This is what religions and parishes are all
about. We want to support family life in all its variations. We look forward to
growing in faith together.
Sincerely,
Rev. Patrick D. Ryan, Pastor
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