Hi, it's me again! June 5th was my last post. I apologize for that. Now that's what I call a vacation... from blogging that is. Oh well. :)
Since my last post, a great many things have happened. Good news and also tough news. For the last 3 1/2 years, I have served as Associate Pastor at Saint Alphonsus Liguori Catholic Church in Zionsville, IN. I cannot begin to share how blessed I was for those years in Zionsville. Next to my hometown of Carmel, Indiana, I can honestly say that I love Zionsville. What an awesome place to live! I can't forget to mention how awesome the people of Zionsville are. I will definitely miss them!
Well, God had in mind for me to not get too comfortable. Bishop Doherty sent me a letter a number of months ago reassigning me to be the Director for Catholic Mission at St. Theodore Guerin High School/Guerin Catholic High School in Noblesville, IN and to live residence at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in Noblesville, IN.
So far so so good! As we say with the YOUTH... God is good, all the time... and All the time, God is good! The Guerin Catholic High School community has been very welcoming to me. Additionally, the parishioners of Our Lady of Grace (including the wonderful pastor Fr. Tom Metzger and new associate pastor Fr. Christopher Shocklee) have also given me a nice new home. I am blessed and thankful for this new opportunity.
Two weeks ago, life at Guerin Catholic High School changed in a wonderful way when the students returned to school on Tuesday August 16th. A few days prior to that, I found myself a year older (36 years). I hope the Frassati Society of Young Adult Catholics will still let me hang out with them (their age group is 18-35 year olds). I hear that priests get an extension on age, so I should be good to go for a few more years.
Finally, I will leave you with a link to a wonderful parting article that was written prior to me leaving Saint Alphonsus Liguori. I share it to simply express how thankful I am to have served at such a marvelous parish with such a marvelous friend/mentor/pastor Fr. O'Keeffe. Here it is.
God bless you and I will be blogging more in the coming weeks... keep me accountable!
Fr. Joshua (at Guerin Catholic HS - Fr. Janko)
