More moves afoot

A bit closer to home ... we received the most recent list of clergy appointments today via the normal channels. With paper in hand, having been belched from the fax machine, and still hot off the presses, the information is also freshly added to the Diocesan website.

Included in this round of appointments:

• the pastor of Saint Jerome's parish, located in Sault Ste. Marie, is moving down the street to take up residence and responsibility for the operation of the Cathedral of the Precious Blood, his predecessor having retired from active ministry last month at age 81;
• the pastor of Saint Gregory's parish, also located in Sault Ste. Marie, will move to the other side of the city to assume pastoral responsibility for Saint Jerome's; and
• the pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows (Sturgeon Falls) and Holy Spirit (Garden Village) will move back home to Sault Ste. Marie to take his post as pastor of Saint Gregory's parish.

All these most-recently published moves are scheduled to take effect after the New Year, effectively giving those affected some time to say their goodbyes, and to celebrate Christmas with the parishioners they have grown to know (and love) in the past number of years.

Word on the street in Sault Ste. Marie is already very positive.