On Ash Wednesday, the reading from the Gospel of Matthew, presents us with the three pillars of Lent: almsgiving, prayer, and fasting. We are reminded by Jesus himself that any good deeds, prayer and fasting that we do ought to be performed/completed in a quiet, unassuming manner…not done for show or praise. Go to the Busted Halo Fast/Pray/Give calendar at lent.bustedhalo.com to find daily suggestions (the Daily Jolt and MicroChallenge) on how to live the Lenten pillars.

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This weekend, I am happy to welcome our new Director of Music and Organist, Krishan Oberoi, to St. Mary Parish. Last October, I invited five parishioners to help me form a search committee for our next Director of Music and Organist.

Our first order of business was to create a job description and a job opening ad. After posting the ad, I received many applications, and from those applications, the committee and I invited four applicants for an interview.

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