Weekly Update from Fr. van Dooren 11.13.26

Dear members and friends of our parish family,
 
Blessings to you, and greetings from the Annual Diocesan Convention!  The bishops, priests, deacons, and parish delegates are gathering in White Plains for our yearly meeting.
 
Our own Fr. Patrick serves as Chancellor of the Diocese, and will be working alongside the bishop all weekend.  Nanci Blaisdell is our delegate who will represent us well.  Thank you Fr. Patrick and Nanci! 
 
Then Bishop Heyd will leave convention to join all of us on Sunday morning for Confirmation, Reception, and Reaffirmation!  Most bishops would be seeking a lawn chair the day after convention,  but not our bishop!  We’ll make him feel welcomed and won’t make him do too many genuflections.  
 
Please make every effort to join us this Sunday in support of eight parishioners who will be renewing their faith!  It is such an important day in the life of the parish. Thank you!

We will celebrate our monthly Spanish mass this Sunday at 5:00pm.  All are welcomed. 
 
We are continuing our annual Pledge/Stewardship campaign for the upcoming fiscal year, 2027.  Thank you all who have already make your pledge commitment!  Click here to view our pledge site. 
 
We will have a said mass in the Family chapel on Thanksgiving Day (Thursday, November 26) at 11:00am. We are usually few in number, but we have a great time of worship and fellowship. 
 
Notice is hereby given of the 178th Annual Parish Meeting of the Church of the Transfiguration to be held in the nave of the church on the Second Sunday of Advent, December 6, 2026 following the 11:00 am mass. We ask that all who attend the mass in person on this day are members of the church so we can reach a quorum. Our yearly “family meeting” as a parish is when we hear the State of the Union of our congregation and elect fellow parishioners to serve on vestry, the governing board of the parish.
Pursuant to Article II, Section 1 of the Parish By-Laws, Our nominating committee has proposed the following slate of nominees who have lovingly agreed to serve on the vestry:
For Warden: Ann Ravenstine
For the Vestry: Matthew Sava, Elizabeth Carr and James (Jim) Murphy
 
Thank you so dearly for your generosity and response to our restoration of the St. Joseph of Arimathea Chapel.   How privileged we are to have stewardship of this treasured and historical space!  Scaffolding is up, and the large Transfiguration window will soon be removed for restoration.  So we’ll look a little ragged for the winter months before the dazzling completion.  Click here to read more about this current project. 

The Holy Rosary will be prayed in the Family chapel at 9:30am this Sunday.  We will pray the Joyful mysteries.      

We continue to live-stream each Sunday’s mass at 11:00am, and a link is sent out each Sunday morning at 8:00am.  We live-stream on Facebook and YouTube. Click here to email the parish office if you would like to pray the morning and evening offices with us by Zoom. 

Thank you for your continued faith, support, and love for the parish.  

Fides Opera

With loving wishes,
Fr. van Dooren