News from St. Michael's Parish

I'm low on pictures these days, but a quick parish update...

Two Sundays ago, Rita asked me to lead Liturgy of the Word; last week, she asked me to lead the entire service.  It went well both times.   Both times, I led one or two hymns in English, and one of the local teachers led the rest in Yup'ik.  The only time so far I've heard the language used.  We had 16 each Sunday, and a nice coffee hour afterwards each time.  Church has been a very positive place for me here, which I wasn't sure would be a possibility.

On Friday, the other Catholic teacher and I said the Rosary at church in the evening.  This Sunday, we publicized it and there was a lot of interest, so we'll do it again this week.

I have to get to the post office before it closes, so I'l sign off now.

I will say, though, that the first two days of school have gone fairly well, and that today was an improvement over yesterday.

I'll work on getting some pictures taken of the school soon so I can show off my new place!

AMDG

Tim