Road to Renewal Updates

We continue to pray that the Holy Spirit guides us on our Diocese of Buffalo initiative of the Road to Renewal. This has been a topic of discussions and implementation for the past two years and we are making great strides in creating a cohesiveness between our Family of Parishes:  All Saints, Immaculate Conception, St Brendan on the Lake and St John’s.

Three Pastors have been assigned by the Bishop to minister collaboratively and they are now called Priests-In-Solidum (working as one unified team) to these four parishes.  In practice, it will be done on a rotating basis among parishes.  They will work under the direction and guidance of Fr. Matt Nycz, one of the three, who has recently joined our Family of Parishes and who will serve as Family Moderator. We currently have representatives from each parish that gather to discuss and implement procedures on what is called the “Six Pillars of Church Life.” They are:

• Liturgy
• Spiritual Life
• Forming Disciples
• Outreach/Inreach
• Stewardship
• Administration

There were two people chosen from each parish for each of these categories.  Our sincere thanks to these individuals who have given freely of their time for the betterment of our Faith Family.  We look forward to keeping you up-to-date with the progress of the pillars in the coming weeks.

For more information, check out Road to Renewal