Congratulations to our band on a fabulous concert last week!
Scenes from school
As we prepare to say farewell and God bless to Sr. Mary Elizabeth Karalis, SSJ, who has been our outstanding Director of Religious Education for the past 11 years, I would like to introduce her successor; she is already a very familiar face here.
Shortly after Sr. Mary Elizabeth announced her retirement to the parish staff, Stephanie Twohig came to see me about this position. As most of you surely know, Steph is our parish Youth Minister, teaches our school band members and leads our children’s teen and young adult choirs. Having worked with other youth ministers around the archdiocese, she has learned that other parishes have combined the role of DRE and Youth Minister with great success. She explained that combining these two positions encourages the students in our school and PREP to become involved in our youth ministry program. It immediately made sense to me so we have explored it further and Steph has accepted my offer to become our parish’s first Director of Youth Formation Ministries which will combine the roles of DRE and Youth Minister. She has also agreed to continue to lead the various choirs.
Those of you who already know Steph are very familiar with her boundless energy, beautiful voice, extensive musical abilities, incredible imagination and excellent organizational skills along with her magnetic personality that draws many to her. I am confident that she will be successful in this new role and I ask you to join me in congratulating her as she becomes even more involved in leading our children, youth and young adults ever closer to Jesus Christ and his faith filled community here at St. Katharine of Siena parish.
Reverend Monsignor Hans A.L. Brouwers, Pastor
