Busy TIme

I have got to finish the last bit of paperwork, etc.  before ordination.  It was more than I anticipated but necessary.  Things like:

• Written permission for the Archdiocese to conduct another background check;
• Review and certify completion of "Safe Environments" program ( a program to identify, prevent and report the abuse of vulnerable populations [i.e. children, etc.]);
• Letter to the Archbishop requesting assignment to my home parish;
• Meetings with my pastor to:
• Develop a parish contract (i.e. what my ministerial assignments will be at the Church);
• Coordinate the submittal of a letter from my pastor to the Archbishop requesting that I be assigned to my home parish (hope this is a gimme!);
• Sending out tickets to the ordination (these are hard to come by);
• Finalizing and practicing my first homily; and
• Helping with plans for the pre-ordination family dinner, post-ordination open house and first Mass.

I know I am forgetting something

Karen and I will need to find some time to spend with our Lord.

M