<div dir="ltr">thank iyoui John for your facts and concerns. this Sunday be sure to clarify the simplest way to send money to you. Thank you.<div>Dwyer</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Aug 7, 2025 at 12:38 AM John MacMillan via Sundaycommunity <<a href="mailto:sundaycommunity@lists.integralshift.ca">sundaycommunity@lists.integralshift.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:xx-large"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">John MacMillan</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:met191970@gmail.com" target="_blank">met191970@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Aug 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM<br>Subject: <br>To: Sunday Community <<a href="mailto:sundaycommunity@yahoogroups.com" target="_blank">sundaycommunity@yahoogroups.com</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:xx-large"><blockquote type="cite" style="color:rgb(38,40,42);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div><div><div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:xx-large"><div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-left:36pt;text-indent:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">2025-2026 Planning</span></p><br clear="none"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline">At present we expect to start the new year with $238.98. It has been our long-standing policy to meet current expenses; we’ve never had a substantial bank account and don’t plan on having one. But we do need to prepare for two challenges ahead.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline">We have become dependent on fewer priests, all of whom have other commitments. In 2023 – 2024, we had priests for 44 masses; this year we had priests for 39 Sundays: others were lay-led. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline">We begin in September with $238.98, with fewer members to support us. We’re all getting older! Our expenses average $500 per month, or $6,000 per year.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline">What will be our direction this year? Among the possibilities are:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline">New priests. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline">New members. We’ve never been widely known. How many people would join if they knew us?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline">Increased giving by some or all of our current contributors.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline">Lay led liturgies more often.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline">Have mass less often.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline">Please pray and think about the direction(s) which fits us best. I’ll mention it on August 10th and will hopefully write up the community feedback before the first Mass in September.</span></p><br clear="none"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline">John</span></p><div></div><div><br clear="none"></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div>
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