Welcome Mother Olga and Sisters!

We welcome Mother Olga and seven Sisters from the Daughters of Mary of Nazareth religious community in Boston this week to our parish.  They will arrive on Monday and get settled into the diocesan house (the old St. Michael’s convent) where they will stay. The evangelization work and parish mission will begin on Tuesday morning.  

I would like to request that every parishioner be a part of this event in at least one way.  

• Some will be able to drive the sisters around the neighborhood in their car or golf cart, as the sisters visit people in the Tybee Community. 
• Some can help by preparing and filling the spiritual gift bags which will be given to every family we visit.  
• Some will be able to attend one or more of the mission talks at 6:00 p.m. each night or serve in some way.  
• Some will be able to interact with the sisters before or after the daily 8:00 a.m. Mass. 
• Some of our parishioners are helping with food preparation for the sisters for the evening meal.  
• Some are homebound and not able to physically attend but can watch the presentations on live stream. 
• Some are helping with the set up for the 11:00 a.m. Sunday mass on the pier in honor of St. Michael the Archangel, our patron.  
• Some are sick and can offer up their prayers and sufferings for the spiritual effectiveness of the mission week. 
• Invite a person who is sick and bring them with you on the healing night, Thursday 6 p.m.
•  Invite a person who is struggling with faith and bring them with you on Tuesday or Wednesday night at 6 p.m.
• Some may be able to contribute a monetary gift so that the parish can give the Sisters a stipend for their generous presence and work here on Tybee Island. This can be done easily by dropping your donations in a basket at the evening sessions with the sisters or by online giving.  
• And there will be many other opportunities to serve.  

After all the masses this weekend, there will be a table set up on the patio in front of the Church, for people to ask questions, to find a way to serve the mission this week and to sign up.  There will be a person on our planning committee present outside and they will have more ideas for every parishioner to find a way to be a part of the mission in at least one way!  

Finally, Mother Olga will introduce herself and the Sisters through a video this Sunday at all the Masses, so this will give us all a better idea of what to expect. 

Schedule Changes to note for the mission week: 

Weekday Masses Monday, September 30^th through Friday October 4^th will be at 8:00 a.m. (no Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Mass). 

Please note that there is no 8:00 a.m. Mass next Sunday at St. Michael’s Church.  There will be the normal Saturday 5:00 p.m. Mass but we are canceling the Sunday 8:00 a.m. Mass so as to encourage everyone’s presence at the 11:00 a.m. Mass at the pier.   

This annual Mass in honor of our patron, St. Michael the Archangel, is very beautiful looking over the altar of sacrifice to the Atlantic Ocean.  Please do your best to attend.  (We will have golf carts to assist those who are not able to walk up the boardwalk. 

May God bless our evangelization and mission week, and may God bless you.

St. Michael the Archangel, pray for us! 

Fr. Brett Brannen

Pastor