Message from Msgr Ted;

Two significant milestones in my life this year. October 24, 2024 was the 75th anniversary of my birth. Priests are required to submit an official “retirement letter” to our Archbishop at that time. When I did so, blessedly Archbishop Rozanski granted my request to remain at ICD as Pastor on a year to year basis after next summer. May 24, 2025 will be the 50th anniversary of my ordination to priesthood. In connection with these milestones, I have been doing some reflections of gratitude over these years. The 5:00 PM Mass on Saturday, May 24 at ICD will be a Mass of Thanksgiving for fifty years of blessings as a priest. Some parishioners have shared that they would enjoy hearing these reflections so I am scheduling a series of gatherings where I might share these reflections in an informal setting. So I plan to share these “Golden Anniversary Musings and Lessons” in a series of eight sessions this Spring leading up to the celebration on May 24. Each session will be about ninety minutes, approximately thirty minutes of my reflections, thirty minutes of Q&A/dialog, and thirty minutes of informal conversation with light refreshments.