Please Vote!

Many of you know that I spent three years as a manager with the Notre Dame Band, an institution I still love dearly. At the moment the band is in a competition sponsored by CBS and if they win they receive $25,000 for the band. The competition is for the best compilation of the Hawaii Five-O theme song by a marching band. Please cast your vote for the Band of the Fighting Irish. Here is the link to vote:

http://promotions.mardenkane.com/cbs/marchingbandmania/index.cfm?yt=7dxrBbyKZ3A

And here is the Band's Performance:

Rectory Update

As many of you know, the rectory here at St. John Vianney has been under renovation since I got here in mid July.  However things are starting to shape up and we are nearing the end.  The construction is finish, as well as the plumbing, electrical, and HVAC.  The painting is in progress and the tiling should begin tomorrow.  I decided to take a quick video of the building today before the tiling began so I could walk through the whole building.  Here it is:

Back in Phoenix

The new kitchen and dining room, the door leads to the new chapel.

After Final Vows/ Diaconate weekend I returned on Monday to the parish where I was met with some substantial progress on our new rectory.  Over my three weeks at Notre Dame, the plumbing and electrical wiring was completed, dry wall was completed, windows were installed, and wall texturing begun.  Now the work is handed over to our parish volunteers, who have graciously agreed to paint the walls and tile the floors.  If all goes according to plan, we should be in the renovated rectory by the end of September. 

View of the living room from the kitchen.

The new chapel

At the parish, September also brings the return of many programs that had taken a break over the summer.  I am still slowly getting to know the multitude of different groups involved in our parish.

Lastly I have been asked to reflect on my experience here at St. John Vianney on yet another blog, the CSC Vocations Blog where I will have a column on the first Friday of every month.  Feel free to check it out!


That's about it for now, the next few days brings the regular parish routine, RCIA meeting, baptismal prep classes, and of course Save Environment Training, but of course, I'll take a break on Saturday to watch the Notre Dame game!

Go Irish!  Beat Boilermakers!