Dear Parish Family, This Sunday we celebrate one of our great saints, St. Francis of Assisi. His prayer is a wonderful prayer for us to pray not only on his feast day but everyday of our lives. It gives us a great bench mark to measure how we are liv-ing our lives according to his way of life. Sisters and brothers we need to be agents of love, for-giveness and peace in our chaotic lives and world. I encourage us to pray this wonderful prayer, so we can make our world a better place and that Jesus will be the Great Shepherd who leads us to eternal life. May God continue to bless us with his strength and courage to build the Kingdom of God here and now!! My love and prayers always.~~Fr. Steve