{"id":210,"date":"2010-05-23T16:58:22","date_gmt":"2010-05-23T20:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/?p=210"},"modified":"2010-05-23T20:41:25","modified_gmt":"2010-05-24T00:41:25","slug":"the-bishop-called","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.renewaloffaith.org\/blog\/the-bishop-called\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bishop Called"},"content":{"rendered":"

On June 30th of this year I will celebrate the third anniversary of my ordination to the priesthood.\u00a0 It has been a good three years and I truly enjoy serving as a priest.\u00a0 There have been difficult moments both professionally and personally but I know <\/em>that God has been\u00a0with me through all of it.\u00a0 So I look forward to continuing to serve the Lord and all his people as an ordained Roman Catholic priest.<\/p>\n

But\u00a0with three years complete it is time to move to a new assignment.\u00a0\u00a0With that in mind I have been waiting to receive my new assignment.\u00a0 On Friday, Bishop Clark called me to assign me to Our Lady of the Lakes parish in Penn Yan as the parochial vicar.\u00a0 The pastor there is Fr. Bob Ring.\u00a0 The main office is located at St. Michael’s in Penn Yan but it is a group of five churches.\u00a0 In addition to St. Michael’s the others are St. Theresa’s in Stanley, St. Patrick’s in Prattsburgh, St. Mary’s in Rushville, and St. Januarius in Naples.\u00a0 It also includes the area of Dundee where St. Andrew’s is but St. Andrew’s recently closed.<\/p>\n

At this time I do not know\u00a0a lot about the parish but what I do know looks to be a positive experience.\u00a0 When I announced at my current assignment this weekend that I will be going to Our Lady of the Lakes, several of the parishioners said they are familiar with St. Michael’s from visits to Keuka Lake and they always enjoyed going to church there.\u00a0 Certainly, the Finger Lakes is a beautiful place to live.<\/p>\n

While five churches will certainly be a very different experience than being at one parish in Elmira, I look forward to the experience and the opportunity for growth.\u00a0 The purpose of changing the assignment of newly ordained priests after three years is give us different experiences early in our priesthood.\u00a0 With that in mind, I see my new assignment to Our Lady of the Lakes to help me continue to grow in service to the Lord.<\/p>\n

The one thing I know for a fact <\/em>is that as I begin this new assignment on June 29th, the Lord will continue to be with me.\u00a0 Through the Holy Spirit the Lord will always give me the strength, wisdom, and courage to serve him as a faithful priest.<\/p>\n

Peace,<\/p>\n

Fr. Jeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On June 30th of this year I will celebrate the third anniversary of my ordination to the priesthood.\u00a0 It has been a good three years and I truly enjoy serving as a priest.\u00a0 There have been difficult moments both professionally and personally but I know that God has been\u00a0with me through all of it.\u00a0 So …<\/p>\n

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