11/15/20 New Parish Name Submission Deadline

November 15, 2021


New Parish Name Submission Deadline


Dear Parishioners,

Greetings in the Lord, who has done great things for us!

We need your input with is the new name of our one parish. Bishop Zubik is asking for input from all of us as he prayerfully selects a new name for our new parish. The name can be a canonized Saint, it can be a title of our Lord or a title of our Lady. It can be an event in the life of our Lord or an event in the life of our Lady. It cannot be one of the names of our 4 parishes, but an important point to remember is that the parish will have one new name, but the 4 church buildings retain their names given them when they were built and dedicated.

Please prayerfully consider what name might be appropriate for our newly-merged parish. What name will best express our identity as one parish Community? We ask that you share your suggestion with us and also give us a brief explanation as to why you are suggesting that particular name.

An online name submission form is available here on our website to make it even easier to submit name suggestions as well if you prefer.

If you prefer, in the bulletin you will find a form for your use in this endeavor or you can download and print the same document by clicking the 'Update Letter & Name Submission Form' button below.)  You are welcome to complete, detach and drop it into the basket along with (or even placed inside) your Sunday offering envelope.

Only one parish name submission per parishioner.  The final submission deadline has been extended to Sunday, November 22, 2020 at 11:59PM.

We will collate the suggestions and share the list of the top 20 names we will take forward in the process, and then submit our top 20 names to Bishop Zubik. We will include more details on the process in the next week's bulletin as well.


Yours in Christ,
Fr. Jean-Luc Zagroda, OSB
MACH1 Parish Grouping Administrator Pro Tem