Wonder what ever became of Father Phelan?
Nice looking building.
Posted on 04/03/2006 9:18:19 PM PDT by Cato1
Welcome Message from Fr. Steve Meriwether
Welcome to Most Holy Redeemer! Dedicated in 1901 and Rededicated in 1999, MHR has weathered two major earthquakes and the twentieth century's most profound social and demographic changes. Today it is more vibrant than ever: a church for the twenty-first century.
What is it that keeps this parish so full of faithfulness and vitality? It is a gift no less exalted for being as common as rain or the air we breathe: the love of God, showered down on all of us equally, but with a special promise for the pioneer, the outsider, the officially shunned, the angry and wounded, calling us to community, to service, to praise, to thanks and to love.
You will find the good people of our parish old, young, married, gay, lesbian, transgender, affluent, homeless, blue-collar, converts, cradle Catholics, radical, traditional, questioning, fervent. What you're least likely to find here is complacency or indifference. We seem to be a church with no accidental parishioners: everyone singing in our pews or making sandwiches for the poor in our hall is committed to a vision of a better world and a better Church to serve it.
Our liturgies are true celebrations, as you'll see most vividly at our largest gathering, Sundays at 10 a.m. Mass. Our music program is innovative and inspiring. Our outreach efforts work tirelessly to serve the needy, the hungry, the lonely, the spiritually famished. Our education programs for children and adults strive to bring us to a deeper understanding of our faith, our Scriptures and our Catholic traditions. And we do not forget to celebrate and examine ourselves, in parish retreats, parties, dances, coffee hours, concerts, town hall meetings.
It is a privilege to be pastor to this loving community, so alive with faith and good works. On behalf of all of us, I invite you to join us -- to join your own goodness to Most Holy Redeemer's embrace of its mission and of God's people.
Yours,
Fr. Steve
I believe Most Holy Redeemer is the gay parish in the Castro.
Let's all give a big round of applause for that.
I'd like to know who the "officially shunned" are. Shunning seems like such a grass roots activity. It would be way cool to shun with some kind of official imprimatur.
It's the usual cliches and euphemisms; "We're such a wonderful loving community...blah, blah, blah........."
I hate "vibrant" parishes. At least "vibrant" in the sense that it has increasingly come to be used. It's Amchurch-speak for busy, busy activists all working on their pet projects in an atmosphere of theological and liturgical whackiness.
No thanks.
Wonder what ever became of Father Phelan?
Nice looking building.
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