Today is my final day as your pastor and my heart is filled with gratitude for these very rich and full ten years at Our Lady of Lourdes. This time spent with you on our journey of faith and with our gracious God has been a gift I will not soon forget. I had the opportunity today to pray in our beautiful church and to thank God for our community of faith and for our historic church in which was have together worshipped the living God. As I depart, I would like to call your attention briefly to a number of important items ...

At the same time, the last ten years have also marked a period where the Lourdes community has done extensive outreach to those on the margins - supporting important ministries and partnerships, including the Tijuana mission, Abria, and John Paul II Catholic School. I thank all of those who have been a part of this outreach …