Father Boase's Monthly Message

Father's Monthly Message

July 2011

Dear Friends,

First of all, a very big thank-you to Margaret Engelmann for all her hard work in preparation for the recent Open House at St. Paul’s. Certainly this required much research, and we are now in the happy position of having far more information than previously about the history of St. Paul’s. Some of the displays are still in place in church, and we hope to have all the photographs and some other materials available again for the Festival Weekend. Thanks also to all those who helped in any way with the Open House, giving freely of their time and welcoming visitors.

The next event in our year-long celebration of the 175th Anniversary of the Founding of St. Paul’s is, of course, the Festival Weekend itself on Saturday 9th July and Sunday 10th July. Letters of invitation have been sent and we are asked to respond to the invitation to the Festival Dinner by July 5th. Please notify the parish office as soon as you can if you are able to come, for we need to notify numbers to the Holiday Inn and no reservations can be made after July 5th. Checks should be made payable to The Episcopal Parish of Alton with the memo Festival Dinner, and please note that children are free. We also need to know numbers for the Brunch, provided by the Guild of Grace, after the Festival Mass on the Sunday morning.

We will be welcoming Bishop Daniel and his wife Brenda, together with Bishop Roger White and his wife Pru, both to the dinner and to the Festival Mass on the Sunday morning and we hope for excellent attendances at both events.

Yours sincerely,

Fr. David