PASTORAL PLAN

At the diocesan convocation in 1994, eighty delegates representing all the local Catholic ministries met in a convocation to help outline a five-year pastoral plan for the Diocese of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands. Two and a half years into that plan, Bishop George Murry, SJ, is publishing Vision and Mission, to be distributed in all Catholic parishes, schools and agencies this month. The document reviews recent pastoral initiatives and outlines future pastoral goals.

BISHOP MURRAY'S OCTOBER 2006 PUBLIC SCHEDULE

Sunday, October 1, 9:00 and 11:00 a.m., Mass, Holy Cross Church, St. Croix.

Saturday, October 14, 5:00 p.m., Mass, St. Anne Chapel, St. Thomas.

Sunday, October 15, 7:00 and 10:00 a.m., Mass, Holy Family Church, St. Thomas.

Monday, October 16, 8:00 a.m., Visit, St. Mary School, St. Croix.

Monday, October 16, Noon, Visit, St. Patrick School, St. Croix.

Monday, October 16, 3:30 p.m., Visit, Bethlehem House for the Homeless, St. Croix.

Friday, October 20, 3:00 p.m., Visit, Bethlehem House for the Homeless, St. Thomas.

Saturday, October 21, 10:00 a.m., Ordination of Jesuit candidates to the diaconate, Jesuit School of Theology, Berkeley, California.

The Most Reverend George V. Murry, SJ Bishop of the Diocese of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands

APPOINTMENTS

Bishop George Murry, SJ, has assigned a Parochial Vicar and appointed a Director of the Diaconate and a Director of Vocations.

Fr. Henrique Schulterbrandt, CSsR, is Parochial Vicar at St. Patrick Church on St. Croix, effective September 1. Fr. Schulterbrandt was born on St. Thomas and most recently was stationed at Vieux Fort, St. Lucia. He served as a brother and as a deacon at St. Patrick Church from 1978 to 1987, and was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Elliott Thomas at the parish in 1994.

Very Rev. Neil Scantlebury is Director of Vocations, effective October 1. Fr. Scantlebury continues as Rector of Ss. Peter and Paul Cathedral on St. Thomas.

Fr. John Mark is Director of the Diaconate, effective October 1. Fr.

Mark will oversee the ministries of the twenty-seven deacons serving the diocese and the formation program for deacon candidates. He continues as Parochial Vicar at Ss. Peter and Paul Cathedral and Director of Hispanic Ministry on St. Thomas.

BISHOP MEETS WITH MEMBERS OF RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES

Bishop George Murry, SJ, and Msgr. Jerome Feudjio, Vicar for Priests and Religious, met with the members of the religious communities serving in the Diocese of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands at the Blessed Peter Donders Residence on St. Croix on September 9. Bishop Murry and Msgr. Feudjio listened to the concerns of the religious and asked them how the diocese can better assist them in carrying out their ministries.

Participants represented the Dominican Daughters of the Immaculate Mother, Missionaries of Charity, Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Oblates of St. Francis de Sales, Redemptorists, Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth, Sisters of the Good Shepherd, Society of Jesus and West Indian Franciscans.

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