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Below are ‘Nods to priests who have made a favorable impression in someone’s life. It’s important to let our priests know they are appreciated, respected, and supported.
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Fr Michael Schuetz
I wanted to acknowledge you Father for the steady way you’ve shown up in parish life, doing the kind of priestly work that doesn’t always get attention but carries people through real moments of their lives. In your preaching, in the sacraments, and in the simple rhythm of being present to a community, there’s a sense of grounded care that helps make faith feel close and lived rather than distant or abstract. Thank you for the way you’ve taken on the quiet responsibility of parish ministry—celebrating Mass, hearing confessions, walking with families in both joy and struggle—and for doing it with a spirit that feels centered and sincere. Priests like you remind people that the Church is still held together in the everyday consistency of men who keep showing up, and that kind of faithfulness matters more than it often gets named.
Lisa
Fr. Dalton Rogers
Canon Jean Baptiste Commins
A thank you to Father Jean-Baptiste Commins for the way he lives his priesthood so fully—both in the quiet of the altar and in the unexpected moments of real life that most of us would never be ready for. He is, in every sense, a bridge between the sacred and the everyday. One moment you are offering the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, and the next you are stepping into the chaos of the neighborhood with courage, presence, and a sense of responsibility that feels deeply rooted in Christ Himself. What stays with me most is that you never separate who you are as a priest from where you are as a man in the community. Whether it’s the altar at St. Joseph Shrine or the streets just outside it, your ministry doesn’t stop—it simply moves where it is needed. Thank you, Father, for reminding us that the Church is not only something we enter, but something that goes out into the world with us.
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