Thanks Ann for inviting me to be able to post to this great resource. I hope you don't come to regret that decision. Ha!
I have a spreadsheet I put together for my family to keep track of church times of local churches since we are a bit more like "Roaming Catholics" lately rather than "Roman Catholics" (and since the kids' schedules aren't always predictable). I thought I would share that resource with the group since it should help everyone. I put it together about 6 months ago so please let me know if any times are inaccurate. I took the information you posted on this blog about church websites and locations and started adding them to the spreadsheet using hyperlinks (just click on the name of the church and you are taken to the church website; just click on the church location and you will be taken to a Google Map of the location). I have only done those you have blogged about so far. Hopefully I will have time to fill in the rest later.
Please let me know if there are any churches anyone would like me to add or if there are any ideas on how to improve the spreadsheet (for example we could put fish fries in here). Thanks again for setting this up.
Good idea.
ReplyDeleteDan, I think that, particularly if you can enter a hyperlink for each church web site, the fish fry information would thus be available, though some may find it simpler if the fish fry info is just listed on your spread sheet. Some churches such as St Albert the Great have regular soup suppers and that difference might be interesting to some. I'm also thinking, or wondering, if it would be better when we are planning on going to a specific fish fry or dinner to simply e-mail Jane Flannigan for instance, or is that a function that this blog can serve? Thanks, Joe Rethmeier
ReplyDeleteDan, Another thought just came up! Perhaps it would be nice to have an indication of how far the churches are from MHT in the spread sheet?! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteFish Fry: I think the idea about posting the Fish Frys is to designate the "pick of the week" — a fish fry where those who are available and willing can connect, rather than just listing which churches are having fish frys. I'm not sure whose doing the picking but those who meet for Adult Faith Formation on Sundays are fairly vocal about fish frys and many other things. :-) It's up to everyone to help spread the word and I will continue to post information on the MHT Facebook page.
ReplyDeleteChoirs: I just saw the spreadsheet — wow that's awesome! Does anyone have information about choirs? I know that many of our former choir members are searching for choirs — perhaps that would be a small and intimate choir somewhat like the one at MHT. While doing your church search, it would be helpful to many if information about the choir (size, style, formal, contemporary, etc) could be included.
ReplyDeleteNote: I made an error with respect to the church that has soup suppers in Lent - it is St Thomas the Apostle rather than St Albert the Great - Sorry about that!
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