There was a meeting of the Pastoral Council members from Immaculate Heart of Mary church along with members from St. Nicholas church in Millvale, St. Anthony church in Troy Hill and St. Patrick/St. Stanislaus church in the Strip this past week. The purpose of this meeting was to present a new proposal in the Diocese to form a new Grouping of these parishes into what is being referred to as a Shrine Grouping. These four Shrines will be under a new clergy team of an administrator and two parochial vicars yet to be named. This proposal has been rumored but only now is being made public in the Diocese and therefore can now be spoken about and can begin take shape. What this means is that IHM, in becoming part of this new Grouping, will, as of some date yet to be determined, no longer be a part of the Grouping of SMG and OLA. We have made some good strides in bringing folks together in our three parishes and, even though IHM will become part of a new Grouping, hopefully some of the bonds that have been forged will continue to bear fruit for the Church in our area for the future. There will be much more about this development in future bulletins and inserts.