Deacon's Neil’s Page Alleluia!  He is risen!  We celebrate the feast of the Resurrection and its promise for our own resurrection on the last day.  My prayer is that the parish of Our Lady of Grace will have a spirit-filled celebration of the 50 day period of the Easter season. This will be my last contribution to this web page as I wind down my time as Parish Life Director at Our Lady of Grace.  There are many thoughts that come to mind as I prepare for retirement from active ministry and many wonderful memories that I will carry forth from this parish. My thanks first to God for having given me the strength and health to be able to serve the wonderful people at Our Lady of Grace.  My thanks to Bishop Howard Hubbard for having the confidence in me to allow me this ministerial experience.  My thanks to Father Jack Varno as our Sacramental Minister whose priestly presence has been a great gift to the parish and will continue to be so after my departure.  My thanks to a wonderfully talented and creative staff who have been so supportive of my efforts here.  My thanks to Deacon Frank Thomas and Sister Madeline Powers whose liturgical and spiritual contributions to the parish are inestimable.  My thanks to all those who volunteer to serve our parish as council members, liturgical ministers, catechists, ministers of hospitality and service especially to those less fortunate, and all other ministries present here at Our Lady of Grace. Last but by no means least I wish to thank each member of our parish who have welcomed me and supported me during my tenure.  I only ask that you continue to keep me in prayer as I begin a new phase of my own faith journey.  I will also keep this wonderful parish in my prayers.  Please be as supportive of the new parish leader as you have been with me.  I leave with mixed feelings but especially with a deep sense of gratitude that I have been blessed in my ministry. May God continue to bless the parish of Our Lady of Grace.