Dear New Parishioners:

If you are new to the area or looking for a Catholic faith community call home your are invited to register as parishioners of St. Gertrude's Church.

While your for the most part your lived experience as parishioner of St. Gertrude's will be with the particular community of people who assemble for the Sunday 9am Mass, by registering at St. Gertrude's you are also formally connected to the world wide Catholic Church.

By registering at St. Gertrude's families "get on the radar" so to speak of the parish office and will receive any annual letters that go out to all parishioners. Your family may receive notices about upcoming events for men, women and children. Of course you will receive the traditional St. Gertrude's Christmas gift that all registered families receive. This gift of us to you is a box of giving envelops. (Hey I want you to know what your getting into). Entire families may be registered at St. Gertrude's. Non-Catholic spouses or children need not formally join the Catholic faith to be registered. If God puts it in your heart join the sacramental life of the Roman Catholic faith we at St. Gertrude's can help with that process. However we will always respect you conscience.

We at saint Gertrude's are not perfect Christians and we don't expect perfection from new members. We strive to be the concrete, real and recognizable presence of Christian our corner of the world. Our hope is by intentionally and publicly striving to be a community where the Holy Spirit is active in our souls, relationships and worship, we will hear on the day of judgment welcome into my kingdom good and faithful servants.

Mike McNeil

Pastoral Administrator