St. Bonaventure was open for the summer season on July 5th.for
the 9:00 a.m. Sunday Mass. We had a great attendance and all were very happy
to be back in our Country Church with our summer families, enjoying the
beautiful music provided by Mary Hanson, Laura Gallivan, Lori Young, Merri-
Lee Hanson and Anne O'Halloran. 
St. Joseph's Catholic Church sits majestically on a knoll in the center of
our community. Whether we drive by, stop to say a prayer or place flowers
on a family member's grave, this church is part of our Heritage. Mass is
only held in our church two or three times a year but enjoyed by everyone
who attends. Traditionally mass is held Newburg Day and New Year's Eve,
with perhaps another mass when we hold one of our meetings for the St. Joseph's Cemetery Association.
Lent is a season that calls us:
to fast from discontent and to feast on gratitude;
to fast from anger and to feast on patience;
to fast from bitterness and to feast on forgiveness;
to fast from self-concern and to feast on compassion;
to fast from discouragement and to feast on hope;
to fast from laziness and to feast on commitment;
to fast from complaining and to feast on acceptance;
to fast from lust and to feast on respect;
to fast from prejudice and to feast on understanding;
to fast from resentment and to feast on reconciliation;
to fast from lies and to feast on the truth;
to fast from wasted time and to feast on honest work;
to fast from grimness and to feast on joy;
to fast from suspicion and to feast on trust;
to fast from idle talk and to feast on prayer and silence;
to fast from guilt and to feast on the mercy of God.
- William Ward
