As the gift-giving season is winding down and thank-you season is winding up, I want to say a huge “Thank You!” to all those people who so generously sent me Christmas cards, cookies and candy, and other presents, ranging from cash and gift cards to goodies from my wishlist. I don’t have addresses for everyone, but I will send written thank-you notes as soon as I can to as many people as I can.
I am thankful above all to God for giving me such great family, friends, and parishioners (past and present). The gifts are great, but more important is the love, generosity, and appreciation they reveal. I will remember you all in a Mass of thanksgiving early in the new year.
Merry Christmas (it’s not over yet!) and Happy New Year!
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About Fr Matthew Green
Currently parochial vicar at Holy Family Parish, on Cape Ann (serving the churches of St. Ann, St. Joachim, and St. Anthony). I moved to the area in early August '11, and am very happy to be in such a welcoming community and beautiful location!
One of my hobbies is photography. You can see my photos
on Flickr and buy prints of some of them
on Fine Art America.
I am a daily contributor to
GoodMorningGloucester (GMG for short), a blog by and about the community of Gloucester specifically and Cape Ann in general. The content is diverse, ranging from the beautiful and sublime to the earthy and occasionally offensive. I hope my contributions are of the former kind, not the latter. So, while I cannot endorse all the content that is posted there, I am grateful to Joey (the founder and admin of the blog) for giving me space to make my contribution.
I also have my own blog,
Perpetual Learner, which mostly includes my homilies and some re-posts from GMG, but also sometimes has other content, such as my personal reflections, videos I like, etc.
Father Matthew…We thank you for so generously giving of your time, attention, concern for the people,catholic and non-catholic, of Holy Family parish . We should name you…theGood shepherd of Cape Ann. May God grant you the strength to continue your good works,especially with the Brazilian community..Happy New Year.Charlene