Goodbye from Fr. Umberg

It is with some sadness and ambivalence that I will be moving into my new assignment at the end of this week. This assignment to your family of parishes was a very impactful one for my life as a priest. I hope and pray that my liturgical ministry, my administration, and my leadership here have had some positive impact on you. The job of a shepherd is to lead the flock, and I hope I have helped to guide you in some way toward faith’s goal: your eternal salvation in Heaven.

Thanks to everyone who gave me a kind or encouraging word (or abstained from an impatient word) during my time here. Thanks, also, to all who gave farewell cards (to those who gave farewell gifts, I plan to give individual acknowledgements). Please pray for me, at least on occasion. I will pray for you. God bless you all!

--Fr. Umberg