The new Archbishop is to be installed on April 3, 2025. We will present our request to him this summer and we expect it to be acted on fairly quickly, (maybe this summer) with the meeting with the presbyteral council. Then we will plan to recommend a start date for our canonical unification to take effect. We are planning for about July 1, 2026 (the start of a new fiscal year).

There are 57 families of parishes in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. 3 have already gone through it. 10 do not have to go through it at all. This Beacons of Light plan was originally a 5 year plan (see Beacons of Light link above). We are thinking it will take us 4 years.

Fr. Fox will be reviewing less paperwork, and do less digging into more details. Budgeting will be easier. Right now we have three parallel budgets and shared costs, etc. There has been a lot of time focused on canonical unification so we can spend our time on other topics as well (maybe have our own Eucharistic year). Due to Beacons of Light the number of direct reports to a pastor has decreased. Father Romanello (Previous Pastor of Our Lady of Good Hope and St. Henry) had 26 reports, now Father Fox has 7 direct reports.

The envelope will have clear boxes that you can check on your envelopes (they are being designed today actually!) You can also designate your gifts online and the funds will follow there as well.

We have a little bit of a unique situation. The St. John Paul II Parish will own the buildings. The Archbishop does, however, hold the property in a trust and we do need to notify him when we are selling or buying property. However, the decision does make his way to him and we should notify him.