Another First Mass Opportunity

From Kathy. Please contact her if you haven't done so already:

I was contacted...by Rev. Mr. Patrick Klekas [above, courtesy of the Diocese of Reno], a transitional deacon, who will be ordained to the priesthood in June.  He has asked us to sing for his first Mass on Saturday, June 15, at 9 AM at Immaculate Conception Church in Sparks. He has heard a lot about us from Fr. Joe Walsh, whose first Mass we sang for last year, and he assures me that, if he is assigned to a local parish (never a sure thing), he will want us around a lot. Mid-June is always a busy time, but I'm asking that you please make a special effort to do this.  It is so important to support any priest who wants the traditional music of the Church.  Will you please let me know of your participation as soon as possible, so that I can give him an answer? Thank you!

Pax Christi, 

Kathy

While we're speaking of the rest of our schedule, unless you hear something to the contrary, it looks like we will not, repeat, not be singing at Our Lady of Tahoe on Saturday, May 11.

Chocolate Carpooling

(The Giant Prospector near the Chocolate Nugget Candy Factory. Photo credit: Denita Graham, RoadsideAmerica.com; HT to Reno-Tahoe Living on Facebook)

We at RPC greatly appreciate the willingness of the Chocolate Nugget Candy Factory to let us use the unpaved portion of their parking lot to facilitate carpooling to nearby Holy Spirit Mission when the church will be crowded for Holy Thursday and Easter Sunday Masses. The only condition is that they ask us not to use the marked, paved spaces right in front of the store, a reasonable request. Perhaps we can repay the Nugget with a purchase or two; they can certainly use the business.

If you're interested in carpooling with another member or members from the choir to HSM, bass Bill Cotter has volunteered to help coordinate this. Please don't call/email Kathy; you know how not busy she is. You can conceivably walk to HSM from the Nugget lot on the shoulder of Old Highway 395, but even though the traffic volume is nothing like it was before I-580 was built, the speed limit remains 50 mph, so use your own discretion.