I hope you will agree with me that it doesn't (or shouldn't) take much time to come up with specifics when giving thanks to God for blessings received from God through others.  Sometimes saying "thank you" doesn't seem adequate to express appreciation for the many blessings received over a period of time.  That, I believe, is the case when it comes to three people who have (or soon will) turn the reigns over to someone else to do what they have done so well.  The first is Lynne Border, our now retired organist, choir director, website coordinator, and  facility scheduler for our facilities.  Lynne juggled the responsibilities she was given (the final two which were not familiar to her when she joined our staff) and put "her all" into what she did, especially with her music ministry, which included working closely with our Saturday and Sunday choirs, cantors, and our Resurrection choir that is such a blessing to bereaved families. The second is Tom Donnelly who coordinated our Eucharistic Adoration for the last 3 or 4 years.  Tom worked with our division leaders (that I and I'm sure Tom has thanked more than a few times) and made sure our adorers were updated, and encouraged in the MOST IMPORTANT MINISTRY of Eucharistic Adoration. He was a leader who led by example by taking Adoration hours himself when something came up and an Adorer could not come. He saw that we observed the anniversary of Eucharistic Adoration here and spoke in encouragement of people to join this ministry in  public gatherings and in private meetings.  I always knew Tom was on top of things in this ministry and appreciated the fact that he agreed to stay on as coordinator longer than he planned until someone (Kathy Clark) took it over.  The third and last person who deserves a thank you and appreciation from all of us is the soon to be retired office secretary, Marian LaVelle.  Marian first came on board in the office as a part-time volunteer to assist Cathy Silk.  She has always been a smiling, helpful presence for our parishioners and for me. She spent much time updating and organizing parish records and procedures and readily adjusted when Cathy left her position.  Marian took on more while training   Debbi Passaglia and worked with her to see that the office ran smoothly with two part-time people switching off during the week and covering days for each other. When I reflect on what these people did, and the adjustments that they had to make during the serious and lengthy period of COVID, I am doubly thankful that they all did a wonderful job of keeping their part of the parish ship going during  unprecedented difficult times. Please consider sending them a card in the mail (they are all parishioners) or join me in thanking them when you see them around.  (Next week, I'll probably use this column to introduce those who have replaced these three  quality people)!!