by Sunshine Urbaniak | Sep 20, 2021 | All-Staff Messages
Hi Everyone, I write you this message this morning as I fly at 32,000 feet from San Francisco to Chicago to attend Catholic Extension’s Mission Bishops Conference. It is a beautiful morning filled with sunlight and clear skies above the clouds. This is an event held...
by Sunshine Urbaniak | Aug 30, 2021 | All-Staff Messages
Hi Everyone, I hope you are enjoying the final weeks of summer! I thought it would be good this month to report back to you conversations that occurred a few weeks ago as we gathered all of our cemetery directors from around the country in Boulder, Colorado for a...
by Sunshine Urbaniak | May 28, 2021 | All-Staff Messages
Hi Everyone, It was just two weeks ago that we celebrated Mass with Archbishop Vigneron in the Archdiocese of Detroit. Today I am writing you from the Archdiocese of San Juan in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico means “rich harbor.” This is the first diocese in the...
by Sunshine Urbaniak | Mar 25, 2021 | Archives
Hi Everyone, Wow, we have broken the 100-day window in our countdown! Just yesterday the CDC said that all those who are vaccinated can remove their masks when they meet with each other in a close environment. Experts are also saying that in the next two months there...
by Sunshine Urbaniak | Feb 19, 2021 | Archives
Hi Everyone, I hope each of you is doing well. Wednesday marked the beginning of Lent. I don’t know about you, but it feels like we’ve been on a Lenten journey these last 11 months. For me, it makes it a bit harder to enter into Lent this year, as we’ve all been...