We’ve asked you to save the date. We’ve invited you. We’ve promised light refreshments. We’ve involved parish leadership and ministries to play their parts. But as several people reminded me this past week, I never exactly told you what an installation of a pastor actually is. So here we go: When a bishop entrusts a parish (or parishes, as in our case) to the care of a priest, a legal and ceremonial piece happens. Papers need to be signed. Questions need to be asked. Interested parties need to be introduced to each other. This process involves the Bishop or his representative—in most cases, the Vicar for a particular area. Since I happen to be the Vicar for this region, I can’t install myself. So Bishop Bambera will celebrate the Mass and do the installation. He’ll witness the papers I sign. He’ll ask me to profess Catholic faith and to renew the promises once made in ordination. As the principal shepherd of any and all of our parishes, he presents me to you and you to me. I hope you saved the date, even if you didn’t know exactly what you were getting into. Please come and prayerfully celebrate this moment in our parishes’ history next Saturday, November 19 at the 4 p.m. Mass at St Boniface Church.