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      <image:caption>[4] Average Mass population for May 2025</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>For average human width’s, reference: https://ergocenter.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2017/09/Anthropometric-Summary-Data-Tables.pdf To see the math behind these numbers, open the [EXCEL SPREADSHEET].</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-08-28</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.whatcomcatholic.org/updates/july-2024-schedule</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-07-22</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2025-01-10</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Partners in the Gospel Decisions - Decision #5 - Daily Mass Rotation and Office Hours - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Locations with a parish office are marked in color. Locations without a parish office are marked in gray.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Fr. Moore and Fr. Dass both live in Ferndale. Fr. Dass takes Tuesdays off, so Fr. Moore takes the Tuesday Mass in Ferndale. Fr. Dass then gets the Friday Mass in Ferndale.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Fr. Dass and Fr. Johnson both work on Mondays and take Tuesdays off. Fr. Moore and Fr. Thumbi both take Mondays off and work on Tuesdays.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Fr. Johnson always says the Mass at Viking Catholic. There were three special Masses that I thought I, as the Pastor, needed to take: Spanish: I am the only Spanish-speaking priest at the moment, so I need to say the Spanish daily Mass in Lynden. This also allows me to stay connected to the Spanish-speaking community. This meant moving Fr. Thumbi either to Assumption or Blaine on Wednesdays, and the Blaine Mass is more reasonable coming from Lynden. Lummi: Historically, the Lummi Nation was almost entirely Catholic, but today very few actively practice their faith. Repairing that relationship is important and I consider it a special duty of the Pastor. Saying that daily Mass gives me weekly contact with our Lummi folks. School: I want to maintain a strong relationship with our Catholic school and saying the school Mass each week will help that significantly.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Unassigned priests are given unclaimed Masses. As a default, priests take office hours at the location they are saying Mass (except Fr. Johnson, who is always at Viking Catholic).</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Principle #1: Sanity MONDAY: Fr. Johnson had four Masses in Bellingham, which does not distribute the load of outlying Masses equally. And the Ferndale to Deming drive asked of Fr. Dass is one of our longest possible distances from a priest’s rectory. So it made sense to ask Fr. Johnson to make one north/east county drive so that Fr. Dass could keep his driving to one campus that day. WEDNESDAY: If Fr. Thumbi is going to say Mass in Blaine, which is already a far drive from his house, it makes sense to place his office hours at the nearest parish office to Blaine, which is Ferndale. Principle #2: Availability THURSDAY: Fr. Moore needed a pastor day at Sacred Heart, and Thursday was the remaining open day. FRIDAY: After all the above changes were made, Ferndale and Lynden both had +1 priest-days than they were promised and Sacred Heart and Assumption both had -1. By switching both Fr. Dass and Fr. Thumbi to Assumption on Friday, it allows the priests to have one day at the same office where they can meet and collaborate. It also allows Fr. Moore to have a full pastor day on Fridays, without worrying about funerals or sick calls. Principle #3: Assumption MONDAY: After all of the above, Assumption had +1 priest-day and Sacred Heart -1. In order to balance everything and preserve “Priest Fridays”, there will be no priest at Assumption on Mondays, which is a breach of our principle. However, Sacred Heart and Viking Catholic are both close enough to the hospital to fulfill to goal of having emergency calls easily answered. This change is also prompted by the fact that the Sacred Heart office is normally closed on Fridays and the Assumption office is closed on Mondays.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Actual Ordinary Incomes from July 01, 2022 - June 30, 2023</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>VERY rough estimate of initial regional expenses. Assumes 3 regional employees: Director of Facilities, Director of Finance, Executive Assistant for Priests</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Last column shows a 25% share of regional expenses.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Regional percentages if the support for ACS is regionalized. The functional percentage becomes 32.5%.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Place the Pastor in an equal rotation for the English parish Masses.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Partners in the Gospel Decisions - Decision #2 - Weekend Mass Rotation - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Place the Vicars at the English parish Masses for their “stable” parish in the rotation.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Partners in the Gospel Decisions - Decision #2 - Weekend Mass Rotation - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>When the Pastor is at one of the “stable” parishes, switch that Vicar into the “rotation” parish.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Partners in the Gospel Decisions - Decision #2 - Weekend Mass Rotation - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The WWU Chaplain always takes the Viking Catholic Mass. In this configuration of priests, in which only Fr. Moore speaks Spanish: When Fr. Moore is at Assumption or Sacred Heart, he celebrates the Assumption Spanish Mass. When Fr. Moore is at Blaine/Ferndale/Lummi or Lynden/Deming, he celebrates the Lynden Spanish Mass. The remaining Spanish Masses are divided equally between Fr. Thumbi and Fr. Stephen.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Partners in the Gospel Decisions - Decision #2 - Weekend Mass Rotation - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Repeat for the number of months of stability/rotation. In this example, the pattern is kept for 2 months, to balance the benefit to 3x parishes of having a priest consistently with the detriment to 1x parish of having a new priest each week. When there is an extra week in the month, that extra week will be used to accommodate Pastor vacations, to make sure he does not miss a community when he is gone over a weekend.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Partners in the Gospel Decisions - Decision #2 - Weekend Mass Rotation - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>After a set number of months, each parish switches its Vicar: Assumption: Rotation -&gt; Thumbi Sacred Heart: Johnson -&gt; Rotation Blaine/Lummi/Ferndale: -&gt; Dass -&gt; Johnson Lynden/Deming: Thumbi -&gt; Dass</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-11-26</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2024-04-08</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Partners in the Gospel Decisions - Official Priest Assignments - Fr. Jeffrey Moore</image:title>
      <image:caption>Pastor</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Parochial Vicar and Chaplain to Western Washington University</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Partners in the Gospel Decisions - Official Priest Assignments - Fr. T. Stephen Arockia Dass</image:title>
      <image:caption>Parochial Vicar</image:caption>
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