We are excited to announce that Meghan Gleason-Befort has taken the position of Marketing and Enrollment Specialist at Holy Spirit School. As you may know, Meghan has been a part of our community for years. She and her family are parishioners, and her two daughters are current students at Holy Spirit. This fall, Meghan joined our staff as a part-time middle school art teacher and has made a huge impact with our students. This new position is in addition to her teaching role. We are excited to have Meghan, with her many gifts, to help us share our story and invite others to be a part of it. Please join us in congratulating Meghan!
We are sad to announce that Nicole Bettini, our Director of Evangelization and Catechesis, has decided to step away from her role at Holy Spirit. Please see her note below for a full explanation. I am grateful to have had her on our team this year and believe despite her short tenure, she will have a lasting impact on our parish. She will remain with us through March. I am happy to say that I am already in contact with several qualified candidates who are interested in the position. Please join me in praying for Nicole in this time of transition and that God may guide us in hiring her replacement.
Nicole’s Goodbye
I didn’t imagine that so soon to my coming, that I would be writing this message to you. Some of you know that at the same time I began working at Holy Spirit, I started part-time at the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis following Archbishop Hebda’s appointment to serve as the Delegate for Consecrated Life.
The Delegate for Consecrated Life is a unique position, personally appointed by Archbishop Hebda to directly assist him in supporting and caring for the consecrated men and women in our Archdiocese. This local Church is blessed with various expressions of consecrated life: religious brothers and sisters, members of secular institutes, and consecrated virgins like me.
The Archdiocese desires to increase the care for our many consecrated men and women and to achieve this, they are expanding the Delegate for Consecrated Life position to full-time. Recently, I was approached with an opportunity that doesn’t occur very often: to step into the Delegate for Consecrated Life position full-time.
While I am filled with immense humility and joy that Archbishop Hebda sees me as someone to serve full- time as his Delegate, my heart is heavy as I share this news with you. It has been an honor serving Fr. Nathan and loving you, the people of Holy Spirit. Thank you for welcoming me and for the privilege to be with and among you. I pray that in my short time here, I have faithfully responded to our Lord’s desire for me here, and helped to plant and nurture seeds for you and the parish that will bear great fruit.
God Bless,
Nicole Bettini