Keeping the Faith

After hammering out the details of price and quantity, Rechtiene ordered the first batch in 2007, and for the first two years the cathedral set aside one Sunday just before Christmas as Ornament Sunday. The church took pre-orders from forms inserted into the parish bulletin several weeks in advance, as well as orders at the door of each mass on Ornament Sunday, which took place the first week of Advent. Rechtiene also made printed announcements and signs personally as the coordinator of the ornament project, and a small ad was taken out in the local Catholic newspaper, the Southern Cross.