May is Mary’s Month: The month of May is traditionally dedicated to Mary in many cultures. The reason is that May is considered the season of the beginning of new life. Not only is Mary the mother of Jesus, but our Mother—and what a beautiful and loving Mother she is for us! Our school and […]
Capital Campaign: The Diocese of Lansing is one of nine dioceses in the United States (195 total) that has never done a diocesan-wide capital campaign. Starting later this summer the diocese will begin an extensive capital campaign titled “Witness to Hope.” The campaign will be run by Greater Mission, a fundraising company dedicated to advancing […]
105: As I mentioned last weekend at some of the Masses, our oldest living parishioner, Jean Dunn, passed away at 105 years old. She was Fr. Bush’s secretary and the Church organist when our parish started in 1946. We have to figure out who the oldest living parishioner is now. AL: Pope Francis recently sent […]
CRHP: Next weekend, April 16-17, is the Christ Renews His Parish weekend for men. The number of participants is almost full and I am really grateful to Larry Blondin and his crew in leading this retreat. This CRHP weekend is a tremendous blessing for our parish! Divine Mercy Sunday: Heard so many positive comments about […]
Easter: Thank you to all of you who made our Easter weekend so special. I am especially grateful to Jim Otis and all the volunteers who made the Church so beautiful with the arrangement of flowers. Dr. Simon Lee and the choir put in a lot of long hours of practice that made the music […]
Alleluia! Jesus is risen from the dead. He is always victorious! Today and for the next eight days the Church celebrates the Octave of Easter. This means that we celebrate Jesus’ resurrection from the dead for eight straight days! Everything draws its strength from Christ’s resurrection. Without the resurrection, our faith is in vain. As […]
Holy Week: We enter the holiest week of the year beginning with Palm Sunday this weekend. We remember the Passover of the Old Testament: God led the people of Israel from slavery in Egypt to the Promised Land. It took them 40 years to get there. We celebrate the new Passover. Christ has led us […]
24 Hours with the Lord: So many of you have commented to me about the wonderful encounter you had with the Lord either through spending time in Eucharistic Adoration or the Sacrament of Reconciliation during the 24 Hours with the Lord on March 4-5. Both Fr. Gary and I joked about how we brought a […]
Lent: Hope your Lenten journey is going well. We begin with encouraging words from Pope Francis: “Jesus’ attitude is striking: we do not hear the words of scorn, we do not hear words of condemnation, but only words of love, of mercy, which are an invitation to conversation. ‘Neither do I condemn you; go, and […]
24 Hours with the Lord: As was mentioned, based on Pope Francis’ initiative for the Jubilee Year of Mercy, we will have 24 hour exposition of the Blessed Sacrament after the 8 a.m. Mass on Friday, March 4, until the 8 a.m. Mass on Saturday, March 5. Additionally, Fr. Gary and I will take turns […]