Special Prayers: Next weekend is the Women’s Christ Renews His Parish retreat. About twenty of our parishioners will be on retreat on our parish grounds. We are hoping to have another men’s CRHP weekend in the spring. So many people who have gone through CRHP have talked about how much it changed their life for […]
Our Holy Father: It’s been a joy to see the excitement around Pope Francis’ visit. We rang the bells at 4 p.m. last Tuesday to announce his arrival on U.S. territory. This past Wednesday morning I was on Channel 25 with our own Joel Feick on the early morning show discussing our Holy Father’s visit. […]
Lots of fun!: We had a nice turnout, great food and a beautiful day at our parish picnic/back@school bash last Sunday. Special thanks to Rob and Jill Andreski and the countless volunteers who graciously gave of their time and talent to help out! Pope Francis: When our Holy Father visits Congress, our parish will host […]
Parish Picnic: Thank you to everyone helping out with our parish picnic today. Hope to see you there. A new year: There are so many vibrant ministries taking place in this parish. Among those that are getting started include: –Religious Education: Our religious education classes, under the direction of Jan Gravel and with the help […]
Welcome Home: This weekend Fr. James Halstead will be visiting with us as part of the diocesan missionary appeal. Fr. Halstead is a member of the Augustinian Order. In 1963 Fr. Halstead went to Holy Family School. He had his first Mass at Holy Family in 1976. Thank you for your generosity once again! It […]
The Crim Race: I have always heard about how big the Crim Race was, but I didn’t realize how big until I got here. So many of our parishioners either participated in the race or simply attended. Many of you commented how fast Fr. Gary ran. A 7:20 average per mile for ten miles is […]
Daily Mass schedule: After much prayer and discernment, we have decided to change the daily Mass schedule. Beginning September 8, we would like to offer Mass at 8:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, with confessions at 5:00 p.m. each day before the evening Mass. Unfortunately, this affects some people—especially the 6:30 a.m. crowd—and […]
Liturgical Thoughts: On August 5th our Worship Commission met. Some of the items on our agenda included making some minor changes in the preparation of the gifts which would affect how the altar is set up and the distribution of Holy Communion. Additionally, we discussed the possibility of making an altar server training video. We […]
St. John Vianney: August 4 was the feast day of St. John Vianney, the patron saint of priests. The priests of the diocese were invited to prayer and dinner at St. John Vianney Parish in Flint. This past Friday I attended the Lansing Lugnut game for vocations. Around 2,000 Catholics from the diocese attend the […]
Family Reunion: I enjoyed our family reunion last Sunday. It was great to see and spend time with extended family that I normally don’t see often. We even had a few Olympic game contests, such as egg-carrying on a spoon, water balloon toss, a three-legged race, etc.—none of which required much strength or athletic ability! […]