Greetings in Christ, all! Next week I will be away. I’m leaving on the 21st after my last Mass and heading off for my annual retreat/vacation. I can’t tell you how excited I am for this. You may remember that every year, my best friend (Fr. Geoff Rose) and I take some time off to pray […]
Greetings in Christ, all! I hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July and were able to spend time with family and friends. I have an important update about our summer maintenance schedule: the parish office will be closed to walk-in traffic Monday, July 8 – Friday, July 12 for painting and floor waxing. […]
Greetings in Christ! Just a quick note this week: We continue our normal summertime at Holy Family. The school is still pretty busy for our principal and her support staff as they evaluate last year, prepare for next year and hire new employees. (Job and staff opportunities are posted on the Diocese of Lansing website: https://www.dioceseoflansing.org/human-resources/careers). Please keep […]
Greetings in Christ, all! Every summer since I got here, I pick some outdoor projects to work on on my day off. It helps me to do physical labor and it saves the parish some money while knocking out jobs. This year I’ve gone after our handicap ramp into the rectory. It was rotted out and not […]
Greetings in Christ, all! It’s Father’s Day this weekend and I wanted to take a moment to thank God for my Dad by sharing with you something I wrote to him last year. After Mom died, I moved to the Flint area and asked my dad if he wanted to move into the rectory with […]
Greetings in Christ, all! We are entering one of my favorite weeks, the week that includes June 13th, my anniversary of ordination and, more importantly, the Feast of St. Anthony of Padua. St. Anthony of Padua is the Patron Saint of preachers and of lost articles. I enjoy preaching and I’ve lost my mind so this […]
Greetings in Christ! This is a big day for us, we are celebrating the Feast of Corpus Christi, meaning “The Body of Christ.” We recognize in the Eucharist the most amazing gift God has given us: the gift of Himself. The Eucharist is the body and blood, soul and divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ and […]
Greetings in Christ! This weekend we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Trinity. According to our catechism, The Mystery of the Holy Trinity is the Central Mystery of Our Faith. We believe that God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit are three persons constantly pouring the fullness of Themselves into Each […]
First Communion was such a blessing last weekend; praise God! Fr. Le and I are so very touched by the children who received our Lord for the first time in our community. May Jesus bless their beautiful hearts to receive Him in their whole lives and to respond to that reception with love and devotion. […]