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! […]
Summer break: Both Fr. Gary and I will be gone for a couple Masses this weekend. Fr. Gary is attending the wedding of a former seminarian (it’s great that this young man discovered his vocation!). And on Sunday I will be at a family reunion. Fr. Kolenski is celebrating the Noon Mass while Fr. Faraci […]
Hospitality: Thank you to all of you who attended my welcome reception on July 1st. It was great to meet many of you there and last weekend before and after all the Masses. I am very happy to be here! New Crucifix: A few months ago I received an email from Fr. Gary that the […]