Greetings in Christ, all! I want to take this opportunity to wish you all a very blessed and peaceful Advent season. This is our time when we prepare to celebrate God’s birth among us and the hope we have because of His Second Coming. Let’s focus our minds and hearts on the gift of Hope that God […]
Greetings in Christ, all! As many of you know by now, Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday… the food, the cookies, the family gatherings, the cookies… and the time to focus on gratitude. As a priest of 23 years, I have come to believe that gratitude is one of the most important and neglected elements of […]
Greetings in Christ, all! This week we celebrate Thanksgiving, my favorite holiday. I’m rather excited because this year my nephew and his wife are hosting it for the first time. They recently moved to Grand Blanc so Dad and I will head over there after Mass. Marius will be bouncing around with all the other dogs and I […]
Greetings in Christ, all! I want to share with you some substantial news about our parish and its work with the poor and vulnerable, as well as how this news will impact our parish and facilities. Now, before I do that, allow me to please invite/ask/beg for your help on our Parish Clean Up Day. We […]
Greetings in Christ, all! I’m so excited about our upcoming celebration of the Sacrament of Confirmation. On Tuesday we will gather with our bishop here at Holy Family and celebrate this beautiful sacrament. Please pray for all kids who will be confirmed. When I first got here, there was a lot of discussion about how and when […]
Greetings in Christ, all! This weekend is the big MSU game against their rival in Ann Arbor. By the time you read this, I pray MSU has secured victory. This Monday is All Saints’ Day. This is when we celebrate and we honor the canonized saints in our Church. Normally, this is a Holy Day of Obligation […]
Greetings in Christ! I’m writing this article way ahead of time, but when I finished last week’s article, I figured, why not keep going? Much like I do in my homilies sometimes…haha. So, last week I shared with you about where we are going with the Church building itself. Some of this is happening because at the Priest […]
Greetings in Christ all! I wanted to start right off and thank God for our prayer ministry here at Holy Family. The feedback from the healing service continues to come in and a lot of people experienced the Lord and His Holy Spirit that night. The people who are praying with folks have been preparing for so long […]
Greetings in Christ! Welcome to October…I love this month. I wanted to give you a little more information on the priest convocation from the diocese. Personally, I think the best part for me was the diocese inviting us to strip away all the “duties” of priesthood and look at who we are called to be. We looked […]