Hello, beautiful family! We are very close now to moving into the hall for the next 8-10 months. As I typed last week, this is going to require a lot from us and I continue to pray that we are patient, loving and grateful for this process of transition. I have some news that I […]
Greetings in Christ, all! We are getting really close here to our time of transition. We will be away while our parish is rebuilt for anywhere from 8-10 months, depending on how it all goes. I’m so very excited about it all and I can’t wait until we are moved in to our new spiritual […]
Okay! So I’m continuing my series on the private prayers the priest prays at Mass. I’m sending this out before I go away for retreat, which means I won’t be able to offer any current events in this one. Let’s get right after it… Last time we left off, we were at the point in […]
Greetings in Christ! I’m typing this up before I head off on retreat. I’m going to start off with a message for both parishes and then continue my series on prayers the priest prays before and during Mass. So first, an announcement for you all at both parishes… Holy Family is, of course, about to […]
Greetings in Christ, all! This article is for both parish families…truth be told, it’s nice to only type one! Okay, so this weekend, we are blessed to have a mission priest speaking to us about his work in South Africa. I thank you all for listening to the work of the Church all around the […]
Greetings in Christ, all! I’ve got to tell you, I’m really moved by you all! For the last couple weeks, I’ve been trying really hard to pray and not worry about our renovation. As I wrote in the bulletin a couple weeks ago, we need everyone who can to help us out by fulfilling their […]
Greetings in Christ, all! I wanted to right away talk about the Mass survey we did a couple weeks ago. I did not realize that I had unintentionally caused some people worry, pain or confusion. To be clear, I was not looking to change Mass times. I was trying to make sure that the Mass […]
Greetings in Christ, all! A warm welcome to Fr. Dave Howell who has (hopefully!) moved into St. Mark in Goodrich this week. Despite looking about 10 years younger than me, Fr. Dave has achieved the mythical “Senior Priest Status” in our diocese and I invited him to move into the rectory at St. Mark’s, where […]
Greetings in Christ! This handout is to walk us through an update on our massive Church Renovation Project. We’ll start with a review. In 2017, the Diocese of Lansing convened the Witness to Hope campaign in order to raise some much needed funds for the great work of their ministry. Holy Family and about 11 […]
Greetings in Christ! We’re finishing up quite the run in the Church calendar: Easter is complete, we’ve prayed the Pentecost Feast and celebrated the Trinity and now we are at one of my All-Time Favorites – Corpus Christi: the celebration of the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ. As Catholics, we are a […]