Dear Sisters and Brothers, Happy Mother’s Day! Thank God for all mothers. This week has been a week full of blessings for our parish––blessings and reminders of the great gift of life. From Mother’s Day, to First Communions, to Confirmation, to May Crownings of Mary, this week has given us much to be thankful for […]
Dear Sisters and Brothers, After months of prayer, searching, and discernment, I am very happy to announce that we have our next principal. Theresa Purcell, our own assistant principal and long-time teacher, has joyfully accepted the position, which was offered to her by Msgr. Jerry Vincke this past week. We are blessed at Holy Family […]
Dear Sisters and Brothers, I am very excited to share with you a piece of good news. At the end of May, we will have a Deacon joining our parish. Peter Lawrence is one of our seminarians who will be ordained to the diaconate on May 16, 2015. For the next year, until his ordination […]
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Happy Divine Mercy Sunday! Today is a powerful reminder that Jesus is very much alive and working in His Church and in our lives. May we choose to trust Him and let Him work as he wills in our lives. I want to bring three things to our attention this week: […]
Happy Easter sisters and brothers! Christ is Risen!! “On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you…As the Father has sent me, even so I […]
Dear Sisters and Brothers, Welcome to Holy Week. For the Spartan fans among us, by the time you read this we should already know whether Izzo has gotten you, yet again, to the Final Four. For us Wolverines, we can be thankful that during this most grace-filled week of the year our attention can be […]
Dear Sisters and Brothers, We are nearing the most important week of the year––Holy Week––and our celebration of the most important event in all of history––Jesus Paschal Mystery, his death and resurrection. But there is still some time left in Lent. There is still time to grow in what matters most––love. There is still time […]
Dear Sisters and Brothers, I want to share with you a few things happening in our parish. First, this Lent we, the parish staff, decided to do something together. Inspired by Proverbs 3:5-6, we are trying to seek God’s guidance and wisdom before we meet or decide anything, even if it’s just two of us. […]
We Need You…and an important update I mentioned that we have begun our search for a new principal. As we begin this process, I am reminded of the exemplary job Michael McGonigle has done as our principal and Theresa Purcell as our Assistant Principal, and I want to thank them for all they have done […]
Dear Brothers and Sisters, How is your Lent going? Is it in the rearview mirror of life already? Perhaps on Ash Wednesday you had some dreams for opening your heart a little more to God, of encountering his power, beauty and love in new ways, of turning away from some sin or hardness of heart […]