Help support our seminarians and priests -
Bishop Walkowiak wants your feedback!
The Diocese of Grand Rapids will be conducting a feasibility study throughout July and August, and Bishop Walkowiak would like to hear from you. The study will gather feedback on a potential diocesan-wide capital campaign to support our seminarians and priests. A high level of responses from Catholics throughout West Michigan is needed to aid the bishop in making an informed decision on whether to move forward.
Potential campaign goals include investing in the education of our growing number of seminarians, supporting specialized education for our priests, and funding the Priest Retirement Fund. The Steier Group, a Catholic development and fundraising firm, has been hired to conduct the study. A final recommendation on the viability of the campaign will be made in the early fall.
Visit dioceseofgrandrapids.org for additional details on how you can participate. Stay tuned to the bulletin throughout the study for regular updates.
Want to know some more details on why this process is beginning?
Knights of Columbus Council #7869 website
Father Tom Boufford
Parish Office M-F 8-4
8929 50th Ave, 49340
989-967-3520
Fax: 989-967-8246
**Emergency after hours
231-519-4348
Daily Mass:
Monday 9 AM
Wednesday 7 PM
Thursday 9 AM
Friday 9 AM
Weekend:
Saturday 5 PM
Sunday 9 AM & 11 AM
Links and Resources
Adults and e verywhere in between
Teens & Parenting of Teens
Parenting and Domestic Church
Parish Building
Interested in coming to a meeting on Possible church renovation? Here are the preparatory documents to read! Please come having read:
Envision - Current & Past issues
Authenticum seeks to awaken as many people as possible to the Truth, Beauty, and Goodness of the Catholic Faith by sponsoring ongoing exciting lectures on the humanities (history, literature, music, philosophy, liturgy, patristics, theology, catechesis, etc.) in the spirit of Philippians 4:8.
All Authenticum Lectures are approved for Catechist Certification Credit in the Diocese of Grand Rapids, MI.
Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel
St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle.
Be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the Devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly hosts, by the power of God, thrust into hell Satan, and all the evil spirits, who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls.
Amen.
Vocations Awareness
All Christians are called to live out their baptismal commitment on a daily basis.
Diocese of Grand Rapids Office of Priestly Vocations
ABC's of Fostering, Supporting, and Nurturing a Vocation
6 Steps in Vocational Discernment
::Prayer for Vocations::
Holy Father, look upon this humanity of ours that is taking it's first steps along the path of the Third Millennium. Its life is still deeply marked by hatred, violence and oppression, but the thirst for justice, truth and grace still finds a space in the hearts of many people, who are waiting for someone to bring salvation, enacted by You through Your Son Jesus. There is the need for courageous heralds of the Gospel, for generous servants of suffering humanity. Send holy priests to Your Church, we pray, who may sanctify your people with the tools of Your grace. Send numerous consecrated men and women, that they may show Your holiness in the midst of the world. Send holy laborers into Your vineyard, that they may labor with the fervor of charity and, moved by Your Holy Spirit, may bring the salvation of Christ tot the farthest ends of the Earth. Amen. (Saint John Paul II)
Parish Seminarian Jacob Beers serving at the Chrism Mass at the Cathedral