Dear Parish Family, Our Catholic faith is not just about encountering Christ in the sacraments, but also about encountering Christ in one another.  That is what it means for us to live the Church’s identity as the “Body of Christ.”  Do we and the visitors of our parish recognize Jesus in us, the members of … Continued

Last week, Pope Francis published Amoris Laetita, a letter to families around the world, encouraging them to experience the “joy of love,” and to live as active, faithful, and generous disciples of Jesus Christ. In 2013, Pope Francis called for two meetings of bishops from around the world—an Extraordinary and Ordinary Synod—as forums for discussion and discernment … Continued

Dear Parish Family, The diocese just announced that our dear Fr. Kurian will become the Administrator at St. Joseph in Adrian as of July 1.  As many of you know, Fr. Kurian is part of the religious order, Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales (M.S.F.S.), and was planning on returning to his home province of … Continued

How often we hear the sad news of young people risking their lives, attempting suicide, getting duped to the drug abusers, or alcohol abusers’ groups. Home schooled as well as church schooled or public schooled, all are easily drawn away from the morally upright behaviors. The symptoms are very identical in everyone’s case. Both teenage … Continued