Dear Parish Family, Happy Gaudete Sunday!  Gaudete means “Rejoice,” and we rejoice because the “Lord is near at hand!”  We’re over the hump, the halfway point, in our preparation for the coming of our Savior. Let us express our rejoicing together at the Friday evening Hour of Adoration, “O Come, Let Us Adore Him!” at … Continued

The third Sunday of Advent is called “Gaudete Sunday” because the Mass for this Sunday begins with the opening antiphon: “Rejoice in the Lord always.” Be joyful, because we are preparing for the very joyful occasion of the birth of Jesus. We light the rose candle to remind ourselves that our joy is in God … Continued

Dear Parish Family, I was able to visit my folks in Missouri for Thanksgiving and thus able to tell them all about parish life.  There is much for which to be thankful, the greatest of which is the gift of God giving his very own self to us in Jesus Christ.  All gifts come from … Continued

“Prepare” is the great theme of Advent, as it is the essence of nearly everyone’s preoccupation at this time. The Advent preparation we are called to do is compared to a road. We hear in the gospel reading that the path is to be made straight, the valleys to be filled in, the hills laid … Continued

Dear Parish Family, The entire parish staff joined hundreds of priests and lay people involved in parish ministry in the Diocese of Lansing for the historic diocesan assembly convoked by Bishop Boyea. It was an exhilarating two days, filled with the Holy Spirit, that set the course for implementing the New Evangelization in the parishes … Continued