Watch: Realign Resources for Mission: A Virtual Parish Meeting hosted by Pete Burak January 05, 2021 Diocese of Lansing In August 2019, Bishop Earl Boyea convened a 15-strong committee and charged them with discerning how to realign the human and other resources within the Diocese of Lansing to help parishes better engage in the mission
Watch: Bishop Boyea & The Seven Feast Days after Christmas: January 1: Mary, Mother of God January 01, 2021 Diocese of Lansing Today is the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. Happy feast day! Happy New Year! Today’s feast celebrates Mary’s motherhood of Jesus Christ who was both true God and true man. It was
Watch: Bishop Boyea & The Seven Feast Days after Christmas: December 31: Saint Sylvester December 31, 2020 Diocese of Lansing Today is the Feast of Saint Sylvester, the 4th century pope who governed the Church during the reign of Constantine when Christianity moved from persecution to toleration within the Roman Empire. Bishop Earl Boyea now
Watch: Bishop Boyea & The Seven Feast Days after Christmas: December 30: The Holy Family December 30, 2020 Diocese of Lansing What does the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph mean to our families today? That’s the question that Bishop Earl Boyea now attempts to answer in today’s brief reflection upon the Feast of
Watch: Bishop Boyea & The Seven Feast Days after Christmas: December 29: Saint Thomas Becket December 29, 2020 Diocese of Lansing Today is the Feast of Saint Thomas Becket. Happy feast day! Saint Thomas was Archbishop of Canterbury in England from 1162 until his murder in 1170. He was killed following his conflict with Henry
Watch: Bishop Boyea & The Seven Feast Days after Christmas: December 28: The Holy Innocents December 28, 2020 Diocese of Lansing Today is the Feast of the Holy Innocents. Happy feast day! The feast recalls the incident in the nativity narrative of the Gospel of Matthew (2:16–18) in which Herod the Great, King of Judea,
Watch: Bishop Boyea & The Seven Feast Days after Christmas: December 27: Saint John the Apostle December 27, 2020 Diocese of Lansing Traditionally, the Church celebrates the Feast of Saint John the Apostle upon December 27. Saint John was one of the Apostles of Jesus Christ and is generally regarded as youngest of the Twelve
Watch: Bishop Boyea & The Seven Feast Days after Christmas: December 26: Saint Stephen, the First Martyr December 26, 2020 Diocese of Lansing The seven days of after Christmas are filled with special celebrations. Each adds to the beauty and wonder of the great Incarnation of Jesus Christ which we celebrated on Christmas Day. Please
Watch: Bishop Boyea on the Seven “O” Antiphons of Advent: Part 7: O Emmanuel (O God with Us) December 23, 2020 Diocese of Lansing This evening the Church will sing the concluding “O” Antiphon before the Magnificat at Vespers: O Emmanuel (O God with Us). Here is Bishop Earl Boyea’s brief reflection upon this final
A Christmas Day Message from Bishop Boyea December 25, 2020 Diocese of Lansing Friday, December 25, 2020 Christmas Day “For to us a child is born,” (Isaiah 9:6) Dear Friend, A merry and blessed Christmas to you and your loved ones. As surprising as it may sound, this week, anticipating the birth of