Read: How Saint Monica can save your marriage by Richard Budd August 27, 2024 Diocese of Lansing Today is the Feast of Saint Monica who is best known as the ever-hopeful, ever-tearful, ever-prayerful mother of Saint Augustine of Hippo during his youthful and wayward years in 4th century north Africa. As well as being patron
Read: What we can learn from a flayed Saint Bartholomew by Sean O’Neill, FAITH Magazine Editor August 24, 2024 Diocese of Lansing Many moons ago, when I was working for a major bank in their head office in London, England, I used to travel regularly to Milan, Italy, to audit a subsidiary there, writes Sean
Read: Why we crown Our Lady as our Queen by Father Tim MacDonald August 22, 2024 Diocese of Lansing Today is the Feast of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Happy feast day! Why, though, do we celebrate Our Lady as our queen? Here’s a great short reflection from Father Tim MacDonald, Vicar General
Read: “A fitting throne for Christ Our King” | Father Gabriel Richard High School’s new sanctuary August 22, 2024 Diocese of Lansing Here are some images of the new sanctuary within Father Gabriel Richard High School’s chapel which was blessed by Bishop Earl Boyea of Lansing on Saturday, August 17. “As Catholics we believe that
Read: The Wonders of Daily Mass by Anna Murphy, Saint Mary, Pinckney August 21, 2024 Diocese of Lansing Today is the Feast of Pope Saint Pius X (1835 – 1914) whose 11-year papacy often promoted the frequent and worthy reception of Holy Communion, even on a daily basis. Pope Pius also lowered the age of
Read: Why Pius X’s condemnation of Modernism still matters by Michael Andrews August 21, 2024 Diocese of Lansing Today is the Feast of Saint Pius X who was pope from 1903 to his death in 1914 at the age of 79. Among his many towering achievements, Pope Pius notably condemned the heresy of Modernism in
Read: Time waits for no one; God waits for all by George Landolt, Chief Financial Officer, Diocese of Lansing August 20, 2024 Diocese of Lansing What is the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning and the last thing you do before going to bed at night? And how do we
Read: Saint Stephen and the six principles of Christian leadership by Michael Andrews August 16, 2024 Diocese of Lansing Today is the Feast of Saint Stephen, King of Hungary (969-1038). He was baptized by in about 985AD by Saint Adalbert of Prague who gave him the name of Stephen. King Stephen governed wisely, justly and
Read: Saint Maximillian Kolbe | Sanctity amid suffering by David Kerr August 14, 2024 Diocese of Lansing Today is the Feast of Saint Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941), the Polish Franciscan priest who was executed in the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz in southern Poland after he had offered himself as a ransom for the life of
Reminder: This Thursday is a Holy Day of Obligation August 13, 2024 Diocese of Lansing This Thursday, August 15, is the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is also a Holy Day of Obligation. That means that all Catholics are obliged to attend Holy Mass. Masses at Saint Mary Cathedral in