Read: Saint Clare of Assisi & the importance of friendship by Sister Amaris Salata August 11, 2024 Diocese of Lansing Saint Clare of Assisi (1194-1253) was the first woman to practice the life of radical poverty as taught by Saint Francis. Placed by him at the head of a few companions in the small convent
Read: Why Saint Dominic teaches us childlike trust in God by Sister Anthony Marie OP August 08, 2024 Diocese of Lansing Today is the Feast of Saint Dominic Guzman, the 13th century founder of the Order of Preachers, also known as the Dominicans, who were established in 1215 to combat heresy through working with their
Read: Pitching for Vocations | The Annual Knights of Columbus Family Night to Celebrate Vocations August 05, 2024 Diocese of Lansing Here are some great images capturing the Annual Knights of Columbus Family Night to Celebrate Vocations at Jackson Field, home to the Lansing Lugnuts baseball team, on Friday, August 3. “Thank you to the
Watch: Bishop Boyea’s Invitation to Michigan Catholic Women’s Conference 2024 August 07, 2024 Diocese of Lansing Watch as Bishop Earl Boyea invites you to attend the annual Michigan Catholic Women’s Conference on Saturday, October 12, in Lansing.The theme of this year’s conference is “Be Loved, Be Radiant” which is inspired by the following passage in
Read: The Transfiguration of the Lord | Opening ourselves to God’s love by Sean O’Neill August 06, 2024 Diocese of Lansing Happy Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord! Today we recall the remarkable moment when the disciples Peter, James and John glimpse the divinity of Jesus Christ upon the mountain and in the presence
Read: Receiving God’s love | Saint Alphonsus’ guide to scrupulosity and self-judgment by Kelly Cole August 01, 2024 Diocese of Lansing While most of us go through life feeling like we don’t take our sin seriously enough, some souls suffer from scrupulosity, which is seeing sin where there actually is none, writes Kelly Cole who
Invitation: Michigan Catholic Women’s Conference 2024 August 02, 2024 Diocese of Lansing Bishop Earl Boyea invites you to attend the annual Michigan Catholic Women’s Conference on Saturday, October 12, in Lansing. The theme of this year’s conference is “Be Loved, Be Radiant” which is inspired by the following passage in the Book of Isaiah: “Arise,
Pray: August | Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary August 01, 2024 Diocese of Lansing Welcome to August, the Month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Ad Jesum per Mariam! To Jesus through Mary! Here’s a great prayer, below, written by the French Jesuit, Father François-Xavier Gautrelet SJ (1807 – 1886), which is used
Read: For the Greater Glory of God | Meet Father Kyle Shinseki SJ July 31, 2024 Diocese of Lansing There is a thread of God’s love and God’s call that, from the start, has wound like a river through the life of Father Kyle Shinseki SJ, Pastor of Saint Mary Student Parish in Ann Arbor.
Pray: How to request the heavenly help of Blessed Solanus Casey July 30, 2024 Diocese of Lansing Today is the Feast of Blessed Solanus Casey (1870 – 1957). Happy feast day! Based for much of his life at Saint Bonaventure Monastery in Detroit, Father Solanus Casey was a Capuchin priest who was known during his