Happy Anniversary St. Mary Cathedral! December 09, 2022 Diocese of Lansing Today the Diocese of Lansing celebrates the Anniversary of the Dedication of Saint Mary Cathedral in Lansing. Happy feast day! St. Mary’s was completed and dedicated on December 8, 1913, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. The Gothic church was built using wagon loads
Watch: Lansing parish’s stunning new painting of Saint Gerard December 16, 2022 Diocese of Lansing This weekend will witness a stunning new painting of Saint Gerard Majella unveiled and blessed at Saint Gerard parish in Lansing. The life-size work is the creation of Jackson-based artist, Joseph Macklin. “It’s beautiful,” said Father Bob Bacik, Pastor of
Isaiah 56:1-3, 6-8Psalms 67:2-3, 5, 7-8John 5:33-36 Isaiah 56:1-3, 6-81 thus says the lord: “keep justice, and do righteousness, for soon my salvation will come, and my deliverance be revealed. 2 blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast, who keeps the sabbath, not profaning it, and
Isaiah 54:1-10Psalms 30:2, 4-6, 11-13Luke 7:24-30 Isaiah 54:1-101″sing, o barren one, who did not bear; break forth into singing and cry aloud, you who have not been in travail! For the children of the desolate one will be more than the children of her that is married, says the lord. 2 enlarge the place of
Out Now: Faith Magazine December Edition December 14, 2022 Diocese of Lansing The new edition of FAITH Magazine is currently arriving at homes all across the Diocese of Lansing. Faith is the official publication of the Diocese of Lansing. This month’s edition focusses on miracles and has a whole host of stories from those who
Read: Prayerful Thanks for Our Hispanic Communities by Susana Chapa Vargas December 13, 2022 Diocese of Lansing Just look at some of these wonderful, colorful images from last night’s prayerful celebration of Holy Mass upon the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, December 12, at Our Lady of Guadalupe parish in Flint. Bishop Earl Boyea
Isaiah 45:6-8, 18, 21-25Psalms 85:9-14Luke 7:18-23 Isaiah 45:6-8, 18, 21-256 that men may know, from the rising of the sun and from the west, that there is none besides me; i am the lord, and there is no other. 7 i form light and create darkness, i make weal and create woe, i am the
Watch: Viva Cristo Rey! Bishop Boyea baptizes Mexican farm workers December 12, 2022 Diocese of Lansing Today is the Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Happy feast day! Today’s celebration commemorates the appearance of the Blessed Virgin Mary to the Mexican peasant, Saint Juan Diego, in 1531. The miracle brought countless Mexicans to Jesus
Long Read: Winter Ember Days | December 14, 16 & 17 | Sister Esther Mary Nickel, RSM December 13, 2022 Diocese of Lansing This week will see Catholics around the globe, including many close to home, embrace the Church’s Winter Ember Days. That’s three days of fasting including partial abstinence from meat upon Ember Wednesday
Zephaniah 3:1-2, 9-13Psalms 34:2-3, 6-7, 17-19, 23Matthew 21:28-32 Zephaniah 3:1-2, 9-131 woe to her that is rebellious and defiled, the oppressing city! 2 she listens to no voice, she accepts no correction. She does not trust in the lord, she does not draw near to her god. 9″yea, at that time i will change the