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Aug

Read: A "strong, thoughtful and eloquent" case for life

Read: A “strong, thoughtful and eloquent” case for life August 03, 2021 Diocese of Lansing The United States Conference of Catholic Bishop (USCCB) has filed a supporting legal argument, known as an amicus brief, with the US Supreme Court opposing the Court’s existing abortion rules. The USCCB, which represents the collective interests of America’s Catholic

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Aug

Read: The Feast of Saint John Vianney, 4 August, 2021

Read: The Feast of Saint John Vianney, 4 August, 2021 August 04, 2021 Diocese of Lansing Today is the Feast of Saint John Vianney (1786 – 1859), the patron saint of parish priests. Happy feast day! “What a blessing the priests of this Diocese of Lansing are to our diocese & to me. Thanks, brothers,

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Aug

Mass Readings for August 4, 2021

Numbers 13:1-2, 25–14:1, 26-29, 34-35Psalms 106:6-7, 13-14, 21-23Matthew 15:21-28 Numbers 13:1-2, 25–14:1, 26-29, 34-351 The LORD said to Moses, 2 “Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I give to the people of Israel; from each tribe of their fathers shall you send a man, every one a leader among them.” 25

03
Aug

Watch: My Sisterhood Story | Sister Maria Benedicta OP

Watch: My Sisterhood Story | Sister Maria Benedicta OP August 03, 2021 Diocese of Lansing Listen to Sister Maria Benedicta OP as recounts the beautiful story of her path from being raised in a devout Catholic family in Dayton, Ohio, to professing final vows with the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, in

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Aug

Mass Readings for August 3, 2021

Numbers 12:1-13Psalms 51:3-7, 12-13Matthew 14:22-36 Numbers 12:1-131 Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married, for he had married a Cushite woman; 2 and they said, “Has the LORD indeed spoken only through Moses? Has he not spoken through us also?” And the LORD heard it. 3 Now

02
Aug

Watch: On the Path to the Priesthood | Dominic Schoenle

Watch: On the Path to the Priesthood | Dominic Schoenle August 02, 2021 Diocese of Lansing Dominic Schoenle is a Diocese of Lansing seminarian who is currently studying at Saint John Vianney College Seminary in Minnesota. A native of the parish of Christ the King in Ann Arbor, Dominic grew up as the youngest of

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Aug

Mass Readings for July 26, 2021

Sirach 44:1, 10-15Psalms 132:11, 13-14, 17-18Matthew 13:16-17 Sirach 44:1, 10-151 Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers in their generations. 10 But these were men of mercy, whose righteous deeds have not been forgotten; 11 their prosperity will remain with their descendants, and their inheritance to their children’s children. 12 Their descendants stand

01
Aug

Mass Readings for August 1, 2021

Exodus 16:2-4, 12-15Psalms 78:3-4, 23-25, 54Ephesians 4:17, 20-24John 6:24-35 Exodus 16:2-4, 12-152 And the whole congregation of the people of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness, 3 and said to them, “Would that we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the

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Aug

Save the Date: Realign Resources for Mission Regional Meetings, August 29, 2021

Save the Date: Realign Resources for Mission Regional Meetings, August 29, 2021 July 30, 2021 Diocese of Lansing Dear Friend, Save the date! The Realign Resources for Mission committee invites you to join us on the evening of Sunday, August 29, 2021 when we will present to you the proposed drafts of parish groupings. Both