Death Notice: Deacon Thomas James Rea (1954 – 2025) RIP March 27, 2025 Diocese of Lansing Of your charity, please pray for the repose of the soul of Deacon Thomas James Rea of Saint Mary parish in Pinckney who died on March 24, 2025. He was 70-years-old. May he rest in peace. The exequies for
Read: Saint Joseph Shrine, Brooklyn | Small church, big history March 27, 2025 Diocese of Lansing Upon this month of Saint Joseph, writer Maria Servold has been finding out about the remarkable story of Saint Joseph Shrine near Brooklyn, MI, a small Diocese of Lansing parish church with a big history. Maria writes: On November
Deuteronomy 4:1,5-9Psalms 147:12-13,15-16,19-20Matthew 5:17-19 Deuteronomy 4:1,5-9(1) Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and to the ordinances, which I teach you, to do them; that you may live, and go in and possess the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, gives you. (5) Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as Yahweh
Read: Six top tips for the sane and saintly use of technology by our children by Sheri Wohlfert March 26, 2025 Diocese of Lansing Technology is as much a part of our daily routine as brushing our teeth and sitting down to eat, write Sheri Wohlfert, above, who is a mother, grandma, popular Catholic speaker
Isaiah 7:10-14,8:10Psalms 40:7-11Hebrews 10:4-10Luke 1:26-38 Isaiah 7:10-14,8:10(10) Yahweh spoke again to Ahaz, saying, (11) “Ask a sign of Yahweh your God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.” (12) But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, neither will I tempt Yahweh.” (13) He said, “Listen now, house of David. Is it
2 Kings 5:1-5Psalms 42:2-3,43:3-4Luke 4:24-30 2 Kings 5:1-5(1) Now Naaman, captain of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him Yahweh had given victory to Syria: he was also a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper. (2) The Syrians had gone
Read: How your DSA generosity is helping to build holy and happy Catholic marriages and families March 24, 2025 Diocese of Lansing Maureen Budd, pictured, is no stranger to juggling family dynamics and navigating relationships. Mom to five young children with a sixth baby on the way, Maureen has spent the last several years as
Exodus 3:1-8,13-15Psalms 103:1-4,6-8,111 Corinthians 10:1-6,10-12Luke 13:1-9 Exodus 3:1-8,13-15(1) Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to God’s mountain, to Horeb. (2) Yahweh’s angel appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the middle
Micah 7:14-15,18-20Psalms 103:1-4,9-12Luke 15:1-3,11-32 Micah 7:14-15,18-20(14) Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your heritage, who dwell by themselves in a forest, in the middle of fertile pasture land, let them feed; in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. (15) “As in the days of your coming out of the
Read: Clergy Assignment | March 18, 2025 March 18, 2025 Diocese of Lansing The Most Reverend Earl Boyea, Bishop of Lansing, has announced the following clergy assignment: Pastor: Father Tyler Arens, currently Parochial Vicar at Saint Mary Star of the Sea in Jackson, is appointed as Pastor of Saint Mary, Pinckney, effective July 1, 2025.