Showing posts with label parish life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label parish life. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Power Red

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 Our parish was having a blood drive yesterday and I was happy to find out I’m a candidate for a higher level of donation, called Power Red....
Sunday, January 03, 2021

Reflection on a 400-year old poem

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I am thankful for the opportunity to write for our new parish magazine. They invited me to write a reflection on the poem and due date was t...
Thursday, April 30, 2020

First time in church in over a month!

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I have been able to go into the Cathedral building to say a rosary lately... and earlier today I was lector at the "school mass" ...
Friday, March 20, 2020

At Adoration, last time

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It was the last opportunity to step into the church, as it is now closed until further notice. Husband and I and Number Seven spent and hou...
Sunday, February 02, 2020

Complines at our parish

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Today it is the First Sunday of the month... and the significance of this for our family is that Sister Maria is reading our letters, and r...
Thursday, April 04, 2019

Icons at Saint Gerard's Parish in Lansing

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Husband and I attend masses there on Saturday mornings. I have noticed these icons recently on a hallway--there are many more! I cannot fin...
Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Sweet memory

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Sunday, August 19, 2018

Magazine cover!

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Saturday, June 23, 2018

Saint Thomas More, according to yours truly

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Yesterday it was the feast of our Parish Patron Saint. Daily mass was full! I wrote about him for our parish magazine--the issue is coming ...
Monday, January 15, 2018

Parish Magazine

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 I continue to enjoy writing for the parish magazine and these are in the upcoming issue. I added Father Terry teaching Religious Ed becau...
Saturday, January 13, 2018

Roses for the Blessed Mother

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I continue to bring flowers to the Blessed Virgin at church, honoring her, thanking her for so much she has done for me, and asking her for...
Monday, October 16, 2017

Parish Magazine

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I mentioned a while back that I now have a part time job as a writer for a Catholic publication. I am certainly getting the hang of it, whil...
Sunday, September 24, 2017

Kyrie Eleison introduced at the parish

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Friday, September 15, 2017

English class at the parish

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Husband is my assistant teacher and native-language-consultant this year at the parish, and in the first class we had five countries repres...
Monday, August 28, 2017

Face painting at church

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Number Seven and I were in charge of face painting at the annual church picnic yesterday--I took a few pictures... I made the butterfly and...
Wednesday, March 01, 2017

Ash Wednesday

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Here we go again, it is Lent! I was able to lector in Spanish at the bilingual mass. Number Seven helped with the parish fish dinner, which...
Tuesday, February 28, 2017

This Past Sunday at church

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The girls have been cantors many times recently, and Number Three has been lectoring--Husband and I are always beaming. This past Sunday I ...
Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Number Seven Wins a National Art Award

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We find out this evening that Number Seven was awarded the National Education Contest award for high school art from by the National Cath...