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Prayers for those in the midst of suffering and loss from California fires.
Many people in Southern California have lost their homes in the tragic fires over the past few days. We lift them up in our prayers at this time, that they experience the love and presence of God in the midst of their suffering and loss.
Many people in Southern California have lost their homes in the tragic fires over the past few days. We lift them up in our prayers at this time, that they experience the love and presence of God in the midst of their suffering and loss.
Catholic Events
Texts for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2025, Jan 18-25
The Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity [DPCU] is pleased to publish the texts for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2025. In the northern hemisphere, the Week of Prayer traditionally takes place from 18 to 25 January, while in the southern hemisphere, where January is often a holiday period, churches often celebrate the Week of Prayer around Pentecost.
The Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity [DPCU] is pleased to publish the texts for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2025. In the northern hemisphere, the Week of Prayer traditionally takes place from 18 to 25 January, while in the southern hemisphere, where January is often a holiday period, churches often celebrate the Week of Prayer around Pentecost.
Great Lakes Bay Catholic
A Difficult “Yes”
Last three Bernardine Franciscan Sisters Leave Saginaw Diocese to Return to Motherhouse in Pennsylvania On a morning in late September, Sister Ann de Guise sat in the living room of the convent behind St. Thomas Aquinas Parish considering the “yes” she made with her life when she formally entered religious life at 17, and the “yes” she will live out after 34 years of service in the Diocese.
Last three Bernardine Franciscan Sisters Leave Saginaw Diocese to Return to Motherhouse in Pennsylvania On a morning in late September, Sister Ann de Guise sat in the living room of the convent behind St. Thomas Aquinas Parish considering the “yes” she made with her life when she formally entered religious life at 17, and the “yes” she will live out after 34 years of service in the Diocese.
Diocesan News
United in Mission: One Heart and Mind Podcast Episode 6 Love for Lukulu
On this episode of United in Mission: One Heart and Mind Podcast our guests discuss a upcoming mission trip to Africa. Register and learn about the upcoming Into Meeting Sunday January 12th.
On this episode of United in Mission: One Heart and Mind Podcast our guests discuss a upcoming mission trip to Africa. Register and learn about the upcoming Into Meeting Sunday January 12th.
Catholic Events
Someday Saints to Befriend: Nicholas Black Elk, the Catechist of the Lakota Sioux
Among the “gloriously different” communion of saints is a singularly surprising new Servant of God. I refer to the Lakota mystic and medicine man, (Black Elk) whose life spanned nearly a century; who had a vision of the Crucified Christ decades before his conversion; who first responded to aide those attacked at Wounded Knee; and for whom the highest peak in the Black Hills is named.
Among the “gloriously different” communion of saints is a singularly surprising new Servant of God. I refer to the Lakota mystic and medicine man, (Black Elk) whose life spanned nearly a century; who had a vision of the Crucified Christ decades before his conversion; who first responded to aide those attacked at Wounded Knee; and for whom the highest peak in the Black Hills is named.
Great Lakes Bay Catholic
A Diocese on Mission
Will you join me in being a Church on mission? Last March, I shared in my Great Lakes Bay Catholic column that we cannot continue to do what we have always done to meet the current challenges and realities faced by our Diocese and the Church today. The steady decline of people living and practicing their faith dramatically affects not only the Diocese , but also our local communities.
Will you join me in being a Church on mission? Last March, I shared in my Great Lakes Bay Catholic column that we cannot continue to do what we have always done to meet the current challenges and realities faced by our Diocese and the Church today. The steady decline of people living and practicing their faith dramatically affects not only the Diocese , but also our local communities.
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