Hopefully, your life is blessed. Someone asked me a question one day; “Father, how we can live happily in this ungodly world in these days? There is so much anger, hatred, fear, injustice, and lies. How we can be faithful to God and our Christian vocation?” Reflecting on the second reading of St. Paul from today’s Sunday, I decided to make a…
Livonia, Michigan
Livonia, Michigan
Posts by Doug Holliday (Page 74)
January 23rd and 24th, 2021 Hello Faith Formation families, Last Sunday, January 17th, we began our next 8-week unit. If you were unable to pick up your family packet in the Gathering Area last weekend after Mass, please call the Faith Formation office to arrange a pickup time. These materials cover the next 8-weeks, including…
Lent 2021 is upon us, which brings a parish service opportunity – Fish Fry Dinners! This year the event will be carry-out only, which means many volunteers will be needed to navigate this new system. Sign-up to volunteer through a parish organization or look for a sign-up form in future bulletins. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Planning continues…
Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and New Year’s celebration or at least as good as it could be with COVID-19 still hanging around. My family had an outdoor Christmas and I must say it turned out very nice. We had fire pits and outdoor propane heaters to keep us warm. Of course it was…
HOPEFULLY THE FIRST WEEK OF ORDINARY TIME WAS EXTRAORDINARY FOR YOU! I’d like to begin with the story: A stranger once asked a teacher, “What’s your profession?” The teacher replied, “Christian,” The stranger continued, “No, that’s not what I mean. What’s your job?” The teacher asserted, once again, “I’m a Christian!” Puzzled, the stranger clarified, “Perhaps I should ask, what you do…
Hello Faith Formation families, Sunday, January 17th we begin another 8-week unit. With COVID, as you have all experienced, the mail is not what it used to be. I am happy to announce we have received shipment of our Gospel Weeklies! You can pick up your family packet in the Gathering Area this weekend after…
HOPEFULLY YOUR CHRISTMAS AND THE NEW YEAR WAS BLESSED AND HEALTHY! Today we celebrate the Baptism of the Lord. Jesus’ baptism gives a new, fuller and divine meaning to our own baptism. This extraordinary event was also an epiphany, a manifestation or a revelation of who Jesus was – the Divine witness to Jesus standing as the Son of God. In baptism,…