Hopefully, the beginning of Advent 2020 has been blessed for you. How is your life is different during this time? Did you make any Advent’s resolutions? Do you follow them? Is your individual and family life focused more on Jesus and on His coming in the mystery of His Incarnation? Are you making straight your paths to know Jesus better? Are you…
Livonia, Michigan
Livonia, Michigan
Posts by Doug Holliday (Page 76)
The St. Genevieve-St. Maurice Council of the St. Vincent DePaul Society is inviting parishioners to participate in our “Giving Tree” Christmas gift program for our Neighbors in Need. Ornaments listing needed gifts are available at the rear of the Church and parishioners are encouraged to limit handling ornaments before making their selections while practicing social…
My dear friends and parishioners, I wanted to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude and thanks for all the ways you are loving and caring for my family and I during this difficult time. Truly, thank you is not even enough. I am overwhelmed with deep thanks and gratitude. I wish I could…
Welcome to Advent 2020! I love Advent. I think it’s my favorite church season. I love lighting the purple and pink candles, I love the advent calendars, and I love the preparations for Christmas. Advent is our time of waiting for the Lord, a special time of hoping for God’s presence, healing, and peace. It’s a time of hope! Somebody told me…
Our eighth-grade sacramental class attended 5 pm Mass on Saturday, November 14th for their Confirmation Rite of Enrollment. They received their Youth Study Bibles and committed themselves to continue learning about their faith in preparation for their Confirmation. Please keep these children as well as our First Communicants and Confirmation prep classes in your prayers.…
Happy Christ the King Solemnity! This Sunday, we celebrate the solemnity of Christ the King, which is the last Sunday of the liturgical year in the church. Although traditionally we open the New Year on January 1st, in the Church the new year begins with the First Sunday of Advent, which is next Sunday. For me personally, this Sunday is always an…
November 13, 2020 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, During these difficult months during the pandemic, I have granted a general dispensation from the grave obligation that we as Catholic Christians have to attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation in the Archdiocese of Detroit, in part to help ease the conscience of…