Faith
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of mind and heartMy Dear People,
As the pandemic restrictions ease and some semblance of normalcy slowly returns to our lives we are given an opportunity to “Renew and Reconnect” our parish family. Thus this is an important time to take action by reaching out to our parish family members, to encourage and welcome back to Church those who have not been able to attend, providing opportunities to be reconnected with fellow parish family members, inviting those who were active in the parish to re-engage themselves in ministry, and assisting all to be renewed in their Catholic faith and relationship with God and their parish family.
Diocesan leadership has put together and distributed information to parishes to assist them in re-engaging the life of their parish family. The information is called “Renew and Reconnect” and we have formed a Renew and Reconnect Committees for each of our Parishes to go through the information and come up with ideas for each particular Parish to bring about the re-engagement of our parishioners over the next 12-15 months. We have met two times already: May 18 and June 10, to discuss the information and generate ideas of things that we could do to Renew and Reconnect our parish family members. We are working on a list of social, spiritual, liturgical, personal, and educational activities that we can do. We extend an invitation to you and all parishioners to offer ideas of things which you believe would be good to do to Renew and Reconnect our parish family members. Listed below are the members of these committees and their contact information. Please pray, think of ideas and then communicate these ideas to any of the Committee members who will bring these ideas to the full Committee for consideration. Thank you for your support as we Renew and Reconnect our parish family.
Fr. Bill
RENEW AND RECONNECT COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
St. John Paul II Parish: Judy Lavigne – rlv48724@yahoo.com; Janie Hadley – hha6213816@aol.com; Deb Popielarz – deb.popielarz@gmail.com; Carolyn Frank – carolyn4redwings@gmail.com;
Christ the Good Shepherd Parish: Robin Kaczanowski – robinkaczanowski@sbcglorbal.net; Kate Strasz – Kstrasz24@gmail.com; Mike Smith – info@deltadoor.com; Lucia Kusowski – ctgssaginaw@sbcglobal.net;
TODAY, FATHERS’ DAY, SPECIAL COLLECTION “PRIESTS’ RETIRMENT FUND”. Please use the envelopes for the Diocese of Saginaw Priests’ Retirement Fund that were in the mailed packet of Church Contribution envelopes or you can put a donation in an envelope marked “Priests’ Retirement Fund” and put it in the Sunday Collection any time this month. Please be generous to this collection which provides for the Retired Priests of our Diocese who so generously served you and the whole Church. Thank you for your generosity!
JUST A REMINDER OF THE NEW TIMES AND LOCATIONS TO CELEBRATE INDIVIDUAL/PRIVATE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE (Confession).
Saturdays, 3:00-3:45 p.m. Confessions at St. John Paul II Parish
Saturdays, 4:30-5:15 p.m. Confessions at Christ the Good Shepherd Parish