Blessing of the Bikes

April 24, 2025 / CL / KofC, News

The Knights of Columbus will host the Blessing of the Bikes on Sunday, June 8, 2025 after 11:15 a.m. Mass. Be there by 12:00 pm. There will be a Poker Run, Food/Drinks, T-shirts and Raffle. Bikes and Cars Welcome. $25 per driver/ $15 per passenger and includes a meal, soft drinks and cash prize drawing at the Last Stop After Party at 5 pm at the Montrose Pub, 10174 Vienna Road, Montrose. All are welcome to attend the party. The cost is a $5 donation, $15 with a meal (for non-riders). There will be live music by Reziliance. All proceeds will go to support local veterans.

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May Crowning: Last Children’s Mass ~ Ice Cream Social

April 23, 2025 / CL / KofC, News, Religious Ed

On Tuesday, May 6 Religious Education children are invited to participate in our May Crowning. Children arrive at 6:15 p.m. to receive their flower to honor Mother Mary and to line up for the Mass procession. This is the last children’s Mass. An Ice-cream social for families will follow the Mass in the Family Life Center.

Special thanks to these K-8th catechists, aides and substitutes throughout the 2024-25 year: Sue Monnett, Deb Hamilton, Julie Kane, David Smith, Kayla Henige, Connie Tripp, Kathy Harrison, Bill Stroup, Rachel DeHate, Theresa Pollard, and Lisa Briggs.

Thank you parents and families for a beautiful year of Religious Education of your children at Good Shepherd.

Eucharistic Adorers Needed May 3 & 4: Men’s Welcome Retreat

April 22, 2025 / CL / KofC, News

Adorers are needed to spend an hour with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament at St Robert Church to pray for the intentions of those gathered at the retreat. All are invited to intercede in this most important and powerful way, especially family members and friends of those on the retreat. Please sign-up online to ensure the Lord is not left alone:

Saturday, May 3: https://signup.com/go/eQWUgQe

Sunday, May 4: https://signup.com/go/FtDLtei

Contact Renee at: theshaws7@hotmail.com or 810.964.7597 if you need help signing up.

Good Shepherd Catholic Church Congratulates Rachel DeHate

April 19, 2025 / CL / KofC, News

At the Holy Saturday Easter Vigil on April 19, Rachel DeHate, was received into the Catholic faith. She was confirmed and celebrated her First Holy Communion as a Catholic.

Her journey to this joyful day began many years ago.

“I didn’t take it (my faith) as serious when I was young,” said Rachel. “Now that I’m older I wanted to dig into the meaning of it and make more of a commitment. I am thankful to receive the sacraments and be a full Catholic in God’s family.”

When Rachel Forshee was a child in second grade she and her family (mom, dad, sister, and brother) went to a Lutheran Church. “I was confirmed and then after high school I fell away,” she said.

God was definitely working in her life; she just didn’t see it so clearly at the time. God always knows what He’s doing.

After college and getting her nursing career going, she met a Catholic, Tony DeHate, who would become her husband on February 23, 2019. Soon they began building a family, and together they have three children: Natalie, 4, Hailey, 3, and Jillian, 7 months old.

Rachel recalls a conversation she had with Tony when they were dating. “He was so strong in his Pro-Life beliefs,” she said. “I remember these topics coming up in the news and his Pro-Life argument was so impressive. I realized his Catholic background gave him the ability to argue and stand up for human rights. He came at it from a human rights point-of-view and I realized Catholics might be the only real Pro-Life religion. Even my former Lutheran teachings seemed wishy-washy.”

She began to educate herself. She listened to Lila Rose – a young Pro-Life, Catholic podcaster. Her heart was becoming open and her interest in getting her children baptized stirred her to inquire about the process on October 29.

“We came to the Good Shepherd Atrium Open House,” she said. “I asked questions about becoming Catholic and I was put in touch with Bill Stroup, Order Christian Initiation for Adults (OCIA) Coordinator, who accompanied me to St. Robert Parish on my journey to becoming a Catholic. As Good Shepherd’s only candidate, she decided to join the OCIA sessions at St. Robert Parish. “I like attending the classes,” she said. “I enjoy hearing everyone’s conversion stories. I’m learning so much and I know it’s a lifetime of learning, and I’m excited.”

With three children to educate in faith and morals, the couple began discerning their role as faith educators.

“We just started going back to Church—we have children now and I saw the importance of it. We wanted to make a good foundation for the children,” said Rachel. “Natalie attends the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd program and she was learning things in the atrium that I didn’t know about – so now, I’m learning with her. I’m not good at some of these things, but I know the Church is, and the Holy Bible is.”

One aspect of her preparation for her reception into the Catholic faith most meaningful to her is the Eucharist. “I have faith, and now I feel I have a formula to follow on how to live it out,” said Rachel. “Catholics have beautiful sacraments such as confession and Eucharist. I am looking forward to participating in the Eucharist and remembering the sacrifice that Jesus made for me.”

Back when she dated Tony she noticed the “Pray to End Abortion” sign in the yard of his parents –Good Shepherd parishioners, Matt and Deneen DeHate. She liked their display of their Catholic beliefs. Her mother-in-law, Deneen DeHate, a former Director of Religious Education at Good Shepherd, served as Rachel’s OCIA sponsor. Rachel is grateful to be able to ask her questions about the faith.

The young DeHate family plans to further their involvement in the Catholic faith. “We are going to have our marriage convalidated and get our three daughters baptized.”

Become a Sponsor for 7th Annual Fr. Anthony Car Show

April 6, 2025 / CL / KofC, News

Come Join the Knights of Columbus!

March 26, 2025 / CL / KofC, News

Becoming a Knight of Columbus can transform your life. As a Knight, you have the opportunity to support our parish, give back to our community, grow in your faith.

The Knights of Columbus Council 8669 is more then a fraternal organization. Imagine being part of an organization that fills your heart and your mind with the joy of giving to others and the feeling that comes with making a difference. We’re involved in the community. We support Good Shepherd Catholic Church and its priests, activities and events. Knights serve the church as ushers, lectors, Eucharistic ministers, Altar servers, Catechists and take care of the ground maintenance.

Will you join us?

The Jubilee Year 2025: Pilgrims of Hope

February 1, 2025 / CL / KofC, News, Youth

Pope Francis opened the Jubilee Year of Hope for the universal Church on Christmas Eve 2024 in Rome. Pope Francis released a papal bull proclaiming the Holy Year 2025. The Bull of Indiction for the Jubilee Year is entitled Spes non confundit (“Hope does not disappoint” and can be found here). In addition, the Apostolic Penitentiary has published this decree.

The Jubilee of Hope Opened in the Diocese of Lansing on December 29, 2024,
The Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph.

To Strengthen & Share Hope

A central aspect of the Jubilee Year is the Jubilee Year Indulgence.

FROM THE OFFICE OF THE APOSTOLIC PENITENTIARY
INDULGENCES FOR JUBILEE YEAR 2025

A plenary indulgence is a grace granted by the Catholic Church through the merits of Jesus Christ to remove the temporal punishment due to sin.

The indulgence applies to sins already forgiven. A plenary indulgence cleanses the soul as if the person had just been baptized. Plenary indulgences obtained during the Jubilee Year can also be applied to souls in purgatory with the possibility of obtaining two plenary indulgences for the deceased in one day.

To obtain an indulgence, the usual conditions of detachment from all sin, sacramental confession, holy Communion, and prayer for the intentions of the pope must be met. (Usually, an Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be).

Make a Pilgrimage to Rome and pray for the Pope’s intentions in any one of the Four Major Papal Basilicas (St. Peter’s Basilica, the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran, St. Mary Major, or St. Paul Outside the Walls) or any of the special Jubilee churches listed by the Apostolic penitentiary in Rome.
Make a pilgrimage to one of the following churches in Italy: Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels in Assisi, Basilica of Our Lady of Loreto Basilica of Our Lady of Pompeii, Basilica in St. Anthony in Padua, OR in the Holy Land: Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem, Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth.
Perform an extraordinary work of mercy such as a generous gift to the poor, or visiting nursing homes or prisons
Participate in diocesan or parish sponsored spiritual exercises, missions, or formation activities based on the documents of the Second Vatican Council or the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
Visit any local Cathedral, Marian Shrine, or other special church designated by the local bishop for obtaining the Jubilee Indulgence.
Fasting at least one day a week from “futile distractions” such as social media, television, video games, certain phone Holy Doors: Holy Doors are to be opened at the Papal Basilicas of St. Peter, St. John Lateran, St. Mary Major, and St. Paul Outside the Walls (no. 6) and at the Rebibbia Prison in Rome. The Dicastery for Evangelization notes that the distinguishing mark of the Jubilee Year is not the Holy Door, but rather the Jubilee Indulgence, received through the Sacrament of Penance and acts of charity and hope. The various ways and many places where this indulgence may be obtained are summarized above and are outlined in the Apostolic Penitentiary’s Decree on the Granting of the Jubilee Indulgence, issued May 13, 2024.

Holy Doors:

Holy Doors are to be opened at the Papal Basilicas of St. Peter, St. John Lateran, St. Mary Major, and St. Paul Outside the Walls (no. 6) and at the Rebibbia Prison in Rome. The Dicastery for Evangelization notes that the distinguishing mark of the Jubilee Year is not the Holy Door, but rather the Jubilee Indulgence, received through the Sacrament of Penance and acts of charity and hope. The various ways and many places where this indulgence may be obtained are summarized above and are outlined in the Apostolic Penitentiary’s Decree on the Granting of the Jubilee Indulgence issued May 13, 2024.

Click here to learn more:

+Find out conditions for how to obtain the Jubilee Year Indulgences

+Diocesan Events for the Jubilee Year

+Places of Pilgrimage in the Diocese of Lansing

+Questions Regarding Indulgences

Ways You Can Take Action

July 17, 2016 / CL / No Category

Please Urge the Senate to Approve the Conscience Protection Act!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ACTION! With voices all over Michigan and all over the country encouraging its passage, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Conscience Protection Act this week by a 245-182 bipartisan vote. The measure allows for health care providers and payers to protect their rights in court should they be forced to participate in abortion. Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York and Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore, the respective chairs of the pro-life and religious liberty committees at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), applauded the vote and urged continued action as the bill moves forward to the U.S. Senate. Please send a message to the senate now: http://www.micatholic.org/advocacy/catholic-advocacy-network/vv/?vvsrc=%2fCampaigns
Please Urge Congress to Approve the First Amendment Defense Act!
The First Amendment Defense Act (H.R. 2802, S. 1598) would bar the federal government from discriminating against individuals and organizations based upon their religious beliefs or moral convictions that marriage is the union of one man and one woman or that sexual relations are properly reserved to such a marriage. Please send a message now: https://www.votervoice.net/USCCB/Campaigns/43794/Respond

Download our Parish App!

January 22, 2015 / CL / No Category

At Good Shepherd we are pursuing new opportunities to foster a stronger parish life and better engage the New Evangelization. As a part of these efforts we are happy to announce that Good Shepherd now has it’s own app for Apple and Android phones.

Our new app will allow us to send you useful and important messages throughout the week regarding our parish life and events, and allow you to reply to messages or RSVP for events.

There will be no need for parishioners with smart phones to remember to silence their phones before Mass. The app will send you a reminder to silence your phone 20 minutes before the Mass you select. Many more great features will be a help to all of us, such as, daily Mass readings, Catholic news, prayers and prayer reminders, quick access to online tithing, Confession reminders, and our weekly bulletin.

So, be sure to download the app by visiting myparishapp.com or searching for myparish on your phone’s app store, or text APP to 55321 and stay connected with us all week long.