We are looking for volunteers to serve as Sacristans for Saturday evening Mass. If you are interested and able to help, pleases see Donna Burnett or call the parish office at 810-639-7600.
Corpus Christi Eucharistic Procession
On Sunday, June 23rd the Feast of Corpus Christi Good Shepherd will have a Eucharistic procession following the 11:15 a.m. Mass.
Come and be a part of the sacred,visible display of our faith and public proclamation that Jesus is present in the Holy Eucharist. Join our joyful procession of praise singing hymns and bearing witness to the world that Jesus is Risen, He is Risen Indeed!
- We will stay on church property
- The servers will lead us followed by the priest with the Eucharist in the monstrance under a beautiful canopy followed by the people
- We will have four altars set up where we will pause to adore, proclaim a Gospel passage, offer intercessions and have benediction
- We will conclude by processing back into the church for a final benediction
- Afterward everyone is invited to the Family Life Center for a celebration meal
All are Welcome!
Faith Fest 2019
Join Bishop Earl Boyea and thousands of others on June 22nd for a full day of Christian Music, family fun, and a Catholic Mass! This extraordinary family festival will take place on the grounds of St. Francis Retreat Center in DeWitt, a beautiful 95-acre campus where rolling hills and wooded trails permit a unique and memorable summer festival of faith. Vist www.faithfest.com for tickets and more information, or call 517-669-8321.
Faithfest ’19
tentative
schedule
10:00 am Gates Open
12:00 pm Brothers Walker
1:00 pm Jason Gray, set 1 of 2
2:00 pm Tenth Avenue North, set 1 of 2
3:00 pm Matt Maher, set 1 of 3
4:30 pm Mass, music by Matt Maher
6:00 pm JJ Weeks
7:00 pm Jason Gray, set 2 of 2
8:00 pm Matt Maher, set 3 of 3
9:00 pm Tenth Avenue North, set 2 of 2
Help Needed: Funeral Luncheons
Our parish provides a service to our parishioners that have lost loved ones and need a time to relax, visit and have a bite to eat. The funeral luncheons are a time of respite for the loved ones. In order to provide this we need people who are willing to bake buy and work on the day of the funeral. Our list keeps changing, as people can or cannot help. We would like to update this list. If you are willing to bake, buy or work, please contact Gloria Polzin at 810- 252-0999, even if I have your name, please call to confirm that you can still help. If you think I have your name and can no longer help, please let me know that also. Thank You!!
Lawn Maintenance Helpers
We are looking for volunteers to help with the lawn mowing and trimming the church grounds. If you are interested and able to help, please contact Larry Polzin at 810-247-2361. Thank you!
Religious Ed News
Blood Drive
You can help save lives when you give blood. A blood drive will be held 11:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m. Tuesday, July 2, at the Montrose United Methodist Church, 158 E. State St.
The event is co-sponsored by the Good Shepherd Knights of Columbus Council 8669. For more information or appointment, visit redcrossblood.org (sponsor code: Montrose UMC) or call 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767). Give the perfect gift. Give Blood.
A few tips to make a donor’s experience successful: hydrate, wear comfortable clothing, bring ID and bring a friend. Donations are stored on ice until it is transported to a Red Cross center. Blood is available to be shipped to hospitals 24 hours a day, seven days per week. Donors must be at least 17 years old and in good health.
Year of Prayer
Following our recent diocesan assembly, Bishop Boyea has declared a Year of Prayer for the formation of missionary disciples. Our broken world can only find healing and peace in the Prince of Peace. Let us pray and discern how best to accomplish this new evangelization. https://dioceseoflansing.org/office-bishop/year-prayer
Crisis in the Church
We hope you will find these resources helpful.
Bishop Robert Barron’s Video Why Remain Catholic? (With So Much Scandal)
May the below encourage you and offer some things that we all can do to help bring about a renewal in the church. As Ralph Martin said in his letter, ” Jesus is still Lord and will use the current grave problems to bring about good.” Jesus told us he will not abandon us, and the gates of hell will not prevail against the Church.
Here are some other resources, which provide light and hope during this dark period:
- Joseph Ratzinger’s “Way of the Cross” meditations and prayers (given in 2005 at the Colosseum in Rome)
- Hours of Eucharistic Adoration in Reparation
- Prayer of Reparation
- Meditation on Reparation and Divine Intimacy
- A Holy Hour of Reparation
Additional Prayers:
- Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel
- Novena for the Abuse Crisis
- Litany of the Saints
- Rosary Crusade for the Church and World (Ends Oct. 7 Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary)
- Spiritually Adopt a Priest
Together let’s pray for the victims and the entire Body of Christ.
Let’s also pray the rosary daily as Mary requested, for peace in the world and true renewal in the Church.
Our Lady of Sorrows… Pray for us!
what can we do as we continue to pray for the pope and our leaders that God may give them the wisdom and courage to deal with the root of the rot and bring about a real renewal of holiness and evangelization in the Church?
»We need to go about our daily lives, trying to live each day in a way pleasing to God, loving Him and loving our neighbor, including the neighbor in our own families. We need to look to ourselves, lest we fall.
»We need to remember that even though we have this treasure in earthen vessels (or as some translations put it, “cracked pots”), the treasure is no less the treasure. Don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater! Baby Jesus is the treasure, and He is still as present as ever and still as ready to receive all who come to Him. And the Mass! Every day, He is willing to come to us in such a special way. Let’s attend daily Mass even more frequently, to offer the sacrifice of Jesus’ death and resurrection to God the Father, in the power of the Holy Spirit, for the salvation of souls and the purification of the Church.
»We need to remember that the Catholic Church is indeed founded by Christ and, despite all problems, has within it the fullness of the means of salvation. Where else can we go? Nowhere; this is indeed our Mother and Home, and she needs our love, our prayers, and our persevering in the way of holiness more than ever.
»We need to remember that there are many truly holy and dedicated bishops and priests, and we must pray for them and support them. They need and deserve our support.
»We need to remember that this isn’t the first time such grave problems have beset the Church. In the fourteenth century, St. Catherine of Siena bemoaned the “stench of sin” coming from the papal court and prophesied that even the demons were disgusted by the homosexual activity he had tempted priests into and the cover up by their superiors! (See chapters 124-125 of Catherine of Siena’s The Dialogue.)
That isn’t to say that we don’t need to take seriously and do all we can in response to the grave scandal we are facing in our time. And yet we need to remember that all this is happening under the providence of God, and He has a plan to bring good out of it. It was even prophesied strongly in Mary’s apparitions in Akita, Japan. Jesus is still Lord and will use the current grave problems to bring about good.
And finally, I’m beginning to see why the Lord has impressed on me so strongly in the past year the urgent need to heed the appeals of Our Lady of Fatima. Indeed, as Mary said,
“Pray, pray very much, and make sacrifices for sinners; for many souls go to hell, because there are none to sacrifice themselves and to pray for them.”
Let’s continue to pray and offer sacrifices for the conversion of sinners and as reparation for sin, and let’s pray the rosary daily as Mary requested, for peace in the world and true renewal in the Church.
taken from Letter by Ralph Martin “Dear Troubled Catholics”
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IF YOU HAVE BEEN ABUSED OR VICTIMIZED BY SOMEONE REPRESENTING THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
*Please believe in the possibility for hope and help and healing. We encourage you to come forward and speak out.
If I have been the victim of child sexual abuse by someone representing the Catholic Church, whom should I contact?
Contact the Victim Assistance Coordinator for the Diocese of Lansing, Cheryl Williams-Hecksel, LMSW, 888-308-6252 or cwilliamshecksel@dioceseoflansing.org.
What if I am an adult victim of sexual harassment, abuse, or other types of harassment by someone who works for the Catholic Church?
Contact the Lighthouse Incident Reporting service, 844-446-0009, or Lisa Kutas, Human Resources Director, 517-342-2511 or lkutas@dioceseoflansing.org.
Ways You Can Take Action
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