Thank you to all who gave so generously to the Parking Lot project. Here are some photos of the paving company putting on the sealer coat and our own Tom Bigelow adding the striping.
the completed project
Happy Nineteenth Sunday!
This is a brief second reminder that next weekend will be our summer mission appeal weekend at both St. Robert and Good Shepherd. Fr. Arockiyasamy Santhiyagu, pastor of St. Mary in Durand and St. Joseph in Gaines, will be at St. Robert on behalf of the Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales. Fr. Ginu and Fr. Santhiyagu are brothers in the same religious order, so we will again be assisting their order’s missionary work. At Good Shepherd, Fr. Paul Sunny will be preaching on behalf of the Archdiocese of Trivandrum in Kerala, India. We’ll have envelopes available in the pews for you. We’ll include a second collection at Mass, or you can also take an envelope home with you if that works better.
Look out next week for our second edition of The Good Word with Fr. Christian, who will graciously be lending his voice to this article once each month. He has been a great blessing to me already as he begins his priestly ministry, so please continue to pray for Fr. Christian and take the opportunity sometime in the next few months to introduce yourself.
I’ll be back here in two weeks with some capital campaign updates.
Peace and blessings on your week!
Fr. Brian
We will have our Annual Missionary Appeal the weekend of August 16 and 17. A missionary representing the Diocese of Trivandrum in India will be making an appeal. There will be a 2nd Collection that weekend.
You can help save lives when you give blood. A blood drive will be held 12:00 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. Wednesday, August 20 at Good Shepherd Church in the Knights of Columbus Hall.
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) or call 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767). Give the perfect gift. Give Blood.
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Give Something that Means Something
Are you or someone you know seeking a closer relationship with Jesus? Are there questions about the Catholic faith that need to be answered? Or would you like to help others in their journey toward discerning the Catholic faith? Then consider participating in this year’s Order of Christian Initiation for Adults (OCIA)! Classes will be starting soon. If you would like to join us, or have any questions, please call the parish office or Bill or Sherry Stroup at 810-348-6990.
See more information here
The Knights of Columbus 4th degree assembly 2211 is collecting goods for the residence of the Aleta V. Lutz Veterans Hospital in Saginaw. This is a veterans’ nursing home. We ask you to please be generous as a lot of the residents have no family nearby.
Items Requested
Women’s t shirts & undergarments – all sizes • Laundry Detergent (name brands only)
Gift cards (Meijer, Walmart, Mastercard prepaid, gas) – $10 – $50.
– NO FOOD ITEMS, THANK YOU.
Questions? Call Adam Lupo, Chief of Voluntary Service, (989) 497-2500 ext. 13369
There will be a drop box for your donations at the front entrance of the church and in the Family Life Center.
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).
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