The World Apostolate of Fatima Diocesan Convention will be held at St. John the Evangelist, Davison from 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 7.  The speakers are Fr. Roy Horning, Frs. Zack & Drew Maybee speaking about ‘Mary’s Call to Prayer in Modern Times’.  The day will also include the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, a Rosary procession and banquet luncheon.  All are welcome.  Those wishing to join may purchase tickets at $20 each from Maria Pavelich, (810) 730-0703.

We invite you to join us for our 4th annual monthly Rosary Rally Campaign at our Lansing State Capitol.  This has been organized by a  group of Catholics committed to praying publicly for our state and nation on the 13^th of each month, May through October, the dates of Our Lady’s Fatima Apparitions.  Please join us on Friday, October 13, at 3:00 pm in front of the steps at the Michigan State Capitol building in Lansing where we will be led in prayer for our state and nation.  It will last about an hour.

A public square rosary rally is a time to give witness to people of all races and beliefs, keep polarizing politics out, and focus on prayer to unite our nation.  If you are interested in helping with this campaign or have any questions, please reach out to Sandra Sherwood at ejsherwood@charter.net. 

Welcome to October, Respect Life Month…The Knights of Columbus Council 8669 are having their annual Baby Bottle Drive until the first week in November to support their Culture of Life Projects.  Pick up a bottle at the church or call Jim and Nancy Hall at 810-639-2551 for delivery. Please fill bottle with your monetary support.  Return the bottle to the drop boxes located by the exits of the church.  Thank You!

St. Robert Parish will participate in the Lansing Diocesan Rosary Congress—a week-long Diocesan-wide effort to join, not only in our diocese, but with other dioceses across the nation, to ask Our Lady’s intercession before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, and to offer reparation to God through Our Lady, for our families, our Church, and our country! Good Shepherd parishioners are invited to join us at St. Robert Church to adore Jesus during 23 hours of Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, beginning after 8:30 am Mass on Friday, Oct.13; through Saturday, Oct. 14, at 8 am. Adorers are needed to sign up for one-hour periods with Jesus and pray the rosary and divine mercy chaplet in the church. Online signups are available by emailing:  theshaws7@hotmail.com or calling/texting Renee at 810.964.7597. For more information on Rosary Congresses, visit www.rosarycongressusa.org.

More Eucharistic Miracles

If you enjoyed last weekend’s display of Eucharistic

Miracles of the World, you can read the panels again or learn about many more that were organized by Blessed Carlo Acutis (available in several languages) at: 

http://www.miracolieucaristici.org/

Dear Good Shepherd Families:

Today, 26 children arrived by bus at Good Shepherd from 1:30-2:30 p.m. for their first session of faith formation.

We thank the leadership at Montrose Schools for granting this opportunity for children to learn about God during the daytime. We thank the Knights of Columbus who pay the bus fees all year to make this possible. 

We lovingly thank our catechists and aides who devoted their time to preparing the environment and lessons for our littlest believers — Kayla Henige, Connie Tripp, Ann Kaczmarczyk, Laura Priest, Gina Sharpe, Debbie Hamilton, Gloria Polzin, and Lisa Briggs.  All of these servants showed God’s love to your children!

A pet blessing will be held after the 6:30 p.m. Mass on Tuesday, Oct. 3. Children can bring their pets to church to receive a blessing in honor of St. Francis of Assisi – patron saint of animals.

See the flyer about the Pet Blessing! 

COMING UP:  The first Confirmation Class for students will be 9:45 a.m.-11 a.m. in the Youth Room on Sunday, Oct. 1. 

Sharing the Good News,

Lisa M. Briggs

It’s a Celebration!

Let’s all celebrate and have a good time! The life of a parish is exactly that, life. It is proper and good that we do celebrate life. Not only in our parish but also in our families, in our community, in our country, and in our world. For no matter where we are or where we go, without life there is no celebration. It is so precious a gift that to not celebrate it leads to desolation. Being open to life in the family leads to building better communities. Being open to life in the community, leads to building a “more perfect union” (country). Being open to life in our country leads to building a better world. It is only through life that we can build a better anything. And it is through the rejection of life that we become desolate. For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that all who believe in him may not perish, but may have eternal life. So on our parish calendar we set aside a time to celebrate this life that we share. Knowing that without it we have nothing and that with it we have each other.

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 formerly RCIA)!  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

Knights of Columbus St. Joseph Assembly #2211

Request YOUR Assistance in Helping Veterans

Items to donate for the Veterans the Saginaw VA

· Body Wash                                

· Razors

· Shaving Cream                       

· Hairbrushes  Combs                               

· Toothpaste

· Tooth Brushes (in original individual packages)

· NON-Alcohol Mouth Wash

· Laundry Detergent (name brands only due to

· allergies)

· Women’s T-Shirts (various sizes)

· Women’s Undergarments (all sizes)

· Men’s T-Shirts (size medium to 6X)

· Men’s Sweatshirts (size medium to 6X)

· Men’s Briefs (size medium to 3X)

· Men’s Sweatpants (size medium to 6X)

· Men’s Socks (size 8-13)

· Men’s Shoes (size 8-13) common size is 10 and 10 1/2

· Coats for the current season

· Gift Cards for homeless transient veterans (gas cards, Master Card, Meijer Card, Walmart Card) $10-$50

Please place donations in the box at the front entrance of the church or near the office in the parish Family Life Center.  The collection will run through September.

Dear Friend,

“Does God know me?”

Not only does God know you, He loves you! He loves you so much that He sent his Son into the world to suffer, and to sacrifice himself, for us. For you! For me! This, my friends, is the greatest love story in history.

But we are broken. We are of perishable body, conflicted soul, in an imperfect world. Jesus, though, gives us a divine remedy that can heal us and put those broken pieces back together: The Holy Eucharist.

Hence, in this year of Eucharistic Revival, I invite you to walk with me on a journey.

This Feast of Corpus Christi, June 12, I will be launching On the Road to Emmaus. This is a new initiative aimed at helping us all to grow in knowledge and, hence, fall more deeply in love with Our Eucharistic Lord.

To sign up for a weekly communication from me containing teaching, inspiration and a challenge, text RTE to 84576 or click here to sign up via e-mail. It’s that simple. 

He’s waiting for you. Receive Him into your life. And what was once broken will, in Our Lord, be made whole.

Assuring you of my prayers, I am sincerely yours in Christ,

+ Bishop Earl Boyea