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Dear Parishioners,
Year of St. Paul
Today we celebrate the Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul.It is also the beginning of a yearlong commemoration of the 2000th anniversary of the birth of St. Paul.While we don’t know the exact date of his birth, the observance of a Pauline year provides us with a good opportunity to reflect on Paul as one of the most important and influential figures in Christian history.the 27 books in the New Testament, 13 are attributed to Paul.More than half of the Acts of the Apostles is devoted to Paul’s conversion and his apostolic activities in spreading the good news of Jesus around the Mediterranean world. Last week in my homily, I encouraged all of us to read St. Paul’s letter to the Romans, considered by many to be his most significant letter.Our second reading will be from Romans almost every Sunday for the next 3 months.To give both you and me an additional incentive to read Romans in the next few weeks, I am scheduling a “Theology on Tap” in the Siena room, Wednesday, July 23rd from 7-8pm.“BYOB” – bring a bible and bring a beverage and we’ll see if a bunch of Catholics can make some sense out of Paul and his message.
Thank you Bridget!
Today after the 10:30am liturgy we will have a reception for Bridget Sweet, our choir director this past year.We thank Bridget for the enthusiasm and love of music she has shared with our choir and congregation.Our prayers and best wishes are with her and her husband Jason as they prepare to move to Pennsylvania.
Mission Cooperative Appeal next weekend
Father Santhiyagu Arockiyasamy, who has served as Parochial Vicar at St. Mary Cathedral and is currently pastor of St. Mary parish in Flint, will be at all the liturgies next weekend to represent the Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales, our 2008 Mission Appeal.He is a member of that order, members of whom serve as missionaries in Europe, India, America, and Africa.Their primary work is parish ministry and the education of youth. second collection will be taken to assist in the mission.Checks may be made out to St. Michael parish, with a memo-Mission Appeal.I encourage your prayers and generous support.of the Mission Appeal, our second collection for Deliver us from Debt has been rescheduled for July 14-15.
I leave later today for North Carolina to visit Father Roger Prokop, one of the senior priests of our diocese.For more information on him, check out frprokop.com.
Have a great Fourth of July,
Father Jim Eisele
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Jul-01-2008
