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Life is Changed, Not Ended

Dear Son of Calvary,Life is changed, not ended.Lately I’m finding these words quite helpful.As you know, they are from the funeral mass, but they are words of hope and promise.  They comfort me.So much has changed since March began.  Mr. Bartel and other faculty and staff joined me in waving goodbye to the buses and […]

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God Is Near

Dear Friend,God is near.I believe we should practice “physical distancing,” BUT also practice social attachment and lovingkindness, although from a distance.Perhaps you, too, are feeling the dire impact of our “enforced” distancing.Perhaps you and your children and grandchildren, your friends and neighbors feel obliged to remain physically distant for the foreseeable future.Although, perhaps this is […]

St. Francis and the Christmas Creche

Saint Francis and the Christmas Creche

Saint Francis and the Christmas Creche For Saint Francis, Christmas – the Word Made Flesh, God’s act of total self-emptying love – was in itself enough to save the world. Therefore, Saint Francis loved Christmas and rejoiced mightily on the Feast, even creating a living Nativity Creche to share his wonder and joy with everyone, […]

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Pilgrimage to the Beatification of Capuchin Father Solanus Casey

Pilgrimage to the Beatification of Capuchin Father Solanus Casey Dear Friends in Christ, I’m sure you have heard the joyful news. Our Holy Father, Pope Francis, announced in May that Capuchin Father Solanus Casey will be beatified in Detroit in November. Being named “Blessed” is the step before being declared a Saint, if that be God’s […]

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Thanksgiving

A Prayer of Thanksgiving God, all powerful, most holy, most high and supreme; Father: holy and righteous; Lord: king of heaven and earth; we thank you for yourself, because by your holy will and through your only Son and the Holy Spirit you created all things, spiritual and material. You made us in your image and likeness and placed us […]

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