Parents Are Primary Catechists

10/24/2024

As most of you know, I am a theology nerd! When a new encyclical "drops", I literally read it the first day it comes out. Luckily I had a meeting cancel today, so I was able to do just that.
The encyclical starts out talking about the "liquid society" we live in where there is a lack of conviction, truth and faith. It then spends most of the time talking about the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and why that is the answer to our liquid society. This is the first time I've seen an encyclical quote St. Vincent de Paul, and he is quoted 3 times. Service to those in need is very much part of the answer.
You can read the whole thing online. I have included my "copy and paste" quotes which is an effective "TL:DR" for those of you interested. Delexit Nos “He Loved Us”

https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2024/10/24/241024b.html #

1. HE LOVED US”, Saint Paul says of Christ (cf.Rom8:37), in order to make us realize that nothing can ever “separate us” from that love (Rom8:39).Paul could say this with certainty because Jesus himself had told his disciples, “I have loved you” (Jn15:9, 12).Even now, the Lord says to us, ...

01/08/2023

12/31/2022

Eternal rest grant upon him O Lord.

In the face of scandals and ecclesiastical careerism, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI never ceased to call for conversion, penance and humility, offering ...

10/05/2022

10/27/2021

"One lesson that many ordo-liberal economists and German central bankers drew from the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s was that money was not only a mechanism by which one measured prices. It also needed to be understood as central to the moral health of the wider social and economic order. This was the ethical basis upon which central bankers had to ground their resistance to efforts by governments to divert monetary policy away from the imperative of price stability."

The German ordo-liberals may offer a path for reforming today's central banks.

04/21/2021

Diocesan Insider - April 21st, 2021 - https://mailchi.mp/dioceseofkalamazoo/diocesan-insider-november-17-992733

04/06/2021

Letters to Bishop Bradley: St Ann families,

We invite you to write letters to Bishop Bradley during the next month to celebrate his 50th anniversary of his Ordination on May 1st 2021 during this 50th birthday of the diocese of Kalamazoo! Bishop Bradley has been a man of reason and faith during these termouchous times, and we are thankful for his service to Christ and church.

Letter to Bishop Bradley 50th Ordination May 1st

Bishop Bradley

215 N. Westnedge Avenue

Kalamazoo, MI 49007

03/16/2021

https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/meat-friday-thanks-st-joseph

A Pillar explainer

03/04/2021

Mass Permimssion to reprint, podcast, and/or stream the music in this service obtained from ONE LINCENSE with license A-735286. All rights reserved.

03/02/2021

Guide is now online.
Tomorrow 3-3-21 6pm will be mass and class on Sacraments and art.

St. Ann Catholic Church is located near beautiful Gull Lake in Augusta, Michigan. We have a vibrant parish community and welcome any summer visitors to the area. We also are home to Light of Christ Academy, a Montessori and Classical school from preschool through 8th grade. We have daily Mass at 8:3...