Bulletin Announcements

The Secretariat for Communications provides monthly announcements and educational messages for use in parish bulletins to assist in keeping parishioners informed. Announcements for upcoming weeks appear below. Instructions for placing text into your document are noted below. Further information on upcoming events happening around the diocese may also be found by clicking the "Diocesan Calendars" button on the navigation bar to your left.

These announcements may be cut and pasted into parish bulletins or other materials. If you need instructions or assistance, please contact us.

For Use May 17 & 18

NMCF

Sharing our gifts with those around us is truly a testament of our faith. Through the Northern Michigan Catholic Foundation (NMCF) you can leave a legacy gift that provides for the parish, school, Diocese of Gaylord, or particular diocesan ministry you designate - for perpetuity. Through the NMCF your gifts will help: educate future seminarians, provide for retired priests, feed the poor, educate our youth, and share our faith. Your gift to the NMCF is your legacy put into action for generations to come.

If you would like more information on the NMCF, or how to remember your parish, school, the Diocese of Gaylord or particular diocesan ministry in your estate plans through the NMCF, please contact Danielle Parish, NMCF executive director at 989-732-5147 or dparish@dioceseofgaylord.org.

LIFE MATTERS

When God wants an important thing done in this world or a wrong righted, He goes about it in a very singular way. He doesn’t release thunderbolts or stir up earthquakes. God simply has a tiny baby born, perhaps of a very humble home, perhaps of a very humble mother. And God puts the idea or purpose into the mother’s heart. And she puts it in the baby’s mind, and then – God waits. The great events of this world are not battles and elections and earthquakes, and thunderbolts. The great events are babies, for each child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged with humanity, but is still expecting goodwill to become incarnate in each human life.
-- Edmond McDonald

STEWARDSHIP BY THE BOOK

The Gospel today is sometimes called "the Gospel in miniature" because it so concisely sums up the Gospel message. In even more condensed form, "God loved... God gave...," it is the paradigm for stewardship - we give because we love.

VOCATION VIEW

Each of us experiences God's revelation in a unique way. Tell your story. Add to the beautiful mosaic of God's life in this world with the story of your life.

FAMILY PERSPECTIVES

Today's gospel teaches "love" is the result of our "giving." The selfless giving of spouses, parents and children for one another is not only the sign of a happy and holy family. Selfless giving is the gift and the challenge of family life.

SATF MISSION TRIP

The St. Andrew Task Force has planned a Mission Trip to visit the Capuchin Soup Kitchen in Detroit from June 12 – 15, 2008. Young men ages 12-18 are invited to attend. Join us as we serve Christ in our brothers and sisters in the Detroit area. Attendees will stay at Sacred Heart Seminary and will also visit the burial site of Fr. Solanus Casey while on this trip. Cost per child is $20 (to a maximum of $40 per family) which includes overnight accommodations, food, and transportation from Gaylord to Detroit and back. If financial considerations are needed, please contact Fr. Don Geyman in the Vocations Office at 989.705.3532. Registration and information forms can be obtained from your parish office or by contacting the diocesan offices.

ICON WORKSHOP OFFERED

An Icon Writing Workshop will take place June 8-14, 2008 at the Augustine Center in Conway, Michigan. Students do not have to have any artistic inclination, but will have to be willing to obey the process and have the desire to delve more deeply in their spiritual self. Beginning students will create an icon of St. Michael, advanced students will have other images from which to choose. The cost of $800.00 includes a private room and bath; all meals; instruction and all supplies needed for the creation of their icon. If you would like further information or to register for this event, please contact Sister Chris Herald, OP; PO Box 460, Mackinaw City, Michigan 49701; phone: 231.436.5561; or email: chrisop@sbcglobal.net.

For Use May 24 & 25