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This page will be updated regularly, so keep checking back for more!
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What's the Purpose of Lent?
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Picking a Thing for Lent
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When Lent Gets Inconvenient
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St. Mary Youth Group will be hosting a
Live-Action Performance of the Stations of the Cross
on Good Friday, April 18.
The performance will begin 20-30 minutes after the conclusion of the Good Friday Service (roughly 4:30pm). The Stations begin at the bandshell in McCormick Park and generally follow the cement path throughout the park for easy wheel-chair or assisted walking devices.
Everyone is invited to come and “walk with Jesus” as we go through this reverent and prayerful event.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our youth leaders:
Jordan McDowell: 517.294.0918
DJ McDowell: 269.650.7587
Note: In case of bad weather, the performance may be canceled.
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Especially for children and families:
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Our friends at Holy Heroes are back to share daily emails and activities for kids and families this Lent, including coloring pages, crossword puzzles, word searches, and more!
Sign up to receive these through Flocknote:
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Formed.org
There are a wide variety of Lenten videos, studies, and more for both children and adults on Formed.org!
If you've never used this Catholic media library, click here for login information. Then check out their Lenten resources here:
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Word on Fire is holding its first-ever Lent retreat!Lent is a time to slow down from our frenetic lives and return to the heart.Led by Fr. Boniface Hicks, OSB, the Lent retreat will lead you on a journey to encounter Christ, experience his love for you in a deeper way, and touch areas of your heart that are in need of that love.And it’s not too late to join!
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40 Days to Financial Freedom
This ‘playlist’ of sorts will take you from wherever you are now to a healthier, peaceful place with your money one small step at a time in about 6 weeks. You’ll watch some lessons from The Catholic Money Course, listen to some episodes of The Catholic Money Show podcast, and complete some exercises along the way. You’re entire financial life won’t be totally renewed in only 40 days, but following this guide will not only get you off to a great start, but also help you see quite a difference in a short time.
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Fast and Feed is an initiative to help connect fasting on Ash Wednesday with those who go without food all the time. You simply plug into a calculator what you would normally have eaten on a non-fasting day, and they’ll tell you what you saved on groceries by fasting. Then, you’ll have the opportunity to donate that amount to a Catholic charity that feeds the poor, essentially passing your plate to those in need!
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Join Fr. Josh Johnson on the Ascension app - and get a free 90-day membership if you're downloading it for the first time!
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This Lent, learn more about the faith with Rev. Francis J. Hoffman "Fr. Rocky", so you live it, love it, and never leave it! In this brand new, free video series, Fr. Rocky takes you through the seven sacraments, from Baptism to the Anointing of the Sick, through short videos sent daily to your inbox.
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Prayer Saves Lives
In early February, a woman approached 40 Days for Life prayer vigil participants outside Planned Parenthood in Lansing to effusively thank them for their prayer and presence. Years earlier, she had driven to PP to have an abortion, but the presence of people praying changed her mind. Her son, in the back seat of the car, is now eight years old and the joy of her life.Join the 40 Days for Life Spring Campaign outside Frandor
from 7am – 6pm from March 5 – April 13.
For more information: contact Brent – 517-894-4334.From St. Mary Parishioner Jenny Ingles:
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Science of Sainthood
Learn to Pray Like the Saints!
Watch the free Lent Streaming of Introduction to Real Prayer, including guided audio meditations, too!
This series by Matthew Leonard teaches everything you need to know about prayer...not just what it is, but how to do it!
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St. Francis Retreat Center - DeWitt
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Ecce Homo Lenten Retreat:
Behold the Man, Behold Your Mother
Thursday, April 10 – Saturday, April 12 online
Are you ready to make Holy Week a powerful experience? The Lord is specially preparing for you many graces during the celebration of His most sacred mysteries this lent. Come and do so under the care and protection He gave us from the Cross, the Blessed Mother.“‘Woman, behold your son!’ Then he said to the disciple, ‘Behold your mother!’ And from that hour the disciple took her into his own home.”
John 19:26-27
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