Generation Christ - Ann Arbor at 530 Elizabeth Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 US - 5-8-2009
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~ The Weekly Update ~ May 8, 2009 Friday of the Fourth Week of Easter Greetings GenChrist, This Sunday, Fr. Chas will be leading the meditation at our hour of Adoration. Earlier in the afternoon, the St. Thomas Schola, the St. Thomas Choir and the soloists who regularly sing at our Masses will perform a free concert in the Church at 4 p.m. After the concert, there will be a reception in the Parish Hall. Depending on the length of the reception, GenChrist will either gather in the Church or the Parish Hall - look for the signs. In Christ, Generation Christ Communications Coordinator ______________________________ __________ Small Groups School of Community: Faith / Theology Discussion Sundays at 5:30 pm at St. Thomas Parish Hall, 530 Elizabeth St. Contacts: Adam and Maria Skoczylas ... askoczylas.1 at gmail dot com Theology of the Body Contact: Chris Bogan ... cwbogan at gmail dot com Men's Group Contacts: Andy Forbing (Fellowship) ... aforbing at alumni dot nmu dot edu Works of Mercy Contact: Beth Salz ... bethsalz at hotmail dot com Newlyweds Group Contacts: Matt and Louise Vasievich ... mpv at umich dot edu Fr. McGivney House Contact: Colin Miranda ... colseanm at umich dot edu St. Catherine House Contact: Karen Heighes ... kheighes at gmail dot com News in Brief May 11: Entry Deadline: Collegiate Prolife Essay Contest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ News Collegiate Prolife Essay Contest Attention Students! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Wednesday, May 13, 7:00-8:30 p.m., Tim Carpenter and Joe Creamer will lead the second of three talks in this May's faith formation series, Reasons to Believe in the Parish Hall. This week they will discuss - Mary: What does it mean to be the Mother of God? Come to grow in the knowledge of our faith, both to edify yourself and to develop a capacity to field questions regarding our faith from an often-skeptical world. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Saturday, May 16, 10:30 a.m., St. Thomas Acquinas Church, East Lansing. This Saturday, our Diocese of Lansing clergy will expand with the ordination of Permanent and Transitional Deacons. Those to be ordained include Tom Wasilewski and Mathias Thelen, who came to speak to us last Sunday. All are invited to attend this joyous celebration for our local Church. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Earlier today, the Holy Father began his first pilgrimage to the Holy Land since his election as Bishop of Rome. The planned itinerary begins in Amman, Jordan and will also include stops at the site where it is believed that Jesus was baptised, at the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem and at the Nativity Grotto in Bethlehem, among others. He will be meeting with Muslims, Jews and various Latin and Eastern Christians. We pray that his voyage will be a success and that his message of peace will be correctly reflected in the coverage of the trip. _____________________________ If you have moved away from the Ann Arbor area and would no longer like to receive these updates, please respond to this email and I will take you off the list.
In coming weeks make sure to thank Theresa Gipson and other departing members of the Core Team and Fr. Chas for their leadership and service over the past years! See below for news - from the Church local to the Church universal.
Paul Schultz
http://www.generationchrist.
Discernment Dinners
May 12: Conversation Connection Chinese Ministy
May 13: Reasons to Believe: Mary, the Mother of God
May 16: Diaconate Ordinations, East Lansing
May 8-15: Pope Benedict's Trip to the Holy Land
* Take a stand for life! *
WIN: 1st place - $750; 2nd place - $500; 3rd place - $250
College Speech Contest
Research one of the issues below and make a
5-7 minute presentation before a panel of Judges:
?Abortion ? Infanticide ? Euthanasia
? Embryonic Stem Cell Research
? Wanted or Unwanted: Does it change the value of life?
? Why did Margaret Sanger say:
“We do not want word to get out that we want
to exterminate the Negro population?”
Contest location: The Heather Creek Church Building
(Formerly The Restoration Center)
5490 Davison Road, Burton, MI
(Near the corner of Belsay and Davison Roads)
All contestants must be residents of the State of Michigan!
Contact us for an application at:
Flint Right to Life & Black Americans for Life
G-4482 N. Genesee Road, Unit C, Flint, Michigan 48506
Phone: (810) 250-0218; Email: FlintRTL@att.net
Contest Date: Saturday, May 16, 2009 commencing at 10 AM
Entry Deadline: May 11, 2009
Visit us on the web: www.FlintRTL.com
Conversation Connection Chinese Ministry
Contact: Lauren Hughes
Conversation dot Connection at gmail dot com
I am looking for volunteers for the group Conversation Connection! We meet in small groups with visiting Chinese graduate students and scholars to practice English and give them a little introduction to American life, our Christian faith and culture. For the summer we are going to have conversation nights mixed in with game nights, trips to Top of the Park and volleyball. It's a nice way to help out folks new to the country and make new friends!
Tuesday nights starting May 5th
7 to 8:30 pm: Conversation time (nights with activities/volleyball
may go later)
Reasons to Believe - The beliefs we teach and how we came to understand them
Diaconate Ordinations
Pope Benedict's Trip to the Holy Land