Generation Christ - Ann Arbor at 530 Elizabeth Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 US - 5-22-2009
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May 22, 2009 Friday of the Sixth Week of Easter Greetings GenChrist, Generation Christ Communications Coordinator May 23: Schola Gregoriana ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ News Schola Gregoriana St. Thomas' Latin and English chant schola always wants to welcome new voices to our number. We sing the 12:30 Mass throughout the academic year to Pentecost and, as able, on occasion during the summer as well. This summer we will definitely be on hand for Fr. Bill's first Sunday and for Fr. Chas' send-off. No chant experience is necessary, just a willingness praise God by singing His psalms. If interested, either email director Timothy Tikker - ttikker at comcast dot net - or come knock on the door under the green awning on Elizabeth at 2:30 p.m. this Saturday and join our practice session. Because of a special staff project at the center, GenChrist will not be going to the Delonis Center this weekend. Mark your calendars for the next opportunity, which will be Sunday, June 28 from 12-5. The kitchen staff is always happy to have additional help, so feel free to show up any day of the week to cook and serve the daily meals. ~Beth ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reasons to Believe: - The beliefs we teach and how we came to understand them Wednesday, May 27 Please come out for the final presentation by Tim Carpenter and Joe Creamer and then come over for the Wednesday evening social hour at Dominick's. Scythian Concert at The Ark! Contact: Kirsten Raab As was announced last week, the band Scythian will be performing at The Ark on Monday, July 27 at 8:00 p.m. Scythian plays kicked-up Celtic, folk and world music, and they deliver it with a high-energy, punk-rock sensibility. So why should you come to the concert? You should come because Scythian's live shows are an incredible experience! Their natural talent as awesome musicians combined with the powerful energy that they pour into every show makes for a performance that you won't forget! I never used to really care all that much about music, especially live music, but I saw Scythian for the first time last September and they honestly blew me away. This concert won't be like anything you've experienced before -- guaranteed -- and I've got until July 27th to convince you of that! To that end I will be including a "Scythian Video of the Week" in each of the Weekly Updates leading up to the concert on July 27th. So to kick things off I'm going to start the same way the band originally started: on an Irish note. Before branching out to include multiple genres in their music, Scythian began by simply playing Celtic music on the streets of Old Town Alexandria. This video isn't from Old Town, but it still demonstrates how Scythian does Irish music. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Since the Second Vatican Council, the last Sunday before Pentecost is celebrated as World Communications Day. This year, Pope Benedict has released a speech for this day, focusing on the idea of friendship and of bringing our witness to the digital world: New Technologies, New Relationships. Promoting a Culture of Respect, Dialogue and Friendship. Also on this occasion, the Pontifical Council for Social Communications has released Pope2you, a gateway to various facebook, youtube, iPhone and other applications that have been developed for sharing the Good News. We have recently edited the settings to make it easier to join GenChrist's facebook group. Please feel free to join this group or to use its Facebook presence in whatever way you can think of to build-up the Social Kingship of Christ. ______________________________ 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
We will not meet this Sunday, thus, our next gathering will be on the evening of Pentecost Sunday, May 31st, at 7:00 p.m.
The Church encourages us to pray novenas - nine-day period of private or public prayer to obtain special graces, to implore special favors, or to make special petitions. This practice follows, in part, from the nine days that the Blessed Virgin Mary and the apostles spent in prayer between the Thursday of Jesus's Ascension and arrival of the Comforter, the Holy Spirit on Pentecost Sunday.
Please consider joining in the Novena to the Holy Spirit. Today is the first day. Pray that His gifts would be poured-out upon Generation Christ and that we might change the culture of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County and the world even as His first servants changed Jerusalem, Judea and the world twenty centuries ago. (It can be hard to remember every day - Scott Richert has a good page where you can sign up for daily email reminders)
Safe travels to all that are away and good times to all who will be in town. See below for this week's news.
In Christ,
Paul Schultz
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May 24: Works of Mercy: Delonis Center - group event Canceled this month
May 27: Final edition of "Reasons to Believe" - Topic: Indulgences
May 31: Next Generation Christ
July 27: Scythian @ The Ark
Facebook and Pope2you: Using modern technologies for the mission Christ gave us
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Delonis Center note - from Beth Salz
7:00 – 8:30 p.m., Parish Hall
Purgatory/Indulgences: Does the Church still believe in purgatory and how much does it cost to get out?
wtcgjh at gmail dot com
Scythian Video of the Week #1: "Donegal Reel" from the 2008 Kansas City Irish Festival
Tickets for the Scythian concert can be purchased online at www.theark.org or you can get them from me during our fellowship hour after GenChrist and avoid the online surcharge! They are only $12.50 which is a very good price to see a show at The Ark. I hope you all can make it, and stay tuned for next week's video! ~Kirsten
May 24 = World Communications Day
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