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26 February 2010 - 6:05pm — joyce

 

 
 
World Youth Day 2011 Pilgrimage—Madrid, Spain!
St. Mary’s will join 1,000,000 Catholic young adults from around the world in Madrid, 15-21 August 2011, to celebrate faith and grow in our love of Christ.  Pope Benedict will meet with young adults that week, and celebrate a final Papal Mass on the 21st with an estimated 2,000,000 people.  Our pilgrimage will go 2-22 August.
 
Preparations for our pilgrimage begin this summer.  Sign up now to get on an email information list by contacting Fr. Will at will.prospero@stmarycmu.org. Brochures with details and a registration form are in our main entries. For more information about World Youth Day see www.madridwyd2011.com.
 
Alternative Spring Break Fundraiser
Our Alternative Spring Break crew (Habitat for Humanity, Alabama) will host a fundraiser here on Sunday, Feb. 28, 7:00-9:00pm It’s all-you-can-eat pizza for $7. For tickets contact Jeremy at the parish or priestermeister@gmail.com. Donations welcome!
 
Women's Purity Group
The women's purity group meets Tuesday evenings at 8pm. This group is for college aged women looking for support in living a chaste Christian life. Contact Meagan Stechschulte to get involved at stech1ma@cmich.edu or 989-413-2856.
 
The Sacrament of Reconciliation: Note the Change in Date
In addition to normal reconciliation times, there will be a communal penance service with individual confessions on Tuesday, March 23 at 7:00pm.
 
Bishop Launches Online Video Blog
Bishop Cistone recently launched his ownweb blogto share homilies, written announcements and reflections. It is accessible through the Diocese’s homepage, www.saginaw.org. His Christmas videos and others are on YouTubeas part of the FAITHsaginaw channel operated under theDiocese’s quarterlymagazine, FAITH Saginaw, and the direction of theCommunications Office.