Angels Wear Gowns Published on April 29, 2020 Have you wanted to make a difference during this pandemic?We’ve teamed up with Angels Wear Gowns! Angels Wear Gowns was formed out of the growing
Responding with Courage Published on April 28, 2020 “We need to remember that circumstances don’t make a person, they reveal a person.” Emma Jameson A close friend of mine shared this quote
St. Vincent de Paul Update for 4/27/20 Published on April 27, 2020 We wanted to share a portion of a letter written last week by Ralph Middlecamp, SVdP National Leader, from our weekly newsletter about one of our
St. Vincent de Paul Update for 4/16/20 Published on April 16, 2020 Fr. Ron has been a champion of our St. Vincent de Paul Society at St. Isidore and we appreciate all his and the St. Isidore staff’s support during
“Something Lovely” Published on April 15, 2020 Here is a poem written by an Irish Poet, Kathleen O’Meara in 1869 – after a plague devastated Ireland in the late 1860’s SOMETHING
St. Vincent de Paul Update for April 9, 2020 Published on April 9, 2020 Inspired by Gospel values the Society of St. Vincent de Paul leads women and men to join together in friendship to grow spiritually by offering
“Hosanna in the Highest” – Reaching the Community Published on April 8, 2020 This past Sunday, we as a worldwide Catholic community celebrated Palm Sunday. Palm Sunday is the start of “Holy Week” and centers
Seven New Healing Habits Published on April 7, 2020 Life as we know it has changed. There are many aspects that have been stripped away, and we are left to find our new groove under challenging
Is There a Silver Lining Published on April 7, 2020 We, in these United States, are going through something that before this, we’ve only read about or saw on TV. Something we have never before
“Look for the Helpers” Published on April 4, 2020 I am constantly amazed at the goodness of people. In the midst of all of the chaos that currently surrounds the world, there are people who can’t
Palm Sunday 2020 at Home Published on April 3, 2020 This coming Sunday, April 5, we celebrate Palm Sunday, the feast which commemorates the triumphal entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem. (Matthew 21: 1-9)
St. Vincent de Paul Update for April 2 Published on April 2, 2020 Our St. Isidore Society of St. Vincent de Paul publishes in the Harvest Bulletin our list of Pantry Needs every weekend. Parishioners
“Urbi et Orbi” – “To the City and to the World” Published on March 30, 2020 I received a memo that Pope Francis was going to be giving a special blessing on Friday at 1pm Eastern. I didn’t know many of the
SVDP Food Distribution on March 25 Published on March 28, 2020 The St. Vincent de Paul Society was privileged on Wednesday evening, March 25th, to provide 40 families with gift cards, boxes of food and bags of
Hope in the midst of the Coronavirus Published on March 24, 2020 If you’re feeling the stress of the Coronavirus, raise your recently-sanitized hand! Events are cancelled. Schools are closing. Even churches are
“Sunday Morning” Published on March 23, 2020 There’s a Maroon Five song called “Sunday morning.” In it, there’s a line that goes: “Clouds are shrouding us in moments unforgettable.”
“Lord Be My Rock” Published on March 23, 2020 Listening to Good music can provide moments of stress relief during anxious times of uncertainty. My favorite Sacred texts come from the poetry and
St. Vincent de Paul Update 3/22/20 Published on March 19, 2020 In the spirit of our founder, Blessed Frédéric Ozanam, and patron, St. Vincent de Paul, we will continue to help our neighbors in need with rent,
COVID-19 Response Published on March 12, 2020 In response to growing concerns regarding the spread of the Coronavirus and following the closure of Michigan schools, Archbishop of Detroit Allen H.
Pewabic Pottery Staff Retreat Published on February 6, 2020 On Tuesday (Feb 4), our staff took a retreat to the Pewabic Pottery (https://www.pewabic.org) and the Fr. Solanus Casey Center in Detroit. We toured