In the Opening Prayer at Mass on Easter Sunday we pray: “Bestow upon those baptized in (Jesus’) death the power flowing from his resurrection,
that we may proclaim near and far the pardon and peace you give us.”
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The peace of Jesus Christ be with all of you.
Your St. Isidore staff and parish community are doing all that we can to serve you during these trying times. We will be maintaining limited office hours to serve your …
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We begin to count the forty days of Lent today, the First Sunday of Lent. We begin today because today is the first time the entire community has been able to gather together. Lent will come to an end at …
Read MoreAt the 9:30 Mass this Sunday we celebrate the”Rite of Sending” with our catechumens and candidates for Full Communion with the Catholic Church. Those with whom we will be celebrating the Easter Sacraments of Baptism Confirmation, and First Eucharist at …
Read MoreThe primary goal of Archbishop Vigneron’s “Unleash the Gospel” effort is to form all of us into “joyful missionary disciples.” At the heart of this mission is the need to help parents and families to form their children as “joyful …
Read MoreHaving celebrated the Advent and Christmas Seasons with their many bright feasts, the Church has now returned to “Ordinary Time.” The word “ordinary” has its roots in the word “ordinal”, as in “ordinal number.” We call this “Ordinary Time” because …
Read MoreThis weekend we welcome Fr. Adam MacDonald to St. Isidore. Fr. MacDonald is the Vocation Director with the Divine Word Missionaries. He is here to help us celebrate “Vocation Sunday.” The Divine Word Missionaries played a large part in my …
Read MoreToday’s Feast of the Epiphany is, liturgically speaking, the brightest feast of the entire Christmas Season, outshining Christmas Day itself!
Traditionally, Epiphany is celebrated on January 6, the Twelfth Day of Christmas. It still is in many cultures. In those …
Read MoreCelebrating the Sacrament of Reconciliation is an important part of our Advent preparation for the celebration of the Lord’s Coming, both at the end of time and at Christmas. For several years we have joined with three other North Macomb …
Read MoreOne blessing that I will be most grateful for this Thanksgiving is that of being a part of the St. Isidore Catholic Community. When Msgr. Mike left St. Isidore seven years ago to become pastor at St. Andrew parish, my …
Read MoreIt is just over one year since we began Eucharistic Exposition in the Resource Center on Tuesdays from following the 8:00 AM Mass until closing with Benediction at 6:00 PM. (This is in addition to Exposition on Friday mornings for …
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How do I remain faithful through the trials
I believe that it is our dreams which give meaning to our lives. Our dreams move us and sustain us through difficult times.
Jesus dreamed of the “Reign of God,” a kingdom …
Read MoreNovember has been designated by the Church as a month to pray in a particular way for the Faithful Departed. Throughout the month there will be a Book of Life near the baptismal pool for parishioners to inscribe the names …
Read MoreThis weekend we welcome Bishop Robert Fisher to St. Isidore. Bishop Fisher is presiding at the Confirmation Liturgy for our ninth graders on Saturday evening. As you know, it is through Confirmation that our young people complete their initiation into …
Read MoreThis week we welcome Fr, Tom McCarthy to St. Isidore, Fr. McCarthy, an Augustinian priest, is preaching at all of our liturgies this weekend, and will then be leading our parish mission through Wednesday evening. Fr. McCarthy is a well …
Read MoreLast month I had the privilege of attending the 2019 National Convention of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVDP). The SVDP is a worldwide Christian community founded in Paris in 1833 by a group of Catholic college students, …
Read MoreWe are very grateful to the 752 parishioners who have made gifts and pledges to CSA 2019.
As you know, contributing to the Catholic Services Appeal is the best way to directly support our parish mission. In effect, every dollar …
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How can I rely more on God’s wisdom and less on my own?”
We live in a time when knowledge and information are easily accessible. If you want to find information on almost anything, just go to the internet. But …
Read MoreThe observance of Labor Day this weekend reminds us of the “dignity of work,” one of the major themes of Catholic social teaching. Far from being a “necessary evil,’” human labor is sacred. We live most fully in God’s image when we …
Read More“You may not be able to hear US. But we have heard YOU!’
We continue to get “feedback” from parishioners and visitors to our parish that it is difficult to understand the spoken word in the main section of our …
Read MorePlease “save the date” and plan on joining us for our Parish Picnic following the 4:30 Mass on August 10th. The picnic will be held in the Social Hall as well as the courtyard. Hamburgers, hot dogs, chips, ice cream, and pop will be …
Read MoreWhen we started our 5:30 PM Sunday Night Mass in May of last year (“A Mass for the Busy Catholic” as we used in our tagline), our plan was to evaluate it after one year to see if it should …
Read MoreEven as we enter into these “dog days” of summer, our Faith Formation Team is hard at work preparing for the next school year. The members of the team are studying and implementing many new Archdiocesan curriculum guidelines. They are re-writing …
Read MoreWe thank everyone who helped to make Strawberry Festival 2019 a huge success. When it was announced at my former parish that I would be coming to St. Isidore, many of the parishioners of that parish told me of the …
Read MoreToday we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Trinity, one of the few doctrinal feasts on the Church calendar. As Chris Kozlowski’s reflection on this week’s Connecting Point makes clear, the concept of the Trinity is a mystery and hard …
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How is a good mother like a good shepherd?
In recent months two of my nieces, both of whom grew up and received all of their sacraments at St. Isidore, celebrated the birth of their first child. In each case, …
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Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers of our parish, and to those who share motherly love with our young people, such as aunts, teachers, coaches, mentors, counselors, etc.
In many ways, a mother’s love is the most challenging of all …
Read MoreWe congratulate our second graders who celebrated their First Eucharist with us over the past two weekends, and whose names have appeared on the front page of the Harvest News! It is always a great joy to welcome our children …
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Keep your eyes open to see Christ Today!
In John’s account of the Resurrection, we are told that as the Beloved Disciple entered the empty tomb he “saw and believed.” His eyes were open to see the evidence that the …
Read More“HE LORD IS RISEN!”
“HE IS RISEN INDEED!”
This is the traditional joyful greeting Christians share with each other on this Easter Day, celebrating the very heart of our faith. Through his death and resurrection, Jesus has conquered sin and …
Read MoreOur first Vicariate Lenten Communal Penance Service is here at St. Isidore this Monday night, April 8, at 7:00 PM. Celebrating the Sacrament of Reconciliation is an essential part of our Lenten journey and our preparation to celebrate the Paschal …
Read MoreAs we continue on our Lenten journey, we are reminded that our focus as a parish community during Lent is on our Elect and Candidates for Full Communion as they prepare to celebrate the Easter Sacraments of Baptism and/or Confirmation …
Read MoreLent begins this Wednesday! It is a time for us to go ever deeper into our spiritual life and experience spiritual renewal as we prepare to renew our Baptismal promises on Easter Sunday.
Lent began as a season of proximate …
Read MoreLent begins late this year. Ash Wednesday is March 6. But it is not too early to begin planning how you will keep the penitential season.
As in the past, St. Isidore will be joining the other parishes in the …
Read MoreLent begins late this year: Ash Wednesday is March 6. But it is not too early to begin planning how you will keep the penitential season.
As in the past, St. Isidore will be joining the other parishes in the …
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I often take time to thank God for the gifts God has given me, and try to find ways to share those gifts with others. I thank God for the gifts of time, talent, and treasure. I then try to …
Read MoreIt is a long tradition in the Church of having special “intentions” for a Mass. The special intention is usually a deceased loved one, or someone in special need of the graces of a Mass. As you have noticed, we …
Read MoreHaving celebrated an Advent season of joyful preparation, and the wonder-filled Christmas Season with its many bright feasts, we have now entered into “Ordinary Time” on the Church calendar. The purple and rose vestments of Advent, and the white and …
Read MoreToday’s Solemnity of the Epiphany is, liturgically, the brightest feast of the entire Christmas Season. Today we rejoice in our belief that Jesus is revealed as the Light for all people! The Magi are Gentiles, Through following the star, they …
Read MoreMr. Matt Hunt, who has served as our Coordinator of Youth Ministry at St. Isidore for the past year, recently left our Pastoral staff to serve as Pastoral Associate at St. John and Paul parish in Washington, Michigan. We are
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I love the season of Advent. It is a time of joyful anticipation of Christ’s Coming. During these first few weeks of Advent we focus on Christ’s Second Coming, when he, in the words of one of our penitential tropes, …
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All of us experience times of darkness. These dark times are usually the result of the hardships life gives us: the death of a loved one; serious illness; broken relationships with family and friends; failed dreams; economic setbacks; the apparent …
Read MoreNovember is the month dedicated to remembering and praying for the Faithful Departed, our brothers and sisters who have gone before us marked with the
sign of faith. If you have not as yet done so, please enter departed loved
DO NOT BE AFRAID…
…to go out on the streets and into public places, like the first Apostles who preached Christ and the Good News of salvation in the squares of cities, towns and villages. This is no time to …
Read MoreAt 9:30 Mass this Sunday we celebrate the Rite of Acceptance into the Catechumenate. This is the second of four stages in the Right of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA). The first stage is Inquiry, the second is Catechumenate, the …
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We have all been affected, in one way or another, by the horrible sexual abuse scandals of the Catholic Church. The news is disturbing, and for many of us, incomprehensible. Back in August, I wrote a letter …
Read MoreWe will be celebrating the Sacrament of the Sick at the 4:30 Mass next Saturday, October 13. Celebrating this sacrament at a parish weekend liturgy allows the parish community to come together to honor the sick of our parish, to …
Read MoreIn many ways, a parish’s “calendar” follows the school year. Thus, many exciting things are starting up in the parish in the next couple of weeks.
Faith Formation begins for our eighth graders this week, and then for the remainder …
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I, like perhaps many of you, am angry, disgusted, and horrified at the news and recent stories in the media regarding the sexual abuse of minors by members of the Catholic clergy and the coverup of the horrible crimes by …
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Today the Church celebrates the Nativity of John the Baptist, whom Jesus himself called “the greatest man born of a woman.” (Matthew 11:11). John’s greatness lied in the fact that Jesus was the focus of his life. He drew people …
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