A free subscription service (sort of like Catholic Netflex) that will allow every registered parishioner to access abundant information and entertainment about the Catholic faith from their personal computers, smart TV, IPad and even their phone. To learn more about FORMED or to sign up, click this link stjudedewitt.formed.org
Do you shop at Shutterfly?
If so, use the link below and go through our storefront to shop at Shutterfly. You get all the sales and same prices at Shutterfly.
St. Jude will get 8% of the sales that go through the storefront for the next 4 years. The money will go towards a new sound system for our church.
Link to Shutterfly Storefront:
http://stjude.shutterflystorefront.com/
Finding it challenging to help teach your children the faith at their level? In the YouCat children discover the Catholic faith through kid friendly illustrations, lessons, and applicable teachings through a variety of Q & A and quotes. Follow the link to learn more and order your copy today.
YouCat for Kids
Per the Diocese of Lansing: "Through the Office of Catechesis, Bishop Boyea is encouraging parishes to focus their energy and resources in building up the family to pray together, read the Scriptures together and talk about the faith together. Here are some resources that we've compiled for you." Please click on the link button below to be rerouted to the Diocese website regarding The Church At Home
Being the Church at Home
Want to discover the world that Jesus was born into, who he is, and what he's really like?
Catholics are growing closer to Jesus Christ and learning about his life like never before with Ascension's new study on the entirety of Jesus' life, Jesus: The Way, the Truth and the Life!
Presented by Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Jeff Cavins and Dr. Edward Sri, this program was filmed in the Holy Land so that Catholics can see and experience where Jesus lived, walked and where his most significant moments took place. See what all the hype is about by watching the first session completely free! Click here to view the first session.
Like to watch short videos instead of reading?
Click this LINK tab to access several short videos on the Catholic Church or things related to the Catholic Faith.
UPDATE Regarding the Realign Resources Meeting: Due to the recent increase in COVID cases in our state the Diocese of Lansing has chosen to make the Realign Meeting this Tuesday entirely virtual. It will still be held at 7pm but will now be viewable only via Zoom or Facebook Live. To join the Zoom meeting please go to the links below on Tuesday evening to participate. This will allow parishioners to be more interactive as there will be small group discussion afterward.
To watch the meeting but not participate in the small groups please sign on to Facebook Tuesday night to view the live-streamed video. There will be no in person meeting Tuesday night.
Topic: Realigning Resources for Mission
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87656761647pwd=MnBjdDQyMThUVzZDQVhZblFZbjU2Zz09
Meeting ID: 876 5676 1647
Passcode: 084521
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcJKo5iZiB
Dear Friend,
Why read the Holy Bible? Well, as that great figure of the Early Church, Saint Jerome, said: “Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ”. Jesus Christ is our reason to read the Holy Bible. It is in the pages of Sacred Scripture that we encounter him; that we get to know him and he gets to know us; that we fall in love with him, and, thus, we discover our deepest peace, happiness and meaning.
That’s why I invite you to join me in reading through the Holy Bible over the course of the next 12 months, starting this Advent. Together, it will be our Year of the Bible. Each day, I will text you or e-mail you a chapter of Sacred Scripture. We will then read it and meditate upon it.
Over the weeks, I’ll also invite you to events; share video reflections with you; and let you know about other Year of the Bible updates. By the end of 12 months, together, we will have made our pilgrimage together.
Do you want to sign up? Well, all you have to do is pick up your cellphone and text the letters BYOB – that stands for Bishop’s Year of the Bible – to 84576 OR go to the Diocese of Lansing website to sign up OR click on the link below. Three easy ways to join me on this scriptural journey.
I look forward to journeying with you as we encounter Christ through various books of the Bible over the next 12 months. Let us make this a deeply spiritual year for all of us.
Assuring you of my prayers, I am sincerely yours in Christ,
+ Earl
Bishop of Lansing
To be redirected to the BYOB website to learn more and register please click on the link below.
Year of the Bible