| This Week – Wednesday, June 10 – Kickball! This week we will play some kickball! We will meet at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 10 at the kickball fields behind Holy Spirit (2230 Lake Michigan Dr NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504). We will practice social distancing as much as possible while enjoying each others’ company. While we traditionally have a potluck for kickball, we will not be doing so this week. |
This Week – Wednesday, June 3 – Connecting on Zoom!
This week we will discuss Part 2 of the Eucharist from the “Let’s Talk Catholic” series by Fr. Scott Lawler. The link for Fr. Scott’s talk can be found here ( https://alpenacatholics.org/lets-talk-catholic/?fbclid=IwAR1DF3N0gN8V5mctEShcSQsTI8q1ezSZntwvUQdyVEQsgEXuBXDn1wuhAoM ). Please listen to the podcast prior to our meeting on Wednesday. Our Zoom meeting will open at 7:47 p.m. and have no passcode. Please see the information below for help joining the Zoom meeting.
Zoom
- copy and paste the following website ( https://us04web.zoom.us/j/865685517 ) to join our scheduled Zoom meeting
- Meeting ID: 865-685-517
- No passcode needed!
- Because there can be up to 100 people joining our Zoom chat, please have mute yourself when you are not speaking. Thank you!
- A HUGE thank you to Chris Cole for allowing us to use his Zoom account so we can stay connected and grow in our faiths even while social distancing!
| This Week – Wednesday, May 27 – Connecting on Zoom! This week we will discuss a podcast from the “Let’s Talk Catholic” series by Fr. Scott Lawler. The podcast will be linked to our Catholic Connect Facebook group, so be on the lookout for that! Please listen to the podcast prior to our meeting on Wednesday. Our Zoom meeting will open at 7:47 p.m. and have no passcode. Please see the information below for help joining the Zoom meeting. Zoomcopy and paste the following website ( https://us04web.zoom.us/j/865685517 ) to join our scheduled Zoom meetingMeeting ID: 865-685-517 No passcode needed! Because there can be up to 100 people joining our Zoom chat, please have mute yourself when you are not speaking. Thank you! A HUGE thank you to Chris Cole for allowing us to use his Zoom account so we can stay connected and grow in our faiths even while social distancing! |
This Week – Wednesday, May 20 – Jackbox Game Night on Discord!
This week we will connect and grow in community while playing games! To join in the game night, create a free Discord account (https://discord.com/) and email your username to Victoria at 
A huge thank you to Tim and Victoria Berns for letting us use their Jackbox account!
| This Week – Wednesday, May 13 – Connecting on Zoom! This week we will continue our study of the Lord’s prayer on Zoom. Please watch videos 5 and 6 (titled “Session 5: The 5th Petition, And forgive us our trespasses” and “Session 6: The 6th and 7th Petitions, And lead us not into temptation”) from “The Our Father: A Short Course” by Dr. Ben Akers on formed.org. Our Zoom meeting will open at 7:47 p.m. and have no passcode. Please see the information below for help joining the Zoom meeting. Zoom copy and paste the following website ( https://us04web.zoom.us/j/865685517 ) to join our scheduled Zoom meeting Meeting ID: 865-685-517 No passcode needed! Because there can be up to 100 people joining our Zoom chat, please have mute yourself when you are not speaking. Thank you! A HUGE thank you to Chris Cole for allowing us to use his Zoom account so we can stay connected and grow in our faiths even while social distancing! |
| This Week – Wednesday, May 6 – Connecting on Zoom! This week we will pause our study of the Lord’s prayer and instead discuss two videos related to the corona virus. Our Zoom meeting will open at 7:47 p.m. and have no passcode. Please see the information below for the two videos we will be discussing and for help joining the Zoom meeting. Video 1: Joe Rogan Experience #1439 – Michael Osterholm https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=share&v=E3URhJx0NSw&fbclid=IwAR12Zc-dhYcdENkldYEfgWPTwxTbdV5hJ0lOVL8rqb3cqArmItpLo3jOwEo All of the podcast is a good listen and I really recommend listening to the whole thing, but if you’re pressed for time you can jump to the 0:34:53 to 1:07:20 mark in the video. Video 2: Bishop Barron on the Corona Virus Quarantine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_VJhBBqE5Y Zoom copy and paste the following website ( https://us04web.zoom.us/j/865685517 ) to join our scheduled Zoom meetingMeeting ID: 865-685-517No passcode needed! Because there can be up to 100 people joining our Zoom chat, please mute yourself when you are not speaking. Thank you! A HUGE thank you to Chris Cole for allowing us to use his Zoom account so we can stay connected and grow in our faiths even while social distancing! |
This Week – Wednesday, April 29 – Connecting on Zoom!
This week we will continue our study of the Lord’s prayer on Zoom. Please watch videos 3 and 4 (titled “Session 2: The 2nd and 3rd Petitions: Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will be Done” and “Session 4: The 4th Petition: Give us this day our daily bread”) from “The Our Father: A Short Course” by Dr. Ben Akers on formed.org. Our Zoom meeting will open at 7:47 p.m. and have no passcode. Please see the information below for help joining the Zoom meeting.
Zoom
- copy and paste the following website ( https://us04web.zoom.us/j/865685517 ) to join our scheduled Zoom meeting
- Meeting ID: 865-685-517
- No passcode needed!
- Because there can be up to 100 people joining our Zoom chat, please have mute yourself when you are not speaking. Thank you!
- A HUGE thank you to Chris Cole for allowing us to use his Zoom account so we can stay connected and grow in our faiths even while social distancing!
This Week – Wednesday, April 22 – Connecting on Zoom!
This week we will begin our study of the Lord’s prayer on Zoom.Please watch videos 1 and 2 (titled “Session 1: Jesus: Model and Master of Prayer” and “Session 2: The address to God our Father who art in Heaven and the 1st petition”) from “The Our Father: A Short Course” by Dr. Ben Akers on formed.org. Our Zoom meeting (recurring every Wednesday through April 22) will open at 7:47 p.m. and have no passcode. Please see the information below for help joining the Zoom meeting.
Zoom
- copy and paste the following website ( https://us04web.zoom.us/j/865685517 ) to join our scheduled Zoom meeting
- Meeting ID: 865-685-517
- No passcode needed!
- Because there can be up to 100 people joining our Zoom chat, please have mute yourself when you are not speaking. Thank you!
- A HUGE thank you to Chris Cole for allowing us to use his Zoom account so we can stay connected and grow in our faiths even while social distancing!
This Week – Wednesday, April 15 – Connecting on Zoom!
This week we will continue our study of Lectio Divina on Zoom. We are going to practice what we learned in the Lectio Divina series and have time for socialization afterward. Our Zoom meeting (recurring every Wednesday through April 22) will open at 7:47 p.m. and have no passcode. Please see the information below for help joining the Zoom meeting.
Zoom
- copy and paste the following website ( https://us04web.zoom.us/j/865685517 ) to join our scheduled Zoom meeting
- Meeting ID: 865-685-517
- No passcode needed!
- Because there can be up to 100 people joining our Zoom chat, please have mute yourself when you are not speaking. Thank you!
- A HUGE thank you to Chris Cole for allowing us to use his Zoom account so we can stay connected and grow in our faiths even while social distancing!
This Week – Wednesday, April 8 – Connecting on Zoom!
This week we will continue our study of Lectio Divina on Zoom. Please watch videos 5 and 6 (titled “Contemplatio: The Gaze of Love” and “Resolutio: Putting Love Into Action”) from the Into the Desert series by Dr. Tim Gray on formed.org. Our Zoom meeting (recurring every Wednesday through April 22) will open at 7:47 p.m. and have no passcode. Please see the information below for help joining formed.org and/or the Zoom meeting.
formed.org
- visit www.formed.org
- select “sign up”
- select “I belong to a Parish or Organization”
- type in your parish name and select it from the drop-down menu
- type in your name and email
- select “sign up”
- once in the formed.org site, use the search bar to find “Into the Desert.” We will be discussing the videos titled “Lectio & Meditatio: Climbing the First Rungs” and “Oratio: Conversation with God.”
Zoom
- copy and paste the following website (https://us04web.zoom.us/j/865685517) to join our scheduled Zoom meeting
- Meeting ID: 865-685-517
- No passcode needed!
- Because there can be up to 100 people joining our Zoom chat, please have mute yourself when you are not speaking. Thank you!
- A HUGE thank you to Chris Cole for allowing us to use his Zoom account so we can stay connected and grow in our faiths even while social distancing!