Please join us Sunday, April 15th, for our second Corporate Communion Mass at St. Michael’s in Muskegon (1716 6th Street, Muskegon, MI 49441)  at 2 pm to celebrate the Divine Mercy Mass. After mass we will be heading to Brian & Tiffany Nolan’s for some food and fellowship (and to check out their newly remodeled kitchen!) If you are unable to make it to Mass, please meet us at the Nolan’s around 4pm.
 
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Wednesday April 11th,  we’ll be back at Holy Spirit for a talk led by Br. Ericjon Thomas on the subject of “Prayer in the Christian Life, Concrete ways of bringing ourselves closer to Christ.” Br. Thomas is a member of the Community of St. Philip Neri where  he is a permanent Brother and currently he serves in diocesan administration as Assistant to the Bishop. We’ll be meeting in the Connect room at 7:30 and heading out for a bite to eat afterwards.

This Wednesday, seeing as it’s the first week of April, we’ll be having our monthly Vision Meeting and Adoration and Confession.  We will be meeting in the Connect room in the basement of Holy Spirit at 6:45 for the Vision meeting where we’ll discuss upcoming events and ideas for the group, we’ll have introductions and then head upstairs to the Chapel around 7:30 or so for Adoration and Confession with Fr. Mark.  Afterwards, we’ll head out for a bite  to eat.

We also have an event this Friday, we will be meeting at The Cathedral of Saint Andrew downtown (215 Sheldon SE Grand Rapids) at 6pm for a Soup and Salad dinner in the basement, followed by the Stations of the Cross at 7pm in the Church. 

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This Wednesday, we’ll be meeting in the Connect room in the basement of Holy Spirit at 7:30 to watch the third episode in the ‘Catholicism Series’ by Fr. Robert Barron that we began in January.  It is titled “THAT THAN WHICH NOTHING GREATER CAN BE THOUGHT – THE INEFFABLE MYSTERY OF GOD” and below is a brief description.  We will follow with a discussion and then head out to Applebees for a bite to eat. 
Father Barron considers St. Anselm’s description of God as “that than which nothing greater can be thought,” and goes on to explain St. Thomas Aquinas’ arguments which support the claim that God truly exists. He also speaks from the Catholic tradition about the nature of God and the challenging question of evil and the existence of God. To provide a vision of the ineffable majesty and mystery of God, Father Barron invites us to the heights of the Sinai desert and makes his way to mysterious Istanbul, walks the glittering streets of Paris and then captivates the viewer with the glories of the Sistine Chapel in Rome.

Join us for our first fish fry of the season at Blessed Sacrament (2275 Diamond Ave NE, Grand Rapids). We will meet at 6 to eat dinner and then head to Stations of the Cross at 7. Hope to see you all there!

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 Just a reminder that there’s only a few week’s left to gather items for our Baby Needs Drive for the Pregnancy Resource Center where we vounteer to clean once a month.  The PRC’s Wyoming facility has a family assistance program for those who need their services. As always, they need the help of the community to keep their store of goods fully stocked. Please check out the facebook event for a list of urgently needed items and items that are always welcome. If you aren’t sure what to get, the PRC is registered at www.babiesrus.com, www.target.com and www.walmart.com; enter PRC for the first and last name. If you have any questions, feel free to post them on the event wall and we’ll get back to you.  We would like to have all of the donations by March 21st. Please bring it to the next Connect event you attend
 
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Instead of having a speaker at Holy Spirit, we’ll be having our first Theology on Tap of 2012!!  It will, like last year, be at Derby Station (2237 Wealthy St. Grand Rapids) from 7pm until around 9 or 10pm.  We’ll grab some food/drinks and then Fr. Gordon Riegle will be speaking on the topic of Divine Mercy. He is currently a priest for the Diocese of Lansing and studied under Fr. Robert Barron himself (creator of the Catholicism Series we’ve been watching). You won’t want to miss this great event, so make sure to mark your calendars and tell your friends!  It’s also a great event to bring new people who might be interested in Connect to seeing as it’s a very laid back fun atmosphere with lots of time for socializing!