Hello everyone! Please remember to say a prayer for our fearless leader as he embarks on his seminarian journey 🙂
Just a reminder that we will be meeting for our monthly service project on Wednesday, November 17.. We will be doing volunteer work at Pregnancy Resource Center (415 Cherry St. SE, Grand Rapids) from 6:30 PM – 8 PM. After, we’ll probably be going out to get a bite to eat.
I moved the site, tonight, from CatholicConnect.org to GRCatholic.com
Please update your bookmarks accordingly.
Join Trifecta for their first annual progressive dinner. The night will be filled with a “lovely” dinner and a few saints will join the dinner for a little guessing game.
Check out the Facebook event at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=144209065627208. Please RSVP by November 14 so enough food can be purchased for everyone. If you have any questions post them to the event wall and they will be answered with great promptness.
This Wednesday, 11/10, Jeff Duba will be giving a talk on Baptism. This will be at the usual time and place. Hope to see you there!
**Passing along an e-mail from Mark Mann — this looks interesting**
Christopher West will be the featured presenter at an evening for young adults on Friday, Nov. 5 from 7:00 – 9:30 pm at the St. Augustine Crowley Center, 542 W. Michigan Ave., in Kalamazoo (see map below).
Christopher West is a research fellow and faculty member of the Theology of the Body Institute. He is also one of the most sought after speakers in the Church today, having delivered more than 1000 public lectures on 4 continents, in more than a dozen countries, and in over 200 American cities. His books – Good News About Sex & Marriage, Theology of the Body Explained, and Theology of the Body for Beginners – have become Catholic best sellers.
Christopher has also lectured on a number of prestigious faculties, offering graduate and undergraduate courses at St John Vianney Seminary in Denver, the John Paul II Institute in Melbourne, Australia, and Creighton University’s Institute for Priestly Formation in Omaha. He is heard on national radio programs and even more have seen him defending the faith on programs such as Scarborough Country, Fox and Friends, and At Large with Geraldo Rivera. Of all his roles, Christopher is most proud to call himself a devoted husband and father. He and his wife Wendy have five children and live in Lancaster County, PA.
Light refreshments will be served. All are welcome.
There is no registration fee, but a free will donation will be accepted. RSVP appreciated. Contact Peg at 269-903-0185.
On Nov. 2, the feast of All Souls, the Diocesan Choir, accompanied by members of the Grand Rapids Symphony, will perform the beautiful choral work Requiem by Gabriel Faure. The Requiem is being presented as a musical reflection and prayer for all who have died within the Diocese of Grand Rapids. Consider joining us as we pray and sing this breathtaking masterpiece. All are welcome at this free event.
Where:
Cathedral of St. Andrew
265 Sheldon Blvd., SE
Grand Rapids, MI
Check out the Facebook invite at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=158602857508656
Come one and all for evening of costumed fun. We will continue the tradition of prizes for best costumes. We will also have games and probably a movie in the “screening room.” BYOB and a snack to pass. It WILL be a good time, guaranteed, or your money back. For more information, or to RSVP, check out the Facebook invite at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=101188669951347
Come one, come all! It’s time for Catholic Connect’s FOURTH annual Trick or Can food drive for Holy Spirit’s Food Pantry. (I can’t believe we’ve been doing this 4 years!)
For you trick-or-canning newbies, this is our funnest service project of the year! We all get dressed up and go door to door in the neighborhoods surrounding Holy Spirit and say “Trick or Can!” when someone answers the door. (This is often followed by an explanation of what Trick or Can is, even though we’ve been doing it for 4 years and we pass out fliers to all the homes a week ahead of time.) We take the donated goods to Holy Spirit’s food pantry where the food gets distributed to people in need for Thanksgiving.
After we’ve stashed the food at Holy Spirit, we’ll have a little get-together and possibly go out to eat or something.
ALSO!!! First, thank you to everyone who helped with distribution of fliers this past Saturday. Second, we currently have enough fliers distributed to give around 12-15 people enough area to cover, but not much more. If you are planning on attending, please move to the attending column by Tuesday night if possible (see the invite at — http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=162647140426412). We can still pass out a few more fliers on Wednesday if necessary, and while it is possible to go to houses at which we did not distribute fliers, the amount of canned goods we tend to receive is a lot lower.
You are welcome to join us for a Holy Hour of Adoration and the Sacrament of Reconciliation on Wednesday, November 3. This will start at Parish of the Holy Spirit at 7:30 PM Prior to this hour of adoration, we will be having our monthly vision meeting at 7 PM in the Connect room at Holy Spirit. All those interested in helping to make Connect possible are welcome to attend!
ALSO: We are now accepting nominations for positions on Connect’s governing board for 2011. Positions available are president, VP of Formation, VP of Service, VP of Social Events, VP of Membership, and Secretary. Please prayerfully consider running for one of these positions and help Connect continue its ministry to young adults.
This Wednesday night at Holy Spirit, Fr. Marcos Zamora will be giving a talk entitled “Mary, the Church’s First and Most Perfect Member.” This will get underway at about 7:30 PM.
