Generation Christ - Ann Arbor at 530 Elizabeth Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 US
| 05-13-2011 | The Weekly Update is typically mailed out at noon on Fridays. Email paulcschultz at gmail dot com, if you would like to subscribe |
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Feast of Our Lady of Fatima (OF) / Feast of St. Robert Bellarmine (EF)
Alleluia, GenChrist, He is Risen!
We will have our first summer Sunday evening Holy Hour this weekend. Before that, we will have a barbecue at Fr. McGivney House, beginning at 3:00 p.m. Meat will be provided, byob.
After each of this weekend's Masses, we will be personally extending the invitation for other young adults to join us at the barbecue and Holy Hour - if you can help out, please let Tony or me know.
In Christ,
Paul Schultz
News in Brief
Today: Friday Adoration - beginning after 7:00 a.m. Mass
Today: Fr. Bill's Birthday
May 13-15: Art for God's Sake
May 14: Theology of the Body Conference
May 14: Saline Fiddlers @ St. Thomas
May 15: St. Thomas Easter Concert
May 15: Ralph Lewis Memorial Concert
May 18, 25: ST@tM: The Mission
May 19: Coneys and Catholicism fb
May 20: Bishop Boyea / confirmations at St. Thomas @ 7:00 p.m.
May 20: Frassati Holy Hour fb
June 2: Ascension Thursday TLM @OSP
June 12: Pentecost Masses and DIA tour
June 24: Day One: Pilgrimage for Christian Culture fb
June 25: Day Two: Pilgrimage for Christian Culture fb
GenChrist Notes: Catholic News: Universae Ecclesiae ("To The Universal Church"); Follow-up: There Be Dragons; GC Policies for re-formed Facebook groups
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News
Art for God's Sake
A juried art celebration highlighting sacred themes.
5/13-5/15 2011
at St. Anastasia Church in Troy, MI.
Events include an Opening Night Wine Tasting, art shows, live performances (theater and music), and much more.
http://www.artfgs.com
http://www.facebook.com/ArtForGodsSake
Prize-winning Ann Arbor Catholic composer Daniel Knaggs' piece Anastasis: Fantasy for Violin and Piano (2010) - which was commissioned for AfGS - will be performed on Friday night, as will some of his older works
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Why the Fig Leaf? God, Sex and Sensibility
Madonna University
Livonia
Saturday, May 14th
8:30-3:30 p.m.
Check out this excellent conference, which will include GenChrist's own Brendan Dudley.
A few tickets may also be available at the door.
On a related note: earlier today, Rome time, Pope Benedict XVI spoke on, among other things, the Theology of the Body: Vatican Radio write-up
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Saline Fiddlers
The Saline Fiddlers will make a return visit to Saint Thomas on May 14, 2011. If you didn’t make the concert last time you missed a very lively evening. The Fiddlers are a group of 25 Saline high school students that astound audiences every time they take the stage. They present an energetic, polished stage show that includes music, song and dance from the traditions of American folk fiddle, bluegrass, western swing and Celtic music
Concessions will be available during the show
Concert will begin at 6:00 p.m. (after 4:30 p.m. Mass) and end at 7:30 p.m.
Adults 12.00
Children 8.00
Under 5 encouraged and free
Reserve your tickets by calling our ticket line 248-486-9093
Proceeds will be used to Support the Father McGivney House
KofC 587
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Easter Concert
May 15th
3:00 p.m.
St. Thomas Choir and St. Thomas Children's Choir
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Parishioner Ralph Lewis - Memorial Concert
VIOLIN RECITAL In Honor of Professor Emeritus Ralph B. Lewis
Gloria Kitto Lewis, violinist
with Her Friends in the Ann Arbor Camerata
Gabe Bolkosky, violinist
Ling-Ju Lai, pianist
and Christopher Lees, conductor
Ann Arbor Camerata,
Chamber Ensemble
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Four thirty p.m.
Britton Recital Hall
Earl V. Moore Building
The University of Michigan
School of Music
North Campus
1100 Baits Drive
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Reception following the Recital
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St. Thomas @ the Movies: The Mission
Over the course of the next two Wednesday nights (5/18, 5/25), 12+ members of St. Thomas will watch and discuss The Mission, one of Roland Joffé's good films dealing with religion, which won an Oscar and was nominated for six others in 1987.
Viewing and discussion will begin each evening at 7:00 p.m. in the St. Thomas school library. Beforehand, interested persons are invited to come to FMH for vespers at 5:45 p.m. and a free pizza and wine supper at 6:00 p.m.
Trailer
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Dominick's
On Wednesday, May 25th, our Books Before Beer group and Wednesday evening social hour will meet at Dominick's - 812 Monroe (across the street from UMich Law) - at 8:00 p.m.
Our book selection for May and June is Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week: From the Entrance Into Jerusalem To The Resurrection. For May 25th, please try to acquire the book and read the first chapter. We'll finish the book for June 15th.
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Ascension Thursday TLM
While the calendar of the Ordinary Form in the United States moves the celebration of Ascension Thursday, a Holy Day of Obligation, to the Sunday before Pentecost, those priests that celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass (which Pope Benedict calls the "Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite") have the option of celebrating Ascension Thursday on Thursday.
Old St. Patrick
7:00 p.m.
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Call to Holiness
This Pentecost weekend, the Call to Holiness Conference will be happening in Detroit. Full information on their Saturday conference can be found in their pdf brochure.
In particular, I would like to call attention to the artistic event scheduled for Sunday afternoon, which may be of interest to some of our members:
Sunday, June 12: Mass, DIA Tour and Talk
9:30 am Mass at Assumption Grotto Church, Detroit: Solemn High Extraordinary Form (Latin) with orchestra; continental breakfast available afterward
1:00 pm Detroit Institute of Arts Limited to 200 participants. Johnnette Benkovic speaking on Communicating Truth in the Culture of Our Day
2:00 pm Docent guided tour of DIA Medieval and Renaissance Catholic art
Registration fee: $25.00
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GenChrist Notes
Universae Ecclesiae
As has been noted occasionally in the Weekly Update - explicitly, in our discussions of Ember Days and "OF/EF"; implicitly, in various Traditional Latin Mass invites (1, 2, 3, etc.) - on 7/7/07, Pope Benedict XVI made clear the freedom of Catholic priests to celebrate the TLM by his motu proprio Summorum Pontificum (EWTN translation). Three plus years having expired, the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei has now brought forth a further instruction, Universae Ecclesia ("To The Whole Church") (text: Vatican, facebook), which provides further direction on how SP is to be applied as well as further encouragement to those bishops who, unlike Bp. Boyea (pic), have done little to assist the TLM in their dioceses.
Follow-up: There Be Dragons
The last four weekly updates have included some reference or other to this movie. Having had the chance to see it last Friday, I would like offer this additional editorial comment on the film:
As far as quality of storytelling goes, There Be Dragons didn't hold a candle to GC's previous recommended Catholic/art film, Of Gods and Men. While there was an enjoyable subplot - which gave a quick, hagiographical overview of St. Josemaria's founding of Opus Dei, etc. - the movie doesn't really focus on the saint, but bounces the plot between other characters in a not entirely aesthetically pleasing way (as, among other, NCR's Steven Greydanus pointed out).
All that being said, the movie is still in a few Metro Detroit theaters and can still provide for some nice discussion opportunities if you have a friend who is still way over his or her recommended lifetime allowance of killer albino monks...
Trailer
Local showings
Facebook policies
Generation Christ & Facebook Guidelines
Facebook has implemented new changes on our groups, which affect the ways in which we can communicate with each other on Facebook. The groups are now "open" - which means that, if you are a member of a group, facebook permits you to message the whole group and create events that may invite all members of the group.
This is exciting, as it will be easier for us to communicate with each other and form a stronger community!
To make the best use of these new abilities, we are proposing the following guidelines to foster a community online and offline that is in-line with the mission of Generation Christ.
EVENTS:
Instead of willy-nilly creating events via the group - please forward event ideas (and appropriate pictures) to the Core Team by e-mailing generation dot christ dot ann dot arbor at gmail dot com
We will quickly check out the idea, confirm that it doesn't conflict (too much) with any other young adult Catholic or St. Thomas event that we are supporting and try to put together swift-looking Facebook event.
POSTS:
When making post on the wall or stating a conversation in each of the groups we ask that you keep thees things in mind.
The intent of the Group pages is for the members of the group to get together for GenChrist events and to build relationships by having a central location to contact one another. When making comments, please keep in mind that we are a Christian/Catholic group and the values of the group as a whole should be respected. Things that could be considered spam are inappropriate.
While it is wonderful that many people want to share articles and information regarding topics that may be of interest, please do not post them to one of our group pages. If there is a particular topic of interest or link that you would like to share, please feel free to do so on the fan page www.facebook.com/Generation.Christ
If there is any question about the topic or nature of a social event, please feel free to contact the core team and we would be happy to give our feedback on the nature of the event or topic.
Do post on the group page(s):
'A few of us are going to dinner before Gen Christ message me if you want to join'
'Coffee after the 10:45 a.m. Mass today - meet us in front of FMH'
Don't post on the group page(s):
'I'm selling my car'
'Let's go see Scream 4'
'You should read this article on ...'
