Generation Christ - Ann Arbor at 530 Elizabeth Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 US
| 09-17-2010 | The Weekly Update is mailed out at noon on Fridays. Email paulcschultz at gmail dot com, if you would like to subscribe |
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Feast of St. Robert Bellarmine (OF) / Impression of the Stigmata of St. Francis (EF)
Greetings GenChrist,
This Sunday morning is our big kick-off pancake breakfast - please invite new people to attend, via the facebook note or otherwise!
At our Holy Hour this Sunday night, Fr. Bill will be leading our meditation. After our Holy Hour on September 26th, we'll be introducing our plans for the March for Life, WYD Madrid and Alternative Spring Break - if you'd like to assist in our initial planning this coming week, please get in touch with Mark Meinhart or Tony Zick.
In Christ,
Paul Schultz
News in Brief
Today: Friday Adoration - beginning after 7:00 a.m. Mass
Tonight: GenChrist Undergrads "Lumberjack" party at SCH
Tonight: Roof-top Swing Dance party at St. Teresa House, @ St. John the Baptism Parish, 8 p.m.
September 19: Free Pancake Breakfast
September 21: Fr. Bill's Revelation Bible study, second session
September 21: Core Team Meeting
September 22: Ember Wednesday
September 23: Fr. McGivney House open dinner
September 22, 24: First sessions of Parish Catechesis led by missionaries of the Neocatechumenal Way
September 24: Ember Friday
September 24: Organist Cameron Carpenter at Concordia University, Ann Arbor
September 25: Ember Saturday
September 26: Lay Formation Group kick-off before GenChrist (at 6:00 p.m.)
GenChrist notes: Pope in the United Kingdom; SVdP
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News
GenChrist Undergrads Party
Who: GenChrist Undergrads*
What: Undergrad Lumberjack Kickoff
Where: St. Catherine House, 517 Elizabeth Street
When: September 17, 2010, 9-midnight
*"If you aren't an undergrad, you're just too old. We'll be ID-ing you at the door. Not in school? NOT a lumberjack. At least not tonight.
"We are lumberjacks, and we're ok.
We sleep all night and we work all day.
We cut down trees, we skip and jump,
We like to press wild flowers!
"Plus, PANCAKES!! PANCAKES, PANCAKES, PANCAKES!!
"Open to any and all undergrads! From any parish, or even no parish!
"Wear your finest flannel and grow your beardliest beard. Bring your overworked overalls and even your tallest tree. It's going to be a night to rememberrrrrrrrrrrrr!"*
Facebook RSVP
*In other news, this Sunday, September 19th, is International Talk Like a Pirate Day, for those who observe such solemnities.
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Revelation Bible Study
-Led by Fr. Bill Ashbaugh
-Tuesday nights, 6:00-7:00 in the parish hall
-Continues September 21st
-Bring your Bible
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Michaelmas Ember Days
This year, the Michaelmas Ember Days fall on September 22, 24 and 25th. See last fall's note about these wonderful days of fasting and thanksgiving
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Parish Catechesis / Neocatechumenal Way
For all those who
-want to deepen their faith
-desire to know more about the teachings of the Church
-are looking for meaning of their life and are seeking an answer to suffering
-have questions that are still unanswered.
Wednesdays and Fridays, 7:30-8:30 p.m.
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McGivney House Dinner
On the fourth Thursday of each month, the priests of the St. Thomas Rectory open their weekly dinner with the men of Fr. McGiveny House to any other men who have not fully discerned a call to marriage and are not closed to a vocation to religious life or the priesthood. After dinner, there is often a talk by a visiting diocesan priest.
Thursday, September 23rd. Please join us at 5:30 p.m. (Evening prayer will begin at 6:00 p.m.) Please contact Max by Monday evening, if you are interested in attending.
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GenChrist Notes
Pope Benedict in the UK
Follow the live stream of many of the event: here.
Follow John Allen's commentary: here.
Pray for the Pope, the UK and the Anglophone world!
SvDP
The St. Vincent de Paul thrift store serves the poor of the Ann Arbor community. Members of Generation Christ are invited to volunteer and help out.
Please contact Joe Duffy to learn more. Info available from Paul.
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