Generation Christ - Ann Arbor at 530 Elizabeth Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 US
| 08-26-2011 | The Weekly Update is typically mailed out at noon on Fridays. Email paulcschultz at gmail dot com, if you would like to subscribe |
~ The Weekly Update ~
Friday of the Twenty-First Week of Ordinary Time (OF) / Feast of St. Zephyrinus (EF)
Greetings GenChrist,
On September 11th, we will have the full "fall roll out" of Generation Christ to St. Thomas and newly arrived parishioners. In particular, if you can help with preparing pancakes on September 11th - please let me know.
On September 4th, we will have our first 'warm up" Holy Hour of the fall - if you can help with serving or music this fall, say so.
In Christ,
Paul Schultz
News in Brief
Today: Friday Adoration - beginning after 7:00 a.m. Mass
Tonight: (Anticipated) First Friday Flix & Food - fb
Tonight: (Delayed) Frassati Third Friday Holy Hour - fb
Tomorrow: Lansing Chant Workshop
Tomorrow: Summer 2011's last Public Picnic at German Park - fb
August 28: Trip to a Byzantine Catholic Church - fb
August 28: Delonis Center
August 30: Swing Thing
September 4: "Warm up" GenChrist Holy Hour
September 6: Great Books course - Symposium III
September 9: Una Voce Planning Meeting & Social - fb
September 10: Overcome Overwhelm: How To Create A Brilliant Life In A Burnt-Out World - fb
September 11: GenChrist pancake breakfast and fall kick-off Holy Hour
September 11: Monthly TLM at OSP - fb
September 17: "Black and White and Red All Over" - Summer Semi-Formal Dance - fb
GenChrist Notes: Pope Benedict's prayer intentions; SCH Notes
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News
Lansing English Chant Workshop
Join a couple GenChrist members for tomorrow's chant party where excellent instructors Jeffrey Tucker and Arlene Oost-Zinner will prepare singers for the chants of the new translation of the Mass.
Event has a slight cost but can be free for those who need it to be.
Webpage
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"Whatever you did for the least of my brothers, you did for me."
Join 10 other GenChristers this Sunday, August 28, at the Robert J. Delonis Center to help cook, serve and clean up following the Sunday meal. Four hours in the kitchen helps to serve over 200 hungry adults and children. GenChrist serves there each month from noon-4:30 p.m., and you can join us for a single shift (12-2:30 to cook or 2:30-4:30 to serve and clean up) or for the entire afternoon. Please let me know if you are interested. Thank you! ~Mark Meinhart
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Swing Thing
If you like to swing and want to support a good cause, join fellow Gen Christ members at Covenant House on Tuesday, August 30th. There will be a swing competition at 7:00 p.m. followed by dancing to a live swing band from 8-10 p.m. Cost is $10 at the door to benefit Covenant House Michigan. For more details email Michelle or visit www.covenanthousemi.org
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Great Books Course
Joe Mangan has organized several members of FMH to begin to make our way through the Canon of Western Culture, with a particular focus on the "Great Books" identified by Prof. Mortimer Adler.
Our third symposium will be Tuesday, September 6th. In advance, we will read Oedipus the King and Antigone (available for free at Project Gutenberg). We will start at 7:15 p.m. and go till 9:15 p.m.
If you would like to join us for this meeting, please read (or re-read, as the case may be) the texts. Facebook RSVP.
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GenChrist Notes
Pope Benedict's Prayer Intentions
Each month, Pope Benedict XVI announces his special prayer intentions--particular things that he wishes all Catholics to pray for that month. (When, for instance, we pray the rosary and say the prayers at the end for the intentions of the Holy Father, these are the intentions for which we're praying.) Pope Benedict offers two intentions every month, one general, and one for a particular Catholic missionary activity.
His general prayer intention for August 2011 is "that World Youth Day in Madrid may encourage young people throughout the world to have their lives rooted and built up in Christ."
Pope Benedict's mission intention is "that Western Christians may be open to the action of the Holy Spirit and rediscover the freshness and enthusiasm of their faith.
His general prayer intention for September 2011 is "that all teachers may know how to communicate love of the truth and instill authentic moral and spiritual values."
Pope Benedict's mission intention is "that the Christian communities of Asia may proclaim the Gospel with fervor, witnessing to its beauty with the joy of faith."
SCH Notes
St. Catherine House, the women's house of discernment next to St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church in Ann Arbor, now has openings for the 2011/2012 academic year. The house is open to female college students (sophomores through graduate students) and young professionals who seek a deeper relationship with the Lord. The house’s chapel hosts the Blessed Sacrament, monthly Mass and other community prayer. Spiritual direction, community life, exposure to women's religious communities and prayer are all essential elements of life in the house. If you are interested in living at SCH, you are invited to contact us to set up a tour and talk to current residents. Applications and refreshments will be available. Bring a friend! For more information, contact Sr. Mary Ann Foggin, SGL at mfoggin@dioceseoflansing.org
