Generation Christ - Ann Arbor at 530 Elizabeth Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 US
| 03-04-2011 | 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 Eighth Week of Ordinary Time (OF) / Feast of St. Casimir & Feast of St. Lucius I (EF)
Greetings GenChrist,
This Sunday evening, Generation will be in the church. Eric Genuis will lead the music and Fr. Bill may lead a meditation. If you arrive after 7:00 p.m., please enter through the doors facing Kingsley Street.
Hope spring break was great!
In Christ,
Paul Schultz
News in Brief
Today: Today: Friday Adoration - beginning after 7:00 a.m. Mass
Tomorrow: First Saturday Mass & Breakfast @ SJtB
Tomorrow: St. Michael House party - facebook
March 6: Monthly TLM at @ OSP
March 6: Eric Genuis concert at Generation Christ - facebook
March 7: 40 Days for Life kickoff - facebook
March 8: FMH Mardi Gras Party
March 9: Ash Wednesday
March 10-13: Ann Arbor Civic Theater: Doubt
March 16 & 23: ST@tM: Babette's Feast
March 16: SCH Dinner
March 18: Scythian @ The Ark
March 18: Frassati Holy Hour @ SotLF
March 19: Young adult Prolife Conference at Madonna U.
March 23: BBB: Signs of Life by Scott Hahn
March 25: Frassati Holy Hour @ SotLF
April 1: Of Gods and Men
GenChrist Notes: Pope Benedict's Prayer Intentions; SCH / FMH Housing - 2011-2012; Volleyball Team; Men's Group + Bible Study Study; New Snow Policy; Catholic news: Pope Benedict's new book; Lenten chant goal
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
News
First Saturday Mass & Breakfast
Who - First Saturday Mass and Breakfast Club.
What - 8:00 Mass at St. John the Baptist followed by breakfast at a local eatery until about 11:00.
Where - 411 Florence St., Ypsilanti, MI 48197.
When - Saturday, March 5th
Why - To promote the young Catholic community, and fellowship with your Catholic brothers and sisters.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
First Sunday TLM
The monthly Traditional Latin Mass at Old St. Patrick: Quinquagesima Sunday
Sunday, March 6th, 12:30 p.m.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FMH Mardi Gras party
Tuesday, March 8th
Our party will kick-off with evening prayer in the living room of FMH at 6:00 p.m. Fr. Lew (and maybe Fr. Chas and Fr. Dan) will help lead.
As at our Christmas/Epiphany party, Jane will be providing most of the goodies.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, the forty day period before Easter when Catholics practice particular penances and mortifications so as to follow the example of Jesus Christ and his forty day fast, in preparation for the triumph of the Resurrection, when he conquered death. (Sundays of Lent are not counted toward the forty days.)
Ash Wednesday is a particular day of the year for being reminded of and contemplating our mortality. At Masses celebrated according to the Missal of Pope Paul VI (1970), the dispenser of ashes will say either 'Remember that you are dust and to dust you will return' and 'Turn away from sin and be faithful to the Gospel.' At Masses according to the Missal of Pope John XXIII (1962), the priest or deacon will say 'Meménto, homo, quia pulvis es, et in púlverem revertéris' ('Remember, man, that thou art dust, and unto dust thou shalt return.'). Each of these blessings recalls the third chapter of Genesis and the curse of death that man chose by sinning.
Recalling the truth of our mortality is one of the principles behind the use of ashes on the forehead this day: to remind us that we are mortal, subject to rot and decay (though many try to euphemize death away), and that we are radically dependent on -- solely dependent on -- Jesus Christ to overcome this fate.
Ash Wednesday is a day of universal fast and abstinence for members of the Catholic Church and certain other Christian denominations. 'Fasting' means that a person must reduce the amount of food eaten from normal and has been defined as one regular meal and two smaller meals (with no snacking in between). 'Abstinence' means that a person does not eat meat from land animals. The Church encourages Catholics to take on the hardest penances that they can bear - fast and abstinence, may be easy for some, and should be seen as a minimum. Fasting is not binding on the old (over 60) or young (under 18), nor on the ill or frail, or on pregnant or nursing women.
For all the reasons above, all of the Catholic Churches in Ann Arbor will be hosting Masses this day at which blessed ashes will be distributed. Click the link below to see the Masses scheduled in our area.
Ash Wednesday Ann Arbor
Fish Eaters has some other good thoughts on Ash Wednesday and Lent, as well.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A2CT: Doubt
A work perhaps partially inspired by the "Long Lent" of 2002, John Patrick Shanley’s Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning drama concerns a Bronx Catholic grade school principal, Sister Aloysius, who suspects that the parish priest has behaved improperly with a young African American boy in the school.
March 10-13
Arthur Miller Theater (North Campus)
Official website
AnnArbor.com review
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
St. Thomas @ the Movies: Babette's Feast
Over the course of two Wednesday nights (3/16, 3/23), 12+ members of St. Thomas will watch and discuss Babette's Feast, Gabriel Axel's 1987 film which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Prof. Frank Donahue will facilitate the discussion.
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 simple supper at 6:00 p.m.
Trailer (without subtitles)
(subtitles will be available during the actual viewing)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
St. Catherine House Dinner
Mass at 6pm, followed by dinner and the speaker will be Theresa Marshall, parishioner at St. Thomas the Apostle and a Consecrated Virgin. She will be speaking on the particular vocation of Consecrated Virginity. Please RSVP to Paula Muldoon by Wednesday, otherwise just show up. Facebook
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Scythian @ The Ark
Scythian finally plays Ann Arbor on the weekend - The night after St. Patrick's Day!
Scythian belts out a high-energy, adrenaline-peddling, interactive brand of music with one goal in mind: to get people on their feet and dancing! These classically trained musicians are natural showmen who seamlessly blend kicked-up Celtic, folk and world music, and deliver it with a punk-rock sensibility. In a single show, they transport an audience across the globe with the alluring and dramatic strains of gypsy fiddles, the bounce of a Celtic reel, and then cross back over the border to pick up a klezmer hook and some good old-fashioned bluegrass licks.
Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at www.theark.org or by calling 734-763-TKTS. Get them early!
www.scythianmusic.com
Videos of a weeknight show in Ann Arbor
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Frassati Holy Hour
March 18th
Shrine of the Little Flower, Royal Oak
8:00 p.m.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Young Adult conference: For the Love of Life
Saturday, March 19th
beginning at 12:30 p.m.
Madonna University
Young adults (16-30)
Speakers (including St. Thomas' Prof. Monica Miller), Mass with the Archbishop, dinner and swing dancing.
$25 + one baby item, if you register by March 4th
(pdf)
For more information, please contact Brianna Rosenbaum
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
BBB: Signs of Life
Signs of Life is Scott Hahn’s clear and comprehensive guide to the Biblical doctrines and historical traditions that underlie Catholic beliefs and practices. Devoting single chapters to each topic, the author takes the reader on a journey that illuminates the roots and significance of all things Catholic, including: the Sign of the Cross, the Mass, the Sacraments, praying with the saints, guardian angels, sacred images and relics, the celebration of Easter, Christmas, and other holidays, daily prayers, and much more.
We will be reading chapters 1-18 in preparation for the discussion on March 23rd.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~First Friday Flix and Food
This regular Ignite Y.A. Ministry event is moving forward a week from its usual schedule.
March 25th
7:00 p.m.
This month's viewing and discussion features Nine Days That Changed the World, a movie about the 9 day trip Pope John Paul II took to Poland in 1979 to challenge communism. Join them for the film, some great food and more in the Youth Room at Sacred Heart, Downriver: 21599 Parke Lane, Grosse Ile, MI.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Of Gods and Men
Friday, April 1st, will likely see the Michigan debut of this film. Plans are being put in place for a trip to the Maple Art 3 (Bloomfield Hills) for the occasion.
Of Gods and Men (2nd Prize film at Cannes 2010) - Trailer - Theatrical summary: "In 1996 in the Algerian Mountains, caught between a military government and extremist guerrillas, a group of monks face the decision of their lives."
You can hear high praise of the film in Al Kresta's discussion with Steven Greydanus on 2/25/11: Podcast here (While Greydanus hasn't written extensively of the film yet, he recommends the review here)
At the time this update 'goes to print,' the only scheduled Michigan release will be in Bloomfield Hills on April 1st. (official website).
The show will be at either 7:00 p.m. or 7:40 p.m. Please let me know if you're interested in going. There is also the possibility of dinner and/or stations of the cross beforehand or afterward. Please let me know any preference you have as among those possibilities as well.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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 March 2011 is "that the nations of Latin America may walk in fidelity to the Gospel and be bountiful in social justice and peace."
Pope Benedict's mission intention is "that the Holy Spirit may give light and strength to the Christian communities and the faithful who are persecuted or discriminated against because of the Gospel."
SCH / FMH Housing 2011-2012
St. Catherine House, a women's house of discernment next to St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church in Ann Arbor, is now accepting applications for summer 2011 and 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 (517) 324-2506.
Fr. McGivney House is also taking applications for the year ahead. Contact Fr. Bill for more information
Men's Group; Co-ed Bible Study
The men's group will next meet this week. Contact Tony Zick for more information.
The Bible Study will next meet in the near future. Contact Tony Zick for more information.
Generation Christ Volleyball Team
There will be a ~GenChrist team in Ann Arbor's co-ed recreational instructional volleyball league. Games will be Monday nights between 3/7 and 5/2 (exception 4/4 and 4/11). So far, three guys and four ladies of GC are signed up. If you'd like to sign up, do all of the following before this Monday:
1. go to aareced.com
2. Click on the "Catalog Registration Form" link on the left side bar
3. Click on the "Online Registration: Setup Account/Register" link on the left bar.
4. Click on the "Create New Account" link.
5. If you don't have a Rec and Ed online account, then click on "Request Online Account" and navigate back to this page once you've created it. If you have an account, then click on the "Click Here to Register for Classes/Activities" link.
6. Look at the "Activity Number or Keyword" box in the upper right hand corner of the page. Enter the following ID # into that box: 5632.712
7. From there, I think you can pay and register for the league.
8. in the special instructions box, write that you "want to play on Anthony Zick's team"
Rough Weather Policy
New snow cancellation policy: If GC is to be canceled for rough weather, we will send out an email by 5:30 p.m. on Sunday evening. If you're wondering but don't have access to a computer, call a GC friend who does.
Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week – From the Entrance Into Jerusalem to the Resurrection
Pope Benedict is back with his long term publisher, Ignatius Press, and the new volume of his book about the life of Jesus is now available. For more information or to order the title: Jesus of Nazareth
Sing Compline for Lent
Jeffrey Tucker, one of the internet's principal apostles for the restoration of the Church's sacred music, recommends taking up the above described project for Lent. If you're interested, four copies of Ignatius Press/Fr. Weber's Compline are available to be borrowed for the season. First four emails to Paul can use them.
