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Reconciliation Service: Thursday, December 19, 6:30 p.m. at St. Ann

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Our Lady of Guadalupe Missionary Image will be at St. Stephen December 20-January 6.  Come to St. Stephen to see an exact replica of the original image that is in Mexico.  The Missionary Images of Our Lady of Guadalupe are the only four images in the world commissioned by the Basilica Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City to journey as Missionary Images on a Mission in the New Evangelization to bring conversions and a Culture of Life and Civilization of Love, for which St. John Paul II prayed. He also named Our Lady of Guadalupe as the Star of The New Evangelization.  For more information, see the website www.jkmi.com

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Christmas Masses:  Christmas Eve, Tuesday, December 24, 4:00 p.m. St. Theresa, 9:30 p.m. St. Stephen. 

Christmas Day Mass, Wednesday, December 25, 10:00 a.m. St. Stephen.

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HOLY DAY: Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, Mass times are 4:00 p.m. December 31, 2024 and 11:00 a.m. January 1st, 2025.  Fr. Kunal will be available for confession on Tuesday, Dec. 31 3-3:45 p.m.  There is adoration 2:45-3:45.

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Pilgrimage to Our Lady of Champion in Wisconsin

Join Bishop Walsh on a pilgrimage to the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion in the Green Bay, WI area, May 2-4, 2025.

The Diocese of Gaylord will be organizing a group travel bus to Our Lady of Champion, including a walk to the Mary Pilgrimage on May 3, 2025.  Accommodations and costs TBD. 

Contact Ami Peterson at apeterson@dioceseofgaylord.org or 989-705-3539 to be placed on a list to receive information as it becomes available.

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RCIA is now the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults

OCIA is a beautiful journey that allows us to grow in knowledge and love of the Catholic faith and in Christ himself. We invite everyone to enter into this conversion as we meet to pray, study, explore, and share.  Registration forms are in the church entryways.

 

​Music Help Wanted: The St. Stephen music team is looking for a keyboardist (organ or Kawaii), to join them occasionally to support congregational singing at Mass. Go to https://dioceseofgaylord.org/job-opportunities to apply online​

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Sacramental Preparation

For all families with youth interested in receiving the sacraments of Reconciliation, Confirmation, and First Eucharist, contact  Jen Geiger for more information.  231-775-2471.

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​Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet: After 4:00 p.m. Mass on Saturdays at St. Stephen.

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Pray the Rosary at St. Stephen: Saturday at 3:30 p.m.; Sunday at 10:30 a.m.

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Join the St. Monica and St. Andrew Society to Increase Vocations in Our Diocese

Email vocations@dioceseofgaylord.org or call 989-705-3500 to join, and learn how you can help increase the number of priests and religious in the Diocese of Gaylord. Everyone is needed! Let’s do this together!

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Holy Hour for Priests

Please make  one or more Holy Hours for our priests, for Advent, or as a practical, needed, heart felt gift year round.  Let them know our love for them by your holy hours. Our priests are currently at a critical juncture, as our diocese has two priests on leave of absence, and several priests are responsible for as many as 5 parishes. They need our prayers.

Record holy hours in the blue folders near the Confessionals at St. Ann and at St. Stephen. Record the date and your initials, to be included in the total in a Christmas card that is sent to all Diocese priests and seminarians.  This includes Holy Hours at another church or at home

You can include any of the prayers that you would normally pray, and prayers specifically for priests are provided in the folders for you to use.  Just think how many hours we could shower our priests with, if everyone did only one. If you have questions, please call Marlene McGiness 231-839-7114.

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Sign Up for the New “Up North Catholic E-Newsletter”

Receive a weekly e-newsletter from the Diocese of Gaylord, including Bishop Walsh’s “Checking In” video every Wednesday afternoon.  Sign up at: dioceseofgaylord.org/subscribe.

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St. John Chalice Prayer for Vocations Challenge: Sign up: Choose a date and Mass you’ll be attending, so the Priest can bless you and the chalice before you go; Find a Spot: Place the chalice in a prominent spot where you family can gather for the daily vocation prayer; Pray Daily: Use the suggested daily prayers that come with the chalice, add a Rosary, Divine Mercy Chaplet, or say your own prayer; Pass it on: Return the chalice to the parish bulletin board, so the next family may take it. Do more than just wish for vocations. Pray for them.

Al-Anon Meetings, Tuesdays at 11:00 a.m., St. Stephen Hall (Church basement).

 

The bulletin may be viewed online at discovermass.com or MyParish App; or you may pick one up by the double doors to the church.

 

Items to be put in the bulletin need to be emailed to bulletin@stanncadillac.org or given to Jeanne Johnson, Secretary/Business Manager at St. Stephen, or Sandie Baumann, Business Manager at St. Ann. They share duties to continue to keep you up to date. Please submit all bulletin items 9 days prior to the date of bulletin you wish it to be in.

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Travelers: Check the website http://www.catholicmasstime.org/ to find a Catholic Church near your destination.