The Midland Area Inter-Faith Friends are inspired to affect positive change through Unity, Support, Compassion and Willingness to make a difference in this world as we face so many issues and problems.
Midland Area Inter-Faith Friends is also currently a part of a non-profit organization “Foster Closets of Michigan”.
Come and join us and be a part of making a difference in our local community.
Spirituality is about being ready. All the spiritual disciplines of your life – prayer, study, meditation or ritual, religious vows – are there so you can break through to the eternal. Spirituality is about awakening the eyes, the ears, the heart so you can see what’s always happening right in front of you.
-Richard Rohr
“[People] are like wine – some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.” – Pope John XXIII
Join Father Rob and Christy Granda for “Theology by the Glass” on the second Wednesday of each month at Grape Beginnings Winery on Main Street from 7:00-8:30. It’s 90 minutes of fellowship and conversation around an advertised monthly topic in a relaxed and fun atmosphere.
No RSVP is necessary. The conversation is free, but the wine, and snacks are not.
Our group believes in a “hands-on” approach to helping family, friends, and neighbors in our community. Whether it involves a rake, hammer, paintbrush, greeting cards, or food pantry items, we are open to any and all opportunities to help.
Communicates Adult Outreach service opportunities via email
For More Information about becoming a part of the Adult Outreach Team and to begin receiving opportunities, please contact Annette via email.
Activities
Card creation for soldiers – with seniors from local centers – ship to troops to use personally through “gifts from home”
Fall clean-up/leaves for parish seniors
Wood planters – create wood kits that we help seniors assemble and plant flowers/tomatoes for their porches
Turkey dinner prep and delivery to Cleveland Manor residents
Coats for Kids – collect from local businesses and take to Salvation Army
Salvation Army Toy collection & distribution
Eagle Village work day – paint/yard clean up
One Week One Street – provide plants split from the parish grounds, work on-site during the week-long event
Assist with Mobile food pantries during the year
Food /meal kits for Emaus house
Postal food collection assistance
Parish flower bed cleanup in the fall & maintenance
Personal care item collection for pantries – Christmas time
If you are unbaptized and wish to become a member of the Catholic Church,
If you are a baptized Christian who would like to become a member of the Catholic Church,
If you are a baptized Catholic seeking to complete your Baptism through the sacraments of Confirmation and Eucharist, If you have been coming to church for years with your family and friends and just never made it official,
We invite you to the sacramental formation process that prepares adults through conversion for initiation into the Catholic community of faith.
The OCIA experience is a period of discernment, searching, and discovery of the Catholic faith. Gaining some knowledge of who Jesus Christ is and what a personal relationship with Him might look like through a Catholic way of life. There will be opportunities to learn about the Catholic faith, read Scripture, and share in a relaxed environment.
The OCIA process has several distinct stages for this journey of faith development.
Inquiry: the initial period before you decide to enter the Catholic Church. You’re asking questions and checking it out, but aren’t yet ready to commit.
Catechumenate: those who decide to enter the Church and are being trained for a life in Christ are called catechumens, an ancient name from the early Church. In this stage, you’re developing your faith and are being “catechized” – learning catechism, or the basic points about Catholic faith and life.
Purification and preparation: The Church will help you focus and intensify your faith as you prepare to commit your life to Christ and be received into the Church at Easter.
Initiation itself, the culmination of the whole process! You’re received into the Church during the Easter Vigil Mass, where you’ll receive the sacraments of initiation: baptism, confirmation, and Eucharist. (If you’ve already been baptized, you won’t be baptized again.)
Mystagogy: after reception into the Church at Easter, this period lets you reflect and learn more about the mysteries of the Mass and the Sacraments that you now participate in fully.
Please contact the Parish Office for more information at 835-6777.
