📣On June 28th, Anchor Bay Council 5981 carried Our Lady of Fatima through downtown New Baltimore during the annual Bayrama Fish Fly Festival Parade. State Deputy Charlie McCuen and First Lady Pam joined the Council, along with Knights on Bikes, St. Mary on the Lake Assembly 2804 Color Corps, and Au Lac Council 10724. Knights and Ladies passed out over 300 blessed rosaries along the parade route along with Tootsie Rolls. Before the event, children with special needs had help to package each of the rosaries with prayer cards.
On the back of the Council's t-shirts read "Catholic & Proud" along with a QR code that could be scanned to sign up and join.
After the parade, everyone enjoyed some fraternity and BBQ at the Councils chambers at a local Amvets hall.
Father Robert W Davey Council 8808 of Saginaw participated in their Adopt a Highway project on July 11. Members and parishioners of Holy Spirit Parish clean up their section of Highway three times each year.
On July 7 before the monthly Council meeting, District Deputy John Byrnes (#406) conducted the ceremony for Installation of Officers for St. Catherine of Siena Council 6980 in Portage. Some of their family members attended. Pizza, salad, and cookies were provided.
We asked, and you delivered. Thank you to everyone who generously supported the Neighborhood Ministry, especially the Backpack Ministry at St. Aloysius in Detroit, during the collection held at the Summer Organizational Meeting. We collected more than 15 boxes of travel-size toiletries, which will be distributed by the volunteers at St. Aloysius. Your simple act of kindness has touched more lives than you may ever know.
We would also like to thank our new Archdiocesan Chaplain, Fr. Salvatore Palazzolo, for the faith-filled tour of St. Aloysius. We were blessed to learn about the church’s history and architecture, and while there, we prayed a beautiful rosary together. Christy Miron, the wife of our State Secretary Vern, played the pipe organ, and Karen Winkle, the wife of our Vice Supreme Master Walter, shared her beautiful voice by singing Ave Maria. Fr. Sal then blessed Charles and Jessica McCuen IV, the Diocesan Cor Director in Lansing and son of State Deputy Charles McCuen III, on their 5th wedding anniversary. We were truly blessed.
Looking ahead to the Winter Organizational Meeting, we will be collecting athletic socks for both adults and children. The socks will be divided evenly among the dioceses at the Winter Meeting and then distributed to shelters and pregnancy centers, helping us “warm their feet as we warm their hearts.” Please watch for more information and additional details from your diocesan program directors.
Through our choices, we decide what type of ground we're going to be in response to God's Word: hard, rocky, thorny, or fertile. And when we choose to allow that Word, Jesus, to grow within us, our reward is suffering. Wait. What? Yes! In this Sunday's second reading, Paul promises us suffering when we follow Jesus. We'll dive into that — and how this Sunday's first reading from Isaiah flows beautifully into the Gospel reading from Matthew — in this week's Dad Talk. Please share with a friend, and God bless! Dad
Congratulations to Teddy Wade on being named our Au Lac Council Youth of the Month for July! Teddy is the son of Brandon and Dani Wade and is a 5th grade student at Immaculate Conception School where he is on the Principal’s List for academics, a member of the cross country and track teams and a participant in the new archery program at IC.
Teddy is a Cub Scout with the local Pack 211 and participated in the Scouting for Food program last fall. He attends Mass each week with his family, is a frequent altar server and he volunteers at the Lenten Fish Fry.
We thank Teddy for sharing his faith through service to his school, parish and community!
Pictured L-R: DGK/PD Brian Webster; Teddy Wade; Fr. Joseph Esper, Pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish
Au Lac Council 10724 in Ira Township sponsors two teams in a local men's church softball league on Fridays in St. Clair. The council has sponsored teams for many years in local softball leagues and has recruited several new members as a result. The players and their families enjoy the faith, fun and fellowship with other churches at the games and afterwards they meet downtown in St. Clair for food and drinks while listening to live music.
St Catherine of Siena Council 6980 in Portage held a Faith, Fellowship, and Fun event on June 23. 17 members and 4 possible new members enjoyed food, corn hole, watching the moon via a high powered telescope, and a couple of videos from “Into the Breach” series. It was the Council's first time having this type of event but it will not be the last.
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