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Calendar of Events 2008

Events sponsored by or in conjunction with the
Central Service Departments of the diocese.

For Calendar of Events for 2009 - 2011, click here.


2008


May 8
Diocesan Board of Education & Catechesis - Bethany House, DeWitt
5:30pm

Confirmation - St. Mary, Manchester
7:00pm
Celebrant: Bishop Carl Mengeling

Confirmation - St. Mary, Adrian
7:00pm
Celebrant: Msgr. Richard Groshek


May 10
Confirmation - St. Pius X, Flint
4:30pm
Celebrant: Msgr. Robert Lunsford


May 11
Pentecost

Mother's Day


May 13
Confirmation - St. Mary, Pinckney
7:00pm
Celebrant: Rev. Douglas Osborn


May 13 - 15
Annual Retreat Days for Persons who are Bline/Sight Impaired (Registration Fee & RSVP required)
Arrival: Tuesday, 5:00pm
Departure 1:00pm
St. Francis Retreat Center, DeWitt
Contact: jdavis@dioceseoflansing.org


May 14
Diocesan Worship Commission - Diocesan Center
10:30am - 3:00pm

Confirmation - St. Patrick, Brighton
7:00pm
Celebrant: Msgr. Richard Groshek


May 15
Diocesan Pastoral Council Meeting

DRE Advisory Committee - Diocesan Center
9:30am - 12:00pm


May 17
Permanent Deacon Aspirants Day of Reflection
St. Francis Retreat Center, DeWitt
9:00am - 4:00pm

Confirmation - St. Thomas Aquinas, East Lansing
10:00am
Celebrant: Msgr. Steven Raica


May 18
Most Holy Trinity

Confirmation - St. Francis, Ann Arbor
2:00pm
Celebrant: Msgr. Steven Raica

Confirmation - Sacred Heart, Hudson
2:00pm
Celebrant: Bishop Carl Mengeling


May 19
Young Adult Council - Diocesan Center
6:30pm


May 20
Family Life Advisory Committee Meeting - Diocesan Center
5:00pm - 8:00pm

Confirmation - Holy Trinity Student Parish, Ypsilanti
7:00pm
Celebrant: Msgr. Robert Lunsford

Confirmation - Christ the King, Ann Arbor
7:00pm
Celebrant: Msgr. Steven Raica


May 20 - 21
Diaconate Formation Board Interviews


May 22
Confirmation - Holy Rosary, Flint
7:00pm
Celebrant: Msgr. Robert Lunsford


May 24
Memorial Day Mass - St. Mary Cemetery, Pinckney
9:00am
(in case of rain, Mass will be held inside the church)


May 25
Body & Blood of Christ


May 26
Memorial Day

Diocesan Central Service Offices Closed

For complete list of Memorial Day Mass schedule's and locations, click here.


May 27
CCMI (Christians Concerned about Mental Illness) - Monthly meetings with prayer, fellowship & book discussion (Hidden Victims Hidden Healers)
12:00 - 1:00pm
Diocesan Center - Logos
Contact: jdavis@dioceseoflansing.org


May 31
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary


June 1
Confirmation - St. Andrew Dung-Lac Parish, Lansing
11:00am
Celebrant: Msgr. Robert Lunsford


June 5
Diocesan Coordinating Commission


June 6 - 7
Ministry Formation Retreat - St. Francis Retreat Center, DeWitt


June 14
Holy Hour of Vocations - No ordinations in 2008


June 15
Father's Day


June 15 - 20
DYLC (Diocesan Youth Leadership Camp) - Bethany House, DeWitt


June 16
Deadline for application for ministry certification for Fall 2008


June 16 - 20
Math Curriculum Institute


June 17
Remarriage Facilitator's Meeting - Diocesan Center
6:30pm


June 19
Diocesan Pastoral Council Meeting


June 21
Celebrating 30 Years of Loyola Program


June 24
Nativity of St. John the Baptist


June 24 - 25
NACFLM (National Association of Catholic Family Life Ministers) Annual Meeting - San Francisco, CA


June 25
Diocesan Cedar Point Day - Sandusky, Ohio


June 26 - 30
SmartMarriage Conference - San Francisco, CA


June 27
Senior Priest Appreciation Luncheon


June 28
Candidacy Mass for Seminarians - St. Thomas Aquinas, East Lansing
4:30pm televised Mass


July 4
Independence Day

Central Service Offices Closed


July 24
Priest Summer Day - Bethany House, DeWitt
Presenter: Msgr. Jeffrey Monforton, Rector of Sacred Heart Seminary


July 25
Lugnuts Game - Family Night Celebrating Vocations


August
2nd Annual Priest Golf Outing


August 9
2nd Annual "Run thru Hell" - raising money for college seminarian costs - Hell, Michigan (near St. Mary, Pinckney)


August 9 - 10
Vocations to Permanent Diaconate celebrated this weekend in parishes as per regional preparation


August 10
Peter Pence (Holy Father) Collection


August 14 - 17
Seminarian Summer Gathering at Bethany House, DeWitt


August 15
Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Holy Day of Obligation - USA


August 16
Conversations in Ministry
Theme: Diversity Workshops or "Chataqua"
9:00am - 3:00pm
Location to be announced
Presenter: Ron Landfair, Director, Black Cathlic Ministry


August 17
Seminary Informational Dinner - Bethany House, DeWitt


August 17 - 18
Discernment Retreat for Seminarian Prospects


August 27
Premanent Diaconate Rite of Candidacy and Permanent Diaconate Institution to Acolyte - St. Mary Cathedral (Mass)
7:00pm
Reception to follow in St. Mary Cathedral Parish Hall


September 9
Seminarian Golf Outing Fund Raiser - Hawk Hollow and Eagle Eye Golf Courses
Sponsored by the Diocese of Lansing and the Knights of Columbus


September 28
American Evangelization Appeal


October 3 - 5
Deacon Community Convocation - Shanty Creek, Bellaire, MI
Theme: "Renewing Sunday Preaching"
Presenters: NOCERCC team


October 6 - 9
30th Annual Presbyteral Convocation - Shanty Creek, Bellaire, MI
Theme: "Renewing Sunday Preaching"
Presenters: NOCERCC team


October 12
Laity Sunday


October 19
Mission Sunday (Propagation of the Faith)


October 24
Lay Ministry Convocation - Chataqua (TBA)


October 26
Priesthood Sunday - always the last Sunday of October
something new that has been started to celebrate priesthood


November
Ongoing Formation Event


November 1
All Saints (Solemnity)


November 2
Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed (All Souls)


November 8
Lay Ecclesial Commissioning - St. Mary Cathedral
10:30am


November 22
Deacon Ordination??? - This is not certain yet


November 23
Campaign for Human Development


November 27
Thanksgiving

Central Service Offices Closed


November 28
Central Service Offices Closed


November 30
First Sunday of Advent


December 8
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Holy Day of Obligation - USA


December 9
Anniversary of the Dedication of St. Mary Cathedral - Diocese of Lansing


December 14
Retired Religious Collection


December 20 - 21
Seminarian Winter Gathering


© Diocese of Lansing 2008