Diocese of Lansing

DONATE TO HAITIAN RELIEF EFFORT
Please help the people of Haiti with your support of Catholic Relief Services, the official overseas relief and development agency of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Haiti Prayer Resources for Parishes

Thank you for your generosity! As of Friday, March 5, members of Diocese of Lansing parishes have donated $494,557.33 for the efforts of Catholic Relief Services in Haiti.

Diocesan Catholic School Scholarship

This new scholarship, funded through support from parishes without schools in the Diocese of Lansing, is need-based. Families of Catholic students who are currently in sixth or seventh grade are eligible to apply. Scholarship awards are $500, a family is eligible for only one award per student and the award is paid directly to your student’s school tuition account for the 2010-2011 school year.

Scholarship applications are being coordinated through the Greater Lansing Catholic Education Foundation (GLCEF) and may be downloaded from their website.

Using Health Care Reform to Promote Abortions
By Susan E. Wills, assistant director for education and outreach,
U.S Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities

Given an historic opportunity to expand access to affordable health care, Congressional leadership is at risk of undermining whatever good they could have accomplished. If abortion provisions in the recently passed Senate bill make it into the final “melded” bill, health care reform could die in the House or, surviving, could usher in the most massive expansion of the abortion license since Roe v. Wade.

Efforts to improve access to health care do not have to end in a choice between promoting a pro-abortion agenda and no reform. As of this writing, there’s still hope that Congressional leadership will embrace the “abortion neutral” approach they claimed to support throughout 2009. (more) (Spanish version)

Ministers’
Day of Reflection
Thursday
February 18, 2010

The Holy Season of Lent is a wonderful time to take stock of our lives. Through the Church, the Holy Spirit invites us to slow down, to pray, to reflect, to fast, and to do good deeds during this season of anticipation. Whether you are a principal or other parish minister, your life is very busy—likely, much too busy. Because it is difficult for many ministers to take time for themselves, we are offering this Day of Reflection to give you an opportunity to take a bit of time for your own spiritual growth as Lent begins. (more information and registration form)

Resources on the Translation of the Roman Missal

H1N1 (Swine Flu) and the Liturgy

2009 Priest Appointments and Transfers

Parish Fesitvals Throughout the Diocese

Planning Tomorrow's Churches

Mergers / Closures

Young Adult Ministry Handbook

Our Young Adult Ministry Handbook is the result of a nine month collaborative process involving the work of our Diocesan Young Adult Advisory committee and readers from parish and diocesan ministries. This handbook serves to provide a vision for young adult ministry based on documents of the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops and the lived experience of those in ministry with young adults. It unfolds for you services and programs offered by our diocesan offices to assist you in developing ministry with young adults in parish, cluster and regional settings. For assistance in developing young adult ministry please contact our office.

Download Young Adult Ministry Handbook

2008 - 2009 Financial Report

Each year, the finances of the Diocese of Lansing are audited by an independent, outside accounting firm. The 2007-08 Financial Report and audit notes prepared by Plante & Moran (as well as the Financial Reports for the prior four years) can be accessed here.

Continuing Adult Faith Formation Opportunities
During the VOICES process, many of you asked about the opportunity to continue your faith formation. Goal 3 of our diocesan pastoral plan commits to "creating comprehensive continuing adult education and formation opportunities utilizing a wide range of adult learning styles". In response to this goal, we are compiling adult faith formation opportunities within the Diocese of Lansing and in our neighboring dioceses. (more)

VOICES Alive is a monthly e-newsletter designed to inform the Catholic population of events and activities sponsored by the Central Service Departments of the Diocese of Lansing. To subscribe, please enter your e-mail address in the form below, choose the "VOICES Alive!" checkbox, and click "Submit".

Diocese of Lansing Parishioner E-News is a monthly e-newsletter to parishioners diocesan-wide. The content regularly consists of news and information of events happening in our regions and at our parishes and schools, as well as the Central Service Departments of the diocese. To subscribe, please enter your e-mail address in the form above, choose the "Parishioner E-News" checkbox and click "Submit".