Christ is Risen! He is Risen Indeed!

Religious Education classes resume Sunday, April 7.   Happy Easter!

Review our salvation history and some thoughts regarding the paschal mystery (life, death, and resurrection of Jesus) in our blog on the History Channel's "The Bible" series at:

StFrancisAnnArbor.blogspot.com

Family Penance Service: March 18 at 5 p.m.

FAMILY PENANCE SERVICE

Monday, March 18 at 5 p.m.  in the Church

The annual Lenten Communal Family Penance (Reconciliation) Service is designed for families with children.

The readings are child-friendly, and the service includes prayers and an examination of conscience for children and adults.  Prayers and readings are prayed together as a group, with confessions heard individually.
 
Several priests will be available to hear confessions. The service lasts about one hour.

All are welcome!

Supplies for Rotating Shelter Needed by March 10

Dear parents,
We need your help to collect supplies for the rotating shelter here at St. Francis.

If you are able, please drop off some or all of the items listed below in the RE office by Sunday, March 10.  The Middle School Youth will be putting together care packages for the rotating shelter on Sunday evening.

Items to be collected  include:

Tooth brush
Tooth paste
Dental floss
Mouth wash
Packaged snack food
Deodorant
small water bottles


For questions, please contact Ellen Ward at ward@stfrancisa2.org or Courtney Aymen at 734-821-2130.

No RE classes on Wed, Feb. 27 due to weather

RE classes for Wednesday, Feb. 27 have been canceled due to the weather.  Questions can be directed to Ellen Ward at ward@stfrancisa2.org  Thank you!

Happy Lent!

Thank you to all those helped or stopped in for a paczki this past Sunday.  It was good to see you all!  Thanks to the new Martha Washington Bakery on Jos Campau, Hamtramck for baking a little more than 500 paczki for us early Sunday morning!

Happy Lent!
(No RE classes on Monday, Feb. 11 & 18 and Wednesday, Feb. 13 & 20)  See you at one of the Feb. 13 Ash Wednesday Masses:  7 a.m.; 9:15 a.m., 5:15 p.m., 7 p.m. in church!

Mardi Gras Sunday: February 10

Parents:  If your plans include attending the 8:45 a.m. or 10:30 a.m. Masses on Sunday, Feb. 10, then stop in the Parish Activities Center (PAC) afterwards and enjoy:  Paczki (from the New Martha Washington Bakery in Hamtramck), bagels, and coffee & juice!

For more information, please contact Ellen Ward at ward@stfrancisa2.org or 734-821-2132.

and later in the day...

All middle school youth are invited to our Second Sunday Gathering on:

 Sunday, February 10

at 6:15 p.m. in the Parish Activities Center (PAC)

We’ll have fun activities, games, and food all in a faith-filled setting for the middle school youth!

Each one of us has been given a unique mission lived out in a vocation of following Christ.  Fr. John Linden and Dawn Hausmann from the Diocese will be joining us!  Sign up by showing up!  This session counts for one hour of service!

For more information, please contact Catherine Farrell at cfarrell@stfrancisa2.org or Brian Wyzlic at brianwyzlic@gmail.com or call the RE Office at 821-2130 or Ellen Ward at 821-2132.

Catechist Formation Topic #12: Liturgy & Worship is Now Available On-line!

We have been working to offer our catechist formation classes on-line.  We are pleased to announce the availability of Catechist Formation Topic #12: Liturgy & Worship online.  

Pre-Registration for the course is required.  Please register for the on-line course using the form below or by clicking here!

The on-line class opens Sunday, March 3 and runs through April 14.  An instructional email with the link for the course will be sent to those pre-registered the week of Feb. 24.

Catechist formation topics cover 22 basic areas of our Faith and offer teaching methods for passing on the Faith to children and youth.  Participation in catechist formation sessions lead to diocesan catechist certification.  All interested individuals are welcome to sign up for the on-line course.   

For questions or help in registering, please contact Ellen Ward at ward@stfrancisa2.org or 734-821-2132.