3rd Sunday of Advent
Dear Epiphany Family, I hope and pray that your Advent has not been too hectic or busy. I know there are often early Christmas gatherings and people can also be stressed with Christmas shopping and other Christmas preparations. It is so important for all of us to do whatever we can to slow down, take […]
All Saints, All Souls
Dear Epiphany Family, This weekend I would especially like to welcome those of you who have perhaps returned from other places or parishes to remember your loved one(s) who died over the past year. We continue to pray for the eternal rest of your loved one(s) and do so today through the most powerful prayer […]
Full Parish Report & World Mission Sunday
Dear Epiphany Family, This Sunday, October 23rd, is World Mission Sunday. This year’s theme is taken from Acts 1:8 – “You shall be my witnesses” (“You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the ends […]
Our Parish Summary: World Mission Sunday
This week in the bulletin is RCM proposed options, click here for link. Last week’s Letter from Fr. Eric: Dear Epiphany Family, Supplied in this bulletin is a summary of the first part of the presentation (this link) from our September 18th parish meeting regarding our facilities and mission. It is a lot to digest […]
Respect Life • Our Parish
Dear Epiphany Family, Thank you to the many who came to our Facilities and Mission meeting on September 18th. It should have made it easier to see the challenges we face with our many facilities. This is a very difficult process but we have to face the reality and come together as a parish family […]
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Dear Epiphany Family, This weekend is our parish meeting with RCM architects regarding our facilities (Sunday, September 18th, 2-4:30pm at the Cardinal Stritch gymnasium-enter off of Coy Road). Our facilities assessment has gathered a lot of data from the physical assessment of our buildings and feedback from parish ministries which has led to multiple proposals […]
Labor Day: 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Dear Epiphany Family, “God is good, all the time. All the time, God is good.” This simple phrase I have heard repeated (and responded to) on retreats and elsewhere is a great reminder of God’s goodness and faithfulness. It is so easy to get bogged down by the challenges and crosses we face but God […]
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time
Dear Epiphany Family, Come to him, a living stone, rejected by human beings but chosen and precious in the sight of God, and, like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ (1 Peter 2:4-5). Our Epiphany parish […]
20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Dear Epiphany Family, We have been without a business manager since JoAnn Rawski left at the end of March for a similar job at her home parish of St. Anthony in Temperance, Michigan. I’m very grateful for Connie Schwartz’s and Sue Veres’s (Finance Council Chair) assistance on the interview team with me. Their background, professionalism, […]
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Dear Parish Family, We have an exciting parish mission lined up for late September. Richard Lane, lay Catholic evangelist and Director of Evangelization for St. Patrick of Heatherdowns here in Toledo, will be our mission speaker from Monday, September 26th to Thursday, September 29th. You do not want to miss him! He is an inspiring […]