As we celebrate the Risen Christ today, we are in awe at how richly each of us is blessed. The Paschal candle towers over our sanctuary. It will lead us to light and new life as we renew our baptismal vows. New Holy Water will refresh our memories of who we are. The dismissal with joyful Alleluia will send us on our mission. The Resurrection stories will inspire us. Our 90th anniversary celebration is under way. Yes, the evangelization is our mission. Through the leadership of...

Stations in the Street is a prayer experience that takes place down the main street of the Grosse Pointe Communities. It is an ecumenical attempt to walk the footsteps of Christ and to pray for the many needs and ministries of all God’s people. We will move along as a group from Station to Station on Kercheval from Fisher to Neff and stop at the designated area, listen to the reflection, pray, pause, and move to the next. There will be no official Stations in our church, but the church will be open if someone wants to come and pray here instead on the streets of our community.

Our First Bonanza Returns “Sellers’ Drawing” took place last Sunday, March 6th. We are pleased to report that 406 sold tickets were turned in. The winners of $50 each in the 3 Seller’s Drawings were: Fr. Andrew, Janet Guensche, and Joseph Kramer. Our second Bonanza Returns Meeting is next Sunday, March 20th from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. in the Whittier Room. A Sellers’ Drawing will be held at 6:00 p.m. and three more lucky sellers will win $50.00 Please return all sold tickets this week so that they are included in the drawing.

In the 1994 movie The Shawshank Redemption, Andy Dufresne dreams of a life in Mexico. “Do you know what the Mexicans say about the Pacific?” he asks his friend Red. “They say it has no memory. That’s where I want to live the rest of my life – a place that’s warm with no memories.” Red says, “I don’t think I could make it on the outside, Andy. I’ve been in here most of my life.” He ends with this phrase: “It comes down to a simple choice, get busy living or get busy dying.”

For those of you who don't know, we are going to perform a Corporal Act of Mercy - Burying the Dead, as a parish act of mercy. We have coordinated with The Wayne County Medical Examiner, Verheyden Funeral Home, and Resurrection Cemetery to bury an indigent man who died in a house fire in Detroit. We have learned he was Catholic and often attended services at Holy Trinity Church in Detroit. He had no family and his body has been in the Wayne County Morgue since September of...