Thursday, August 27, 2009
St. Mary Mush Ball All-Stars
St. Mary Youth Community Mush Ball All-Stars News: Despite our best efforts, hot bats, good hearts, powerful prayers and really slick uniforms, the SMMBAS went 1 and 2 in this past weekend’s 1st Annual St. Gerard Mush Ball Tourney. Granted we were playing against teams with years of experience and this was our maiden effort, we felt we were just one player (Adam Taylor) away from a successful run for the heavy metal. The player we currently searching for should be a member of St. Mary Parish Community (Adam Taylor). This player does not need to be a youth, he could, in fact, be an adult who may or may not have played professionally, (AdAm TAYlOr). The ideal candidate (the aforementioned AT), should be able to play the outfield… all of it…alone…even if it looks like we have players out there… be able to back up plays at every base…and put the pea into orbit at every at-bat. This person (Adam Taylor) would be designated as our franchise player and receive free unies, possibly some food and the respect of a couple of us. Please contact Mary Lou “The Skipper” Hahn-Setta ( in the CHS Commons every day from 10:30am – 12:30 pm …psst! Adam, we see each other all the time!) for more info. Please don’t make me beg!
Friday, August 21, 2009
Tigers game anyone?
We've got 18 Detroit Tiger tix for the 7:05PM game v. Cleveland Indians. $12...first come, first served. Lemme know here...on Fb...email..phone. Katie Sullivan will be introduced from the pitchers mound that night b/c of her involvement with ORGAN DONATION.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
World Youth Day in Madrid, 2011
August 2009
Dear Friends,
Pope Benedict has called the youth and young adults of the world to come together in Madrid, Spain in August, 2011. The theme of World Youth Day 2011 is based on St. Paul’s letter to the Colossians 2:7,
“Rooted and built up in Jesus Christ, firm in faith.”
While WYD2011 is 2 years away, the time to begin planning and praying about participating in this pilgrimage is now. Youth, as defined by the Vatican, are those who are 16-35 years of age by the time of WYD. The dates of our pilgrimage will be August 10th to August 22, 2011. This includes Days in the Diocese which are the initial 4 days in Spain to be spent in an area outside of Madrid and building community with our hosts. We will be using Catholic Pilgrim Office as our travel company.
The total estimated cost for our diocesan pilgrimage is $3500. The cost includes the following:
• RT Airfare from Detroit to Spain
• Air taxes, transfers and fuel surcharges
• Public transportation during WYD activities
• Motorcoach from Days location to Madrid
• 8 nights hotel lodging during WYD
• Probable home stays/simple housing during Days in the Diocese
• WYD fees
• Most meals during Days in the Diocese/All meals during WYD
• Diocesan T-shirt
We have tentatively reserved hotel space through Catholic Pilgrim Office but these spaces are not confirmed until a deposit is submitted.
To reserve you spot, a $300 per person non-refundable deposit payable to the
Diocese of Lansing by November 2, 2009.
It will be extremely helpful to gauge interest in this pilgrimage, so if you are thinking about bringing participants, please contact us.
To prepare for our pilgrimage to Madrid, we will gather as a community for prayer, formation and sharing of information a couple times a year in person and through email, social networking, etc…
Please feel free to contact me or Pat Rinker, our Diocesan Director, with any questions you may have.
In Christ (right there with you!) Love in Jesus,
Mary Lou Hahn-Setta Pat Rinker
hahnsetta@gmail.com 734-475-3250 Prinker@dioceseoflansing.org 517-342-2485
Dear Friends,
Pope Benedict has called the youth and young adults of the world to come together in Madrid, Spain in August, 2011. The theme of World Youth Day 2011 is based on St. Paul’s letter to the Colossians 2:7,
“Rooted and built up in Jesus Christ, firm in faith.”
While WYD2011 is 2 years away, the time to begin planning and praying about participating in this pilgrimage is now. Youth, as defined by the Vatican, are those who are 16-35 years of age by the time of WYD. The dates of our pilgrimage will be August 10th to August 22, 2011. This includes Days in the Diocese which are the initial 4 days in Spain to be spent in an area outside of Madrid and building community with our hosts. We will be using Catholic Pilgrim Office as our travel company.
The total estimated cost for our diocesan pilgrimage is $3500. The cost includes the following:
• RT Airfare from Detroit to Spain
• Air taxes, transfers and fuel surcharges
• Public transportation during WYD activities
• Motorcoach from Days location to Madrid
• 8 nights hotel lodging during WYD
• Probable home stays/simple housing during Days in the Diocese
• WYD fees
• Most meals during Days in the Diocese/All meals during WYD
• Diocesan T-shirt
We have tentatively reserved hotel space through Catholic Pilgrim Office but these spaces are not confirmed until a deposit is submitted.
To reserve you spot, a $300 per person non-refundable deposit payable to the
Diocese of Lansing by November 2, 2009.
It will be extremely helpful to gauge interest in this pilgrimage, so if you are thinking about bringing participants, please contact us.
To prepare for our pilgrimage to Madrid, we will gather as a community for prayer, formation and sharing of information a couple times a year in person and through email, social networking, etc…
Please feel free to contact me or Pat Rinker, our Diocesan Director, with any questions you may have.
In Christ (right there with you!) Love in Jesus,
Mary Lou Hahn-Setta Pat Rinker
hahnsetta@gmail.com 734-475-3250 Prinker@dioceseoflansing.org 517-342-2485
Mush Ball All-Stars
T-shirts are being made and arrangements for our trek to Lansing to compete in the1st Annual St. Gerard's Mush Ball Tourney on Sunday, August 23. We've got two practices in already and have another scheded for Sun, Aug 16 following the 10am Mass. We are doing fairly well for never having played before. We could use some adult drivers to take us to Lansing that day.
Post Chicago
What a fantastic group of young people to work with! The week went incredibly quickly and the youth (and adults) roofed a two story home and almost completely framed in another house next door. The third house on that block had us painting and sanding for most of the week. We also worked on another couple of occupied homes doing deck staining and landscaping. Never once did I hea of anyone complaining...and we even caught some of our notorious slackers...wait for it...actually working. Everyone was determined to be the 'Hands and Feet" of Christ in that Southside Chicago neighborhood.
And apparently something good has come out of it. Warren Callahan, the Windy City HfH Coordinator told us that our presence caused other churches and secular groups to investigate how they might help. In addition we were told that whenever group are working in the neighborhood, criminal activity goes down. It truly was a "spirit-dititous" week!
And apparently something good has come out of it. Warren Callahan, the Windy City HfH Coordinator told us that our presence caused other churches and secular groups to investigate how they might help. In addition we were told that whenever group are working in the neighborhood, criminal activity goes down. It truly was a "spirit-dititous" week!
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