A solution to the resolution Your Life cbryantlester Tue, 11/26/2024 - 11:49 Last Word By Sean O’Neill Dec 1, 2024 December January 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The New Year remains the most obvious point in the year to dig up some resolutions. Last year, Statista’s Consumer Insights Survey listed the most common resolutions for Americans as they approached the turn of the year. The top resolution was, somewhat surprisingly, saving more money at 59 percent. After that came exercising more (50%), eating more healthily (47%), and spending more time with family and ..read more

Modern-day Holy Innocents Your Faith cbryantlester Tue, 11/26/2024 - 11:34 Catholic Social Teaching By Deacon Jim Kasprzak Dec 1, 2024 December January 2025 What the Catholic Church believes about abortion Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... On Dec. 28th, we celebrate the feast of the Holy Innocents, the male children up to 2 years old living in and around Bethlehem, whom King Herod ordered to be slaughtered when the Magi inquired, “Where is the newborn King of the Jews?” (Mt 2:2,16) These boys were the first human beings to suffer martyrdom in saving the life of Jesus, th ..read more

Be partisan to the artisan Your Life cbryantlester Tue, 11/26/2024 - 11:26 Feature By Maria Servold Dec 1, 2024 December January 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... As Christians worldwide prepare to celebrate the birth of the savior by giving gifts, many shoppers may find they haven’t yet found the perfect gift for a loved one.  A few clicks online can solve that problem — but there’s a better way.  Supporting the plethora of Catholic artisans in and around the Diocese of Lansing and featured at local markets is a better way to spend your money, according to the shop ..read more

Choose a groovy movie Your Life cbryantlester Tue, 11/26/2024 - 11:21 Feature By Tim and Elizabeth Evans Dec 1, 2024 December January 2025 What to watch with the family in the Holidays Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Every year, our family enjoys certain Advent traditions that prepare our hearts and minds for the blessed season of Christmas. The children decorate a Jesse tree, we sing O Come, O Come Emmanuel, and every night at dinner we nervously watch the Advent wreath, wondering if the first purple candle will make it through all four weeks.  Another traditio ..read more

Christmas Short Story Contest: The trial of Ebenezer Scrooge Your Stories cbryantlester Tue, 11/26/2024 - 10:46 Feature By Robert Bearss Dec 1, 2024 December January 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... An embarrassment of riches! First of all,  a huge thank you to the many scribes who sent in submissions to our Christmas Short Story Contest. The standard of writing was high, and it was an unalloyed pleasure reading through the entries. Many of the entries conjured up the warmth of the Holiday season and not a few reminisced about Christmases long ago. A number of storie ..read more

A sunnie outlook Your Stories cbryantlester Mon, 11/25/2024 - 15:35 Feature by Stephanie Van Koevering Dec 1, 2024 December January 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... At Christmastime, many people find it hard to make ends meet. For many others, that’s true the whole year round. This month, Stephanie Van Koevering checks in with Sunnie Johnson-Lain, the new CEO of Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County (CSSW), to find out how her ministry is stepping up to provide food, supplies, and vital services. In 2024, after the retirement of skilled leader Peg Bravo, the orga ..read more

Booking it Your Life cbryantlester Mon, 11/25/2024 - 14:57 Book Profile Dec 1, 2024 December January 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Remember that quaint old custom, reading? This time of year is the ideal time to resurrect this timeworn but profitable pastime. Many of us, I’m sure, are rather weary of staring at screens all day. What better way to restore your retinas than to stare at the pages of a physical book. Picture the scene: you have just finished what turned out to be an enormous seasonal meal; you waddle to the living room, paunch-first; the Christmas tree twinkles ..read more

Outreach through the ether Your Stories cbryantlester Mon, 11/25/2024 - 14:34 Feature By Mary Gates Dec 1, 2024 December January 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Long before livestream platforms existed online, the Diocese of Lansing Outreach Mass was being recorded and produced from St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in East Lansing to be broadcast on radio and TV stations around the diocese and beyond. Now celebrating 40 years of this ministry, the team that makes viewing the Mass possible for thousands of people every week sat down with FAITH Magazine to reflect on how God ..read more

Local Initiatives: Strengthening our Catholic foundation at the parish level Your Life cbryantlester Mon, 11/25/2024 - 14:03 Stewardship Dec 1, 2024 December January 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... “We seek to form and inspire young people who will bring a new order to our culture so that the salvation won for us in Jesus Christ can be shared by our society and the world.”  – Bishop Earl Boyea With these words, Bishop Boyea encapsulates the mission behind the Diocese of Lansing’s Stewardship for Saints and Scholars Campaign. At its heart, this campaign a ..read more

Pan de sartén con romero y sal marina faithcatholic Mon, 11/25/2024 - 23:29   Ingredientes: 1 paquete de levadura instantánea 2 tazas de agua tibia 4 ½ tazas de harina dividida por la mitad 1 ½ cucharada de romero fresco, picado, más para la corteza 1 ¼ cucharadita de sal granulada 1 cucharada de sal marina en escamas 2 cucharadas de aceite de oliva Indicaciones: Unta con 1 cucharada de aceite de oliva el fondo y los lados de una sartén de hierro fundido de 12 pulgadas y resérvala. En un bol grande, bate la levadura en el agua templada. Añade 2 ¼ tazas de harina y bate hasta que esté bi ..read more