Catholic Information Center Celebrations for the Paulist Fathers 150th Anniversary


Our 150th Celebration begins January 18, 2008 during The  Week of Christian Unity.

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2008: January 18-25  "Pray without ceasing" (1 Thessalonians 5:12a, 13b-18)

 Bethlehem Lutheran Church, the Catholic Information Center and GRACE (Grand Rapids Area Center for Ecumenism), in collaboration with several downtown congregations will offer a service of Prayer for Christian Unity on Friday, January 18, 7:30pm at the Catholic Information Center.  Please come and share in this opportunity to reunite our fractured Church.


City Wide Mission at St. Andrew's Cathedral - March 8-12, 2008

Date, time place: March 8: 4 p.m. Mass with Father John E. Collins at St. Andrew’s Cathedral

March 9: 10 a.m. Mass with Father John E. Collins at St. Andrew’s Cathedral; evening Masses at the CIC.

March 10 – 12: evening mission events led by Father John E. Collins at St. Andrew’s Cathedral 

General Evening Mission Format, 7:30 p.m. each night:

March 10: Opening prayer, music highlighted by Hispanic choir from St. Andrew’s Cathedral, talk, and refreshments.

March 11: Opening prayer, music highlighted by Vietnamese group from a Holland parish, talk, and refreshments.

March 12: Opening prayer, music highlighted by combined choirs, talk, and refreshments. 

Key themes:

Fr. Collins’ messages - that include humor, real-life experiences and inspiration - will revolve around this question: “Can you describe what happens in those events in your life in which you experience the presence of God?” 

March 10: “What Good Is God?”

March 11:  “Why Prayers Don’t Work”

March 12: Ten Kinds of People We Don’t Have to Love


Pentecost - May 11, 2008

Special music is being composed and recorded to celebrate this special Pentecost Mass at the Catholic Information Center.  Time TBA.


 

 

150th Celebration Dinner at Meijer Gardens - September 13, 2008 

Please join us for a wonderful evening at beautiful Meijer Gardens as we celebrate the Paulists 150th Anniversary.  Delicious food and great entertainment along with special Paulist guests is the order for the evening.  Time TBA.


 

150th Year Celebration Ends, January 26, 2009 with the Feast of St. Paul

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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