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Welcome to this week's Disciples Together on the Way with Bishop Earl Boyea for Week 20, May 22 to 28, on the theme of Thanksgiving. Here's this week's challenge from Bishop Boyea: 

"My challenge for this week is: First, thank God for some particular difficulty or pain or burden you are experiencing in life and for the good that, we believe, God will derive from it. Second, offer the Sunday Mass in thanksgiving for the difficulties."

Not easy, eh? Listen to Bishop Boyea's explanation of how and why we can profit from our sufferings by uniting them to Jesus Christ. 

Welcome to this week's Disciples Together on the Way challenge from Bishop Earl Boyea for Week 19, May 15 to 21, 2022, on the theme of Thanksgiving. Bishop Boyea's challenge is this: 

"Around the breakfast or dinner table each day this week, have everyone in the household share what you want to thank God for today." 

*For more information on Disciples Together on the Way go to: https://www.dioceseoflansing.org/on-the-way

As we approach Mother's Day on Sunday, May 8, Bishop Boyea has a special challenge for us in Week 18 of Disciples Together on the Way: 

"Write a letter to your mom, living or dead, and say a Hail Mary for her every day this week." 

Listen to this short message to find out why Bishop Boyea thinks this is very important as we attempt to grow as disciples of Jesus Christ. 

* To find out more about Disciples Together on the Way, go to https://www.dioceseoflansing.org/on-the-way

What a tumultuous and, potentially, momentous week in the realm of pro-life politics! 

Monday saw the leak of a draft opinion by the United States Supreme Court overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion across the U.S. 

Meanwhile in Michigan, the pro-abortion lobby and their political allies are attempting to re-define or, even, re-write the state constitution to include a so-called "right to abortion". 

What to make of it all? And how should Catholics respond? Here to answer those questions, and many more, is Jenny Ingles,  Director of Fertility and Life Ministries for the Diocese of Lansing. Asking the questions in this podcast is David Kerr, Director of Communications for the Diocese of Lansing.

Podcast recorded, Thursday, May 5, 2022. 
Diocese of Lansing Podcast #33. 

Welcome to Week 17 of Disciples Together on the Way with Bishop Earl Boyea. This week,  May 1-7, Bishop Boyea moves onto the topic of thanksgiving which he says "stands at the very heart of our faith and our worship". So, here is this week's challenge which begins Sunday. Bishop Boyea says: 

"Pick a person each day this week and think of something about that person deserving our thanks. And then do it. Tell him or her of your appreciation. This will be pleasing to God and will build that brother or sister in love." 

To find out more about Disciples Together on the Way go to: https://www.dioceseoflansing.org/on-the-way

Welcome to Week 16 of Bishop Boyea's Disciples Together on the Way (April 24 to 30) focussing on the theme of Devotions. This week's challenge from Bishop Boyea is this:

"Choose a litany from the suggestions provided and pray one every day, as a household."

Listen to Bishop Boyea as he explains what litanies are and why they are important to the life of the Christian disciple. Meanwhile,  here is his list of ten suggested litanies for you to choose from:

• Litany of the Saints
• Litany of the Holy Name of Jesus
• Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
• Litany of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus
• Cardinal Merry del Val’s Litany of Humility
• Litany of Saint Joseph
• Litany of Loreto
• Litany for Life
• Novena to Blessed Fra Angelico for the Beautification of the World
• Padre Pio’s Efficacious Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Welcome to Week 15 (April 17 to 23 ) of Bishop Earl Boyea's Disciples Together on the Way challenge. As we celebrate the great Solemnity of Easter, here is Bishop Boyea's challenge for this week: 

"This week’s challenge continues our theme of devotions: I am challenging each of us to get a small bottle of holy water, bring it home and then renew our Baptismal promises individually and, if you can, as a family."

Watch this video to find out why and how to renew your Baptismal promises. God bless you!

This month the Diocese of Lansing is hosting her first ever healing retreat for adults whose lives have been negatively impacted by a parental divorce or separation during childhood. 

The retreat is being facilitated by the Catholic apostolate, Life-Giving Wounds.  It is a three-day retreat, April 29 - May 1, 2022, being held at the Saint Francis Retreat Center in DeWitt.  

What damage does divorce do to children? How does that impact on adult life? How can healing be achieved for those who bear those wounds in adulthood? They are just three of the questions asked in this podcast to Dr. Dan Meola, Founder of Life Giving Wounds. Asking the questions is David Kerr, Director of Communications for the Diocese of Lansing.

Meanwhile, to find out more about the forthcoming retreat or to register, click here: https://www.lifegivingwounds.org/calendar/michiganretreat

Welcome to Week 14 (April 10 to 16 ) of Bishop Earl Boyea's Disciples Together on the Way challenge. As we approach Holy Week, which begins this Sunday, Bishop Boyea's challenge is this week:

"My challenge for this week is that we Attend the Holy Week services.  Secondly, I ask that we Begin the Divine Mercy Novena on Good Friday."

Watch this video as Bishop Boyea explains more about the Holy Week services on Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Plus, he also gives an introduction to the Divine Mercy Novena. 

For the text of the Divine Mercy Novena click here: https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/divine-mercy-novena-9119

Welcome to Week 13 of Bishop Earl Boyea's Disciples Together on the Way. Here is this week's discipleship challenge from Bishop Boyea:  "Attend the Stations of the Cross and invite a friend or, especially, a family member to join you."  Why pray the Stations of the Cross? Here is what Pope Benedict XVI has to say:

“The Way of the Cross … invites all of us, and families in particular, to contemplate Christ crucified in order to have the force to overcome difficulties. The cross of Christ is the supreme sign of God’s love for every man and woman, the superabundant response to every person’s need for love. At times of trouble, when our families have to face pain and adversity, let us look to Christ’s cross. There we can find the courage and strength to press on.” Pope Benedict XVI, Good Friday, 2012.  As for, how to pray the Stations of the Cross, click here to find out.