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October is the month devoted to the Holy Rosary. The purpose of the rosary is to help us meditate on the great mysteries of our salvation. The main focus is on Jesus - his birth, life, death, and resurrection. Pray it often or daily...on your way to school, to work. Pray it alone. Pray it with your spouse. Pray it with your family, your friends...

Inviting all young Catholic married couples in the Kalamazoo Diocese! Are you a young Catholic couple age 21 and older that has been married in the past fifteen years? The theme is a Masquerade, with a 5-course meal, a live comedian, and dancing into the night.

The Ordinary time of the year makes up the largest part of our liturgical calendar, and it represents our day-by-day life in this world, as we deal with our daily responsibilities to God, Church, family, friends, work, school and our community and nation; in other words, everything that we are “ordinarily” called to do in our daily lives. These summer months, during which we have more time to relax and catch up on what we find ourselves saying we have no time for due to our busy schedules, provide us with a great opportunity to remind ourselves of what is important in our lives, and to renew our commitments to all the ordinarily important relationships in our lives.

Celebrating the End of Summer and Beginning of Fall 2018. As families continue to enjoy the outdoors and celebrate the season with family reunions, weddings, baby showers, graduations, and other activities...Let us remember to protect and take good care of our neighborhoods, parks, roadsides and any other places entrusted to us by God, Creator of all good things...

Last fall more than 3,000 people filled Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo for the Kalamazoo United prayer event. Jeff Wenke, Pastor, The Bridge, Portage and Bishop Bradley, co-organizers of Kalamazoo United, considered the event a great success as a visible show of Christian unity. The hope was to inspire greater unity and collaboration among Protestant and Catholic Churches in the Kalamazoo area. The logical follow-up question for the Kalamazoo United planning committee was, “What now?”

Holy Family Healthcare has expanded its women’s health services to include a newly hired midwife.

Priests, religious and lay leaders from 10 dioceses plus the Archdiocese of Detroit met at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit on June 2-3 for the Region VI of V Encuentro, a gathering of Church leaders to discuss how better to minister to the estimated 427,000 Hispanic Catholics in Michigan and Ohio.

St. Ann Parish began Perpetual Adoration on Pentecost, but it came about in God’s time.

More than 30 percent of students from Battle Creek Area Catholic schools’ (BCACS) community come from underrepresented racial and cultural groups. Administrators believe this vibrant diversity is a gift to BCACS, though they recognize it also comes with a challenge.

1968. It was a tumultuous time that is etched in history as the year of the tragic assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Bobby Kennedy, countless protests of the Vietnam War and shifting cultural norms as more than 6 million women began using the birth control pill, introduced just eight years earlier. The year also marks a significant time in the history of the Church as many awaited the encyclical from Blessed Pope John VI where it was anticipated he would address the topic of artificial contraception.

After a long winter and a rather odd spring, we find ourselves ready for summer and all the season brings. Students are beginning to enjoy their summer vacation, families are planning summer-time activities, and hopefully, we all will experience a bit of a more relaxed schedule for the next few months. Even in our Liturgical schedule, the festive Season of Easter and Pentecost, and the subsequent Solemn Feasts, have been completed, and we have returned to what we call the “Ordinary Time” of the liturgical year.

Will offer comprehensive online and in-person courses for adult faith formation. Whether you learn best at 2 a.m. sitting at your laptop or within a group setting with live discussion an innovative new diocesan faith formation Institute will offer a course for individual’s different learning styles.

Join us for a special dinner-date night on Thursday, July 26th at Lawrence Center (Gull Road) for a celebration of God's plan for family planning (NFP). Guest presenter will be Dr. David Parker (Napro doctor). To register online or for details, please contact Socorro Truchan at struchan@diokzoo.org or Lindsey Ray at (269) 689-9858

V Encuentro Regional tuvo lugar el 6 de Junio de 2018 en el Seminario Mayor del Sagrado Corazón (SHMS) en Detroit.

Celebrating engaged and married couples. Dinner out on a weekday can be fun, inspirational and delicious (when someone else does the cooking, right?) If you are engaged to be married or married a few months to 50+ years...this night out is meant for you and your beloved! Check it out!

Catholics have long embraced implements of prayer, be it a crucifix, a patron saint medal or a strand of Rosary beads. When it comes to praying for vocations to the priesthood, the parishioners of St. Philip Parish, Battle Creek share a very special implement — a traveling chalice.

May is the month that is filled with memorable events and celebrations of all kinds, from sacramental moments of First Communions and Confirmations, to the beginning of the College and High School Graduation season. Of course, we cannot forget Mother’s Day (May 13th), the day we celebrate the heart of every family and the one who remains so important to each of us, whether our mother is already living in Heaven or is still here with us on earth. And as we celebrate our natural mothers in May, we also devote this entire month of May to special devotions to our Blessed Mother. Yes, May is memorable and filled with good reasons to celebrate.

Stunning photography, animated short films and vibrant artwork characterize this year’s entries for the Diocese of Kalamazoo’s fourth annual Catholic Families Student Art Contest. The contest is coordinated by Socorro Truchan, Associate Director of the diocesan Domestic Church ministry office and prizes are provided by the generous support of the Knights of Columbus. This year’s contest theme, “Life is a Gift”, highlights Pope Francis’ call to be “sanctuaries of respect for life, proclaiming the sacredness of every human life from conception to natural death.”

Last month more than 55 Scouts and Adult Leaders were honored at the Annual Diocesan Scout Mass. This year marked the 25th Anniversary of the Catholic Committee on Scouting (CCOS) in the Diocese of Kalamazoo.

More than 20 years in the making, St. Clare Parish in Centreville broke ground on construction of their new church building on April 23, 2018 with a blessing ceremony with Bishop Bradley.