EDGE and Lifeteen start this Sunday!

All 6-8 graders are invited to join us for EDGE. We meet in the youth room from 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. most Sundays during the school year, and do fun activities that help us grow in faith! Our theme for EDGE this year is Growing in Grace: Encountering God in the Sacraments.

All 9-12 graders are invited to Lifeteen, our high school youth group. We meet in the youth room from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. most Sundays and this year will be discussing topics such as Finding Faith in Adversity, Encountering God in Everyday Life, and Receiving Jesus in the Eucharist.

Registration forms and schedules for youth activities can be found on the bulletin board outside the youth room, or on our parish website.

If you donated to our summer youth activities, be on the lookout for a postcard coming in the mail soon! Our youth wrote letters to all of the donors who contributed to St. Rita’s youth group this year, thanking you for your generosity and telling you a little bit about how they encountered God this summer.

Thank you for all you do to support our youth!

–Abby Walraven

If you would like to know more about the Catholic faith or are thinking of becoming Catholic, please join us for our RCIA program (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults). Weekly sessions are on Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m. and are held in the Pumpkin Patch. Please contact Dcn. Chris Vida at 517-592-5470 for more information or to sign up.

Priest:  Gathered in spirit at the feet of Jesus our great teacher, we humbly and confidently lift up our prayers….

1. For a spirit of humility, even in the face of arrogance, let us pray to the Lord….

2. That we may be generous in showing mercy even as we hope to be treated mercifully, let us pray to the Lord….

3. For a commitment to work to build the reign of God at home, at work, at school and in our neighborhoods, let us pray to the Lord….

4. That our efforts as peacemakers never flag and, of course, for peace soon in Ukraine, let us pray to the Lord….

5. For those in prison, so easily forgotten, for their families and their victims, let us pray to the Lord….

6. That victims of human trafficking find hope and healing and for an end soon to this foul practice, let us pray to the Lord….

7. For all who have gone before us and those who grieve them, in particular… 

4:30 PM — Gail McGovern

9:00 AM – In Remembrance of Maggie McGee

11:00 AM – Clyde Berry

 …for whom we offer this Mass. Let us pray to the Lord….

Priest: Gathered as one around this table of life, we give thanks even as we lift up our petitions. In Christ’s name we pray….

Priest:  Just as Jesus called the apostles of old, he calls us to follow him. Seeking to do just that, we humbly and confidently lift up our prayers….

1. For a healing of all our divisions and a new unity in Christ, let us pray to the Lord….

2. That this annual week of prayer for Christian unity bear fruit in leading all Christians a little closer to being one, just as Jesus prayed, let us pray to the Lord….

3. For peace in our world, in our homes, in our hearts and certainly in Ukraine, let us pray to the Lord….

4. That we more and more appreciate, honor and immerse ourselves in the precious gift of the word of God, let us pray to the Lord….

5. For the Missionaries of Charity, the community Mother Theresa founded and for the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales and all who have Francis de Sales as a patron as we approach his feast day on Tuesday, let us pray to the Lord….

6. That we do our part to encourage religious vocations among the young and to keep ourselves open to God’s ongoing call, let us pray to the Lord….

7. For all who have gone before us and those who grieve them, in particular… 

4:30 PM —Margaret Gamble

9:00 AM – Tyler Hubbell

11:00 AM – Nicholas and Mary Lou Schulcz

…for whom we offer this Mass. Let us pray to the Lord….

Priest: Gathered as one around this table of life and light, we give thanks even as we lift up our petitions. In Christ’s name we pray….