Diocese of Lansing

CALL TO COMMON CONFERENCE
Most Reverend Earl Boyea, Bishop of Lansing,
calls the Church of Lansing to a Common Conference
September 29, 30, October 1, 2011
at the Lansing Center.
Mark your calendars now. More information to follow.

ADA MARKS 20TH ANNIVERSARY
Church's work on disabilities helped bring about law
(Nancy Frazier O'Brien, Catholic News Service)

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- When the Americans with Disabilities Act was being debated in the U.S. Senate 20 years ago, excerpts from the pastoral statement on people with disabilities issued by the U.S. bishops 12 years earlier were read on the Senate floor in support of its passage.

"It is not enough merely to affirm the rights of people with disabilities," the document says. "We must actively work to make them real in the fabric of modern society. Recognizing that individuals with disabilities have a claim to our respect because they are persons, because they share in the one redemption of Christ, and because they contribute to our society by their activity within it, the church must become an advocate for and with them." (continue reading)

National Catholic Partnership on Disability

DONATE TO HAITIAN RELIEF EFFORT
Please help the people of Haiti with your support of Catholic Relief Services, the official overseas relief and development agency of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Haiti Prayer Resources for Parishes

Resources on the Translation of the Roman Missal

2010 Priest Appointments and Transfers

DIOCESE OF LANSING DIRECTORY - 2010

Planning Tomorrow's Churches

Mergers / Closures

Young Adult Ministry Handbook

Our Young Adult Ministry Handbook is the result of a nine month collaborative process involving the work of our Diocesan Young Adult Advisory committee and readers from parish and diocesan ministries. This handbook serves to provide a vision for young adult ministry based on documents of the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops and the lived experience of those in ministry with young adults. It unfolds for you services and programs offered by our diocesan offices to assist you in developing ministry with young adults in parish, cluster and regional settings. For assistance in developing young adult ministry please contact our office.

Download Young Adult Ministry Handbook

VOICES Alive is a monthly e-newsletter designed to inform the Catholic population of events and activities sponsored by the Central Service Departments of the Diocese of Lansing. To subscribe, please enter your e-mail address in the form below, choose the "VOICES Alive!" checkbox, and click "Submit".

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