St. Charles - 505 S. Lafayette St. Greenville, MI 48838 (616) 754-4194 | St. Joseph - 409 S. Bridge St. Belding, MI 48809 & St. Mary - 9041 Krupp Rd, Belding, MI 48809 (616) 794-2145
Ella Gould, a former St. Charles School student and Faith Formation student, has passed away. We offer our sincere condolences to the Gould family. The funeral Mass for Ella will be held Monday, August 25th at 11:00 am at St. Joseph Church. Visitation will be held Sunday, August 24th from 6-8:00 pm at Verdun Funeral Home. Please keep Ella and her family and friends in your prayers.
Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon her.
Dr. Henry Danielsky, a St. Charles parishioner, has passed away. We offer our sincere condolences to the Danielsky family. The funeral Mass for Dr. Danielsky will be this Saturday, August 23rd at 11:00 am at St. Charles Church. Visitation will be Friday, August 22nd from 6-8:00 pm at Hurst Funeral Home.
Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him.
Make your appointment today for the September 2nd Versiti Blood Drive at St. Joseph Church. All attempting donors with a valid email address will receive a $25 e-gift card. Click the link below to schedule your appointment.
We have an update to the weekday Mass schedule. Weekday Masses and Reconciliation will be held the weeks of June 16th & June 23.
Beginning the week of June 30th Weekday Masses and Reconciliation are paused through at least early fall. Please pick up one of the flyers available at each worship site listing nearby weekday Masses and Reconciliation for your convenience.
The Feast of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) is Sunday June 22nd. We will have a Eucharistic Procession, including Benediction, in church after the 11:00 a.m. Mass. Watch this beautiful video from 2017’s procession. Join us in this rich treasure of our faith and be a witness in our communities on Sunday June 22nd.
** Special thanks to Jake Schmiedicke and Ice Pictures Productions www.IcePicturesProductions.com for producing this beautiful video for us!
Fr. Jim will be gone on a planned vacation May 19th through May 26th. While he is gone the weekday Masses and Reconciliation are cancelled. Adoration on Tuesday at St. Joseph and Wednesday at St. Charles will take place as scheduled.
Fr. Jim will also be out of the office on Tuesday, May 27th and Wednesday, May 28th for medical appointments. Due to that Mass & Reconciliation scheduled for Tuesday, May 27 at St. Joseph is cancelled, and Mass scheduled for Wednesday, May 28th at St. Charles is cancelled. Adoration at both worship sites will take place as scheduled.
Click the link below for a list of nearby parishes offering Reconciliation and weekday Masses.
The second draft of the Pastoral Planning process is now available to view. Click on the link to view the document. If you have any comments or concerns regarding the second draft please send them in written form to one of the parish representatives.
We would encourage all parishioners to review this information and offer feedback. This will address the future of our parishes and your voice matters.
As you review these reports, note that both St. Joseph-St. Mary and St. Charles Borromeo are part of the East Deanery.
Panis angélicus, fit panis hóminum, Dat panis cáelicus figúris términum. O res mirábilis mandúcat Dóminum, Pauper, servus et húmilis.
Te, trina Déitas únaque, póscimus, Sic nos tu vísita, sicut te cólimus; Per tuas sémitas duc nos quo téndimus, Ad lucem quam inhábitas.
Sanctus 308-B
Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus, Dominus Deus Sabaoth. Pleni sunt caeli et terra gloria tua. Hosanna in excelsis. Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini. Hosanna in excelsis.
Translation: Sanctus = holy Dóminus = Lord Deus = God Sábaoth = of heavenly armies Pleni = full of sunt = are caeli = heaven et = and terra = earth glória = glory tua = your Hosána = praise or adoration excélsis = the highest Benedictus = blessed qui = who venit = (He) comes in nómine = in the name Dómini – of the Lord.
Memorial Acclamation 309-B
Mysterium fidei! Literally: Mysterium = the mystery; fidei = of faith.
The Mystery of Faith! We all respond: Mortem tuam annuntiamus, Domine, et tuam resurrectionem confitemur, donec venias. Mortem = death tuam = Your annuntiamus = we announce or proclaim Domine = Lord.
We proclaim Your death, O Lord. et = and tuam = Your resurectionem = resurrection confitemur = confess.
And confess Your resurrection. donec = until venias = come.
Until You Come The whole acclamation: Mortem tuam annuntiamus, Domine, We proclaim Your death, O Lord, et tuam resurrectionem confitemur, and confess Your resurrection, donec venias. until You come
Agus Dei 313-B
Agnus Dei, Lamb of God qui tolis peccata mundi, who takes away the sins of the world, miserere nobis. have mercy on us. Agnus Dei, Lamb of God qui tolis peccata mundi, who takes away the sins of the world, miserere nobis. have mercy on us. Agnus Dei, Lamb of God qui tolis peccata mundi, who takes away the sins of the world, dona nobis pacem. grant us peace.
We were blessed this fall to have Deacon Jim Hessler share an enlightening perspective on stewardship based on “the widow’s mite.” This is an interesting and well-founded perspective on how we are called to share our treasure to further God’s work. If you missed his homily, we encourage you to click the link below. Some of his thoughts are summarized below.
Deacon Jim shares that the widow’s gift was from her poverty, a sacrificial gift, which makes it holy! Jesus was not impressed by the larger gifts of other contributors but drew attention to the widow’s mighty gift of two coins. God blesses sacrificial gifts because we must rearrange our priorities and consciously choose to put God first. His graces then flow into our spiritual lives leaving us more grateful, joyfilled, with an improved spiritual life and feeling a sense of contentment only God can provide. God will not be outdone in his generosity!
If your spiritual life doesn’t seem to be making progress or if your prayer life seems dry, perhaps the area of finances is the door you have left propped open in the fortress of your spiritual life. Leaving this door open keeps you from completely trusting in God and allows the cold draft of sin to separate us from His warm embrace. God doesn’t need our money but uses our money to prove we can trust him.
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