Sent On Mission: Families of Parishes (VIDEO)

Families of Parishes is a complete renewal of structures of our parishes to make them radically mission-oriented. From now on, our parishes will work together as families, in order more effectively to fulfill their mission to evangelize. It’s been the call in every age, and it’s our call today, even in the midst of a historic pandemic. This is what God wants of the local Church here in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Lapeer, Monroe, and St. Clair counties.

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VIDEO TRANSCRIPT

In the midst of the pandemic, with all of the things that are on our minds, there could be a lot of reasons to put on hold our effort to become a missionary community, but not so.

In fact, we know that the world needs now more than ever the Good News of Jesus Christ.

Our new model of Families of Parishes is a continuation of the fruit of the Synod. From now on, our parishes will work together as families, in order more effectively to fulfill their mission to evangelize. It’s been the call in every age, and it’s our call today. This is what God wants of the local Church here in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Lapeer, Monroe, and St. Clair counties.

In the months ahead, I am firmly convinced that the Holy Spirit will give us new ways to think about how each of us can be strengthened by the other, in order for each of us to do what God is inviting us to do, so that the world hears the great Good News.

I take as my inspiration Blessed Solanus, who made it his watchword to say to everyone who came to him, “Give God thanks in all his designs.”

To give God thanks for all that has been accomplished, to give God thanks for all the joyful missionary disciples he’s raised up in our midst, and to give God thanks for what he’ll do ahead of time in the next generation.