Critical Mass

This morning I went with Lindsay to St. A’s for the rosary and 9:30 am Mass, which was to be a healing Mass. I was looking forward to getting anointed, since I have had all these medical things going on and figured that God can heal me better than the doctors, who have yet [...]

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Adam Thad Riviera, of Troy, died peacefully, May 17, 2009, at William Beaumont Hospital in Troy. He was 21 years old. Adam was born October 1, 1987, in Detroit.
Adam is survived by his parents, Michael and Helen Riviera, sister, Tara (Mark) Moore and brother, Michael Riviera. He is also survived by his grandparents, Paul [...]

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A friend e-mailed me, asking if I would serve as Eucharistic minister this weekend in her place, which I gladly accepted. I arrived early to sign up for a spot, but when I arrived, all the “bread” positions were taken (why they call it “bread” and “cup,” I have no idea, because we only [...]

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Sorry if this post is incoherent.  Not much sleep this weekend, but it was so much fun!  :)
First, the Priests vs. Seminarians game on Friday.  I arrived early and got to tag along on a tour of the Sacred Heart by Jonathan the Seminarian. 

The game was good, and although the “official” score was 73-73,

that was [...]

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…our parish had a Decades Dance on Saturday, celebrating our 40th anniversary.  It was totally far out, dude!  You totally shoulda been.
First, I achieved high levels of hair awesomeness and had my hair bleached blonde and made “big” earlier in the day:

People really got into character:

And a very special rendition of Michael Jackson’s Thriller. [...]

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Yesterday, we at St. Anastasia parish had our 15th annual William B. Davidson Golf Outing to benefit the B.A.S.I.C. (Brothers and Sisters in Christ) Youth Program.  We had good weather and stiff competition.
Here is our winning team, with a score of 13 under par:

Greg Bright, Joseph D’Anna, Bruce Graves, David Graves
Strange, that our Youth Minister [...]

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We are getting increasingly excited for the big day — 2 weeks from today — when we ship out to go halfway around the world!
 Take a look here as the Eccentric came out to interview us.
In other St. Anastasia news, we are celebrating our 40th anniversary this weekend with a parish picnic.  The Eccentric again [...]

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It’s kind of like the blind leading the blind, but this year (my neophyte year) I am sponsoring someone into the Catholic church.  I didn’t know her before the initial RCIA meeting this fall, but she is amazing.  We are so much alike, which as you know, is dangerous…for society.
Earlier this week, Karen told me that [...]

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Okay, last year on this date, I decided that I was going to join the Catholic Church (before I ever stepped foot in the door). But, I was certain, and so I Googled “Catholic churches troy mi,” and found two: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and St. Anastasia. Since SEAS was located closer to my old [...]

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