Evangelization

Hello everyone!! What a great weekend! If I could use one word to describe this past weekend’s parish picnic it would be “WOW”! A big thank you goes out to everyone who brought the amazing sides and desserts! I did my best to sample them all! Thank you also to everyone who helped by volunteering their time to set up, run food back and forth, help in the kitchen/social hall, and help clean up at the conclusion of the day!

Thank you also to the Msgr. A.X.M. Sharpe K of C Council #600 for generously donating and serving the beer and wine for the picnic and also grilling all the burgers and hot dogs! What I saw this past weekend was a parish community coming together to relax, have fun, and grow together! I was able to meet so many of you and it was truly an honor putting a face to some of the names. This is how I pray for and envision each event unfolding going forward. Us, gathered as a community enjoying some time together in the presence of God. It was such a fun event and reminded me again how lucky I am to be here with you all at OLR! God Bless!

Dave Kennedy
Director, Evangelization
248.418.7221
dkennedy@olorcc.org

Hello Everyone!

This week we welcomed a group of Seminarians from Sacred Heart Major Seminary to our beautiful campus! These gentlemen will be with us each Wednesday night, through December 7th , to go out into our community and extend a personal invitation to those we either haven’t seen in a while or have never been blessed to meet.

This is the core of evangelization and the core of what we are called to do! I am honored the Archdiocese of Detroit and Fr. Steve Pullis, Director of Graduate Pastoral Formation & Instructor of Theology at Sacred Heart, reached out to OLR to help with this program. Each week these gentlemen will be doing home visits, spending time in prayer for our community and parish in our chapel, and experiencing first-hand the beauty and blessing that goes along with saying Yes to God!

This is a pure example of the type of radical hospitality we want to embrace here at OLR. This effort often times requires saying Yes to the uncomfortable and trusting that God will always “Bless our Yes”! Please pray for these men as they discern their individual callings to priestly formation, and for their ministry here in the OLR community! God Bless you all!

Dave Kennedy
Director, Evangelization
248.418.7221
dkennedy@olorcc.org

Hello again everyone! It has been a great couple of weeks here at OLR! Things are starting to get busy at church and our campus has come alive again after a long, enjoyable summer. As a quick reminder, sharing the story of Jesus, and the gospels, through our words is such a beautiful way to engage others and invite them to experience who Jesus is and how he can change their lives.

This can also be done through an invitation to come and see. This fall we have so many wonderful opportunities for you to extend an invitation to someone in your life. The bulletin you are reading right now is full of activities and opportunities to extend that invitation. Our Priests, at the end of Mass, remind us to “Go, and announce the Gospel of the Lord”! This is not a suggestion by the way I have been with this parish long enough to see a joyful and fun group of people! So, I challenge you to pray for God to give you the courage to say yes to Him and ask that neighbor, friend, or family member to come and join us at an event this fall. God will always bless your “Yes”!

Dave Kennedy
Director, Evangelization
248.418.7221
dkennedy@olorcc.org

Hello everyone!

We are moving closer and closer to the end of summer! Soon it will be pumpkin spice everything and relaxing around bonfires while enjoying the cooler fall weather. Our amazing teachers reported this last week, and our awesome students return this coming week. Things are about to get busy here on the OLR Campus!! There will be many opportunities coming this fall and winter for you to say “Yes” to God and help out or enjoy one of our upcoming events! God Bless.

Dave Kennedy
Director, Evangelization
248.418.7221
dkennedy@olorcc.org