Chicken Dinner & Festival
Sunday, June 22
St. Mary’s Visitation Parish
(146th Ave & 24th Street, Byron Center)
- Bingo begins at 10:30am
- Chicken Dinner from 11:00am to 2:00pm
- “Anything on Wheels” show from 1:00pm to 3:00pm
- Auction begins at 2:30pm
Come and join them! All are welcome! Call 616-681-9701 for more information.
Faith-Based Employment Outreach Program
The St. Robert Roundtable is an affiliate of the Employment and Resource Network and provides a support group and career coaching to the unemployed and people in career transition. The group meets at St. Robert Newminster Parish (6477 Ada Dr, Ada)
Wednesdays, June 25 and July 9 & 23, 2025 from 9:30-11:30am
Our Zoom sessions are on alternate Wednesdays.
Questions? Contact: Bill Weitzel at 616-446-1873 or weitzelwj@aol.com.
More information about EaRN can be found at www.earn-network.org.
Join Bishop Walkowiak for a
Holy Hour for our Priests
Thursday, June 26 | 6pm to 7pm
Cathedral of St. Andrew | 215 Sheldon Blvd SE, GR
The Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (also the World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests) offers us the perfect opportunity to lift up our spiritual fathers in prayer. Join Bishop Walkowiak and the faithful of the diocese for a Holy Hour on the Vigil of the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to pray for the sanctification of our priests.
Host a Bowl Painting Party for
Catholic Charities’ Soup’s On Event
No matter your artistic abilities, bowl painting parties are a great way to have fun with your family and friends while supporting God’s Kitchen! Catholic Charities will provide you with kits that include paint, instructions, and bowls – providing everything you need to let your creativity run wild! It is $10 to keep the bowl or $8 to donate it back to CCWM for their annual Soup’s On for All event – or paint two – donate one and keep one for $15. To set up a bowl painting party, contact Jean Sullivan at 616-204-3706 or Jsul50@icloud.com
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion Volunteers
needed at Trinity Health Saint Mary’s
Volunteers are needed to provide holy Communion to Catholic patients who are at Trinity Health St. Mary’s in downtown Grand Rapids. These volunteers bring the Eucharist as a sign of compassion and concern from the larger faith community for its members who are sick.
If you are currently serving your parish as a minister and could serve a minimum of 4 hours per month as a hospital volunteer, please contact Volunteer Coordinator Laura Conners at connerla@trinity-health.org.
Eucharistic Adoration around the Diocese
Looking for opportunities to spend one on one time with Jesus? The Diocese of Grand Rapids has published an online schedule of weekly days and times when Eucharistic Adoration is available in parishes throughout our diocese. View the schedule at grdiocese.org, click on the “Parishes” menu, then “Adoration Schedules” from the dropdown.
Open your heart and home to a foster child in need!
Catholic Charities West Michigan is in desperate need of caring individuals to open their home to a foster child and show children the love they deserve. Please contact Alix Wanlass at awanlass@ccwestmi.org for more information on the numerous ways you can help.