All families wishing to have their child baptized are asked to fill out the request form under Baptism Planning. If you have any questions, please contact the Parish Office at 269-983-1575, ext. 10. A preparation class is required if this is your first child. They are scheduled individually via Zoom, or Google Meets, please call the parish office for more information.
Please contact the Parish Office at least six months before the marriage date to arrange for marriage preparation and discuss requirements with the pastor.
Go to https://www.dioceseofkalamazoo.org/marriage-preparation
for more information about the Diocesan requirements and dates for Joy-Filled Marriage classes.
Natural Family Planning (NFP) classes are being offered online every night. See the Diocese of Kalamazoo's website for the most current information, dates and to register click here here.
Join us for seven sessions on Zoom: Thursday (and some Tuesday) nights from 6:30 to 8:00 pm, see the Diocese of Kalamazoo for the most current dates available.
This class is designed to help couples in making the Eucharist the center and source of their marital love; whether they have been married for years, are newly married, or are preparing to marry. The goal of this course is to help couples to fall more deeply in love with each other as well as with our Eucharistic Lord. We will focus on seven habits for building a healthy marriage that also beautifully correspond to seven aspects of the Mass that draw us deeper into knowing and loving God in and through the Eucharist.
These seven habits will be the focus of the seven weeks of this class. Each habit (or step) is designed to keep us connected, humble our hearts, and teach us about sacrificial love. In brief, the seven steps or habits, both for marriage and for our participation in the Eucharistic sacrifice, are:
1) Making time and spending time together
2) Understanding the divine design for the sacrament
3) Looking within and admitting our failings
4) Active listening
5) Giving and seeking forgiveness
6) Living out what we profess
7) Feeding and being fed
To sign up, simply email Socorro Truchan at struchan@diokzoo.org and Stephanie Fryer at (sfryer@elizabethnewlife.org) telling us that you wish to attend this series.
NOTE: if you are engaged and this is your marriage preparation course; please let us know, too.
COST: $30 per couple, send payment to the Diocese of Kalamazoo (ATTN: Socorro Truchan/Marriage Class)
You will receive an email confirmation and a link to attend each class. You will also be sent an electronic version of the class workbook that you can print out and write on. We look forward to walking with you in learning how to build a Eucharistic marriage!
See the Confession Schedule for regularly scheduled confession times. Confession Times
If you need to schedule a specific appointment with a priest, please call the office at 269-983-1575.
First Penance is received during a child's 2nd year of the two year process for sacramental preparation.
Please contact the Parish Office if a loved one is in danger of death or is in advanced age so that a priest can visit. In case of an emergency, call 983-1575, and follow the directions carefully. If no one answers, leave a message on the emergency line only.