What is the “Life Chain”?

Life Chain is a national event held the first Sunday of October every year.  Right to Life groups, churches and individuals gather for one hour of silence and individual prayer for the unborn and the changing of our society to protect all life.  Posters, which include prayers on the back, are given to each participant to hold while standing in line along a busy street.  Mecosta/Osceola Right to Life line starts at State and Cedar Streets.  The start time is 1:30 p.m., rain or shine!  Rosie and Gary Montross are the parish representatives for Mecosta/Osceola Right to Life (RTL).

Interested in becoming Catholic or learning more about the Faith! Contact the Parish office for more information.

The weekend of September 9-10, we changing our Mass times until after Memorial Day, 2024. The schedule is as follows:

Saturday
3 to 3:45 p.m. Confession at St. Mary’s
4 p.m. Mass at St. Mary’s

Sunday
10 a.m. Mass at St. Mary’s
12 p.m. Mass at St. Paul’s

Life Resource Center is a center here in Big Rapids that supports women who are in a crisis pregnancy.  The center is in need of the following items.  You can take the items to the  center or bring them to the parish office, and Beth Dake will deliver them to the center.

·  All sizes of sleep sacks

·   Boys 3T and 4T pants

·   Unscented wipes (we go through these so fast)

·   Name brand diapers (Pampers/Huggies) sizes:  N, 3, 4, 5, 6

·   Pacifiers

·   Brand new household safety items (gates, outlet plugs, safety locks)

· Baby Health—thermometers, infant Tylenol, infant nail clippers

A Podcast with Dr. Michael Dauphinais

Corpus Christi Procession

The Corpus Christi procession on Sunday, June 11, was a big success! We had just under 100 people participate in the procession.

To donate towards the renovation, please make out check to: St Mary St Paul Catholic Church, Memo: Church Renovation. And send to office or place in the weekend collection. In addition, online giving is also available for this project. If your would like to make an online donation, here is the link: https://osvhub.com/stmarystpaulbr/giving/funds.

If you or someone you know is thinking about joining the Catholic Church we’d love to talk with you to explain the process. Contact the parish office at mmendenhall@stmarystpaulbr.org and we can set up an initial meeting with Father Jegar!