List of ALL Catholic Churches in the Kalamazoo Diocese: [ LINK ]
Bible Study, Prayer and Catholic Tradition: The Catechism of the Catholic Church (Source: Vatican web site) [ LINK ] New American Bible: [ Daily Scripture Reading | Complete ONLINE Bible ] Which is the best Bible? (See what Catholic Answers has to say...) [ LINK ] How to pray the Rosary? (See what Catholic Answers has to say ...) [ LINK ] How to go to Confession? (Source: Msgr. Michael Osborn ...) [ LINK ] What are the Catholic - Holy Days of Obligation?(Source: beginningcatholic.com) [ LINK ]
Apologetics: Frequently-Asked-Questions that Catholics get (Source: Bible Christian Society) [ LINK ]
Daily Life, Local Events and Catholic News: SWMichCatholics.Com - Calendar of Events [ LINK ] Conference of US Catholic Bishops - Movie Reviews [ LINK ] Headline Bistro - A site with current Catholic Headline News from the Knights of Columbus. [ LINK ] FathersForGood - A site devoted to Fatherhood from the Knights of Columbus [ LINK ] Community HOSPITAL - Lakeland HealthCare [ LINK ] YMCA - Young Mens Christian Association [ LINK ] American Youth Soccer Organization [ LINK ] Berrien County Youth Fair [ LINK ] Venetian Festival [ LINK ] Whirlpool's Steelhead Triathlon [ LINK ] Howard Ice Arena [ Schedule and Rules ] [ 2008-2009 Winter Recess ] Michigan High School Athletic Association [ LINK ] Berrien County: [ LINK ] 2007-2008 Directory [ LINK ]
Web Site: The latest web site Traffic/Statistics Report as of Dec 31st 2008 [ LINK ]
What's NEW for Sunday Jan 4th, 2008:
After some holiday time off, we are back and ready for an exciting 2009. Some web site stats for 2008 were posted at the top of the home page. It's great to see our numbers are growing month over month!
Bulletins for SSJB, SSJC for Dec 28th and Jan 4th have been updated. Much more will be coming in the Jan 11th update.
What's NEW for Sunday December 21st, 2008: (The 4th Sunday of Advent)
Added Weekly Bulletins for the following area Parishes. St. Joseph Parish in St. Joseph [ LINK ] SS John and Bernard Parish in Benton Harbor [ LINK ] St. Mark in Niles [ LINK ] Our Lady Queen of Peace in Bridgeman [ LINK ]
Updated the SW Michigan Events main page with links to various conferences coming in 2009. [ LINK ]
Reminder: The 6th Annual Catholic Men's Conference is being held on Saturday January 31st at Kalamazoo Valley Community College. Please visit www.cmfkazoo.org to sign-up. Cost is $35 for a day of Catholic men's speakers, food, fellowship and a opportunity for reconciliation and mass. A group of us usually depart from the Rose Center early that day (7:30am) caravan to the conference together. [ LINK ]
Added to the homepage and Daily Life section information on the John and Dede Howard Ice Arena. Information includes their basic hours of operation, rates, facility and skating rules [ LINK ] Also included their special hours for the 2008-2009 Winter Recess [ LINK ]. The Ice Skating Arena is operated by the City of St. Joseph [ LINK ]. It's a popular spot for school kids this time of year during the school break.
Added the December issue of the Kalamazoo Catholic Men's Fellowship organization [ LINK ]
Added the St. Joseph Bears Basketball Team (Varsity, JV and Freshmen) lineup this past Thursday against the B. C Harper Creek Beavers. [ LINK ]
Here's a link to the MOM Song on YouTube.com that all mothers will appreciate [ LINK ]
Update our Martin's Sunday AM men's study group progress info. [ LINK ]
Our Men's email list remains strong at 148 people this week. [ LINK ]
Posted Web Site usage report on the homepage for December 21st, 2008. We broke the 100,000 hits mark for the year - a good objective measure of the site's success this year. [ LINK ]
What's NEW for Sunday December 14th, 2008: (The 3rd Sunday of Advent)
Added Weekly Bulletins for the following area Parishes. St. Joseph Parish in St. Joseph [ LINK ] SS John and Bernard Parish in Benton Harbor [ LINK ] St. Mark in Niles [ LINK ] Our Lady Queen of Peace in Bridgeman [ LINK ]
Added new Planned Parenthood page under the Controversy section of the site. OMG ... gift certificates for abortions! Catholics should sit up and pay attention to this attack on the Sanctity of Life. [ LINK ]
Added the December Newsletter for the Knights of Columbus Assembly 476 provided by Mark Globensky. [ LINK ]
Update our Martin's Sunday AM men's study group progress info. [ LINK ]
Our Men's email has grown to 148 people this week with the addition of Rich Vorres. [ LINK ]
Posted Web Site usage report on the homepage for December 14th, 2008. [ LINK ]
What's NEW for Sunday December 7th, 2008: (The 2nd Sunday of Advent)
Added Weekly Bulletins for the following area Parishes. St. Joseph Parish in St. Joseph [ LINK ] SS John and Bernard Parish in Benton Harbor [ LINK ]
Moved last week's YouTube video on the Doctrine of the Immaculate Conception to a new Video page under Religous Education section of the web site.
Posted meeting minutes and MP3audio of last KofC 1120 business meeting at St. Bernards to a secure section of the web site under Knights of Columbus.
Update our Martin's Sunday AM men's study notes and progress info. [ LINK ]
Our Men's email has grown to 147 people this week with the addition of Bob Ballard and Bob Williams. [ LINK ]
Posted Web Site usage report on the homepage for December 7th, 2008. [ LINK ]
What's NEW for Sunday November 30th, 2008: (The 1st Sunday of Advent)
Added Weekly Bulletins for the following area Parishes. St. Joseph Parish in St. Joseph [ LINK ] SS John and Bernard Parish in Benton Harbor [ LINK ]
Added links to online YouTube bible study video series (two parts) of Catholic Apologist Vic Scaravilli explaining the Catholic Doctrine of the Immaculate Conception in a discussion group setting. [ LINK ]
Added link under the homepage section: Bible Study showing the Catholic Holy Days of Obligation. They represent the Church's liturgical feasts that honor the mysteries of the Lord, the Virgin Mary and the Saints. [ LINK ]
Added link under Daily Life to homepage of the Whirlpool Steelhead Triathlon event held each year (Aug 1st) in Benton Harbor, MI. [ LINK ]
Updated the Billboard Ad page under the new section called Controversy with an editorial response from Jason DeVoir of Stevensville in today's editorial section of the local Herald Palladium newspaper entitled: "Objectionable church campaign is offensive" [ LINK ]
Update our Martin's Sunday AM men's study notes and progress info. [ LINK ]
Our Men's email list remains strong at 145 people this week. [ LINK ]
Posted Web Site usage report on the homepage for November 30th, 2008. [ LINK ]
What's NEW for Sunday November 23rd, 2008:
Added Weekly Bulletins for the following area Parishes. St. Joseph Parish in St. Joseph [ LINK ] SS John and Bernard Parish in Benton Harbor [ LINK ] St. Mark in Niles [ LINK ] Our Lady Queen of Peace in Bridgeman [ LINK ]
Added LMC Lakers News Release for Nov 10th. This was also included in bulletins this week. [ LINK ]
Added YMCA logo, web site link, and Mission Statement to the home page and under the Daily Life section. [ LINK ]
Updated the new section called Controversy with a response from Pastor Mike and Jill regarding their slogan "Because... Church Shouldn't Suck". [ LINK ]
Update our Martin's Sunday AM men's study notes with attendance and progress info. [ LINK ]
Our Men's email list has grown to 145 people this week with the addition of Greg Garstecki. [ LINK ]
Posted Web Site usage report on the homepage for November 23rd, 2008. At our current pace we may reach 100,000 web site hits by year-end. This is pretty amazing considering this site began almost a year ago as simply a place to post some Men's Sunday morning discussion notes. A special thanks to Marty Smith, Dave Collins, Jeff Hudson, Dave Brown and Phil Jasheway for helping me grow in my faith week after week. [ LINK ]
YMCA Mission:
To put Christian principles into practice through programs that build health spirit, mind and body for all
Link to the Benton Harbor / St. Joseph YMCA homepage: [ LINK ]
What's NEW for Sunday November 16th, 2008:
Added Weekly Bulletins for the following area Parishes. St. Joseph Parish for Nov 16th. [ LINK ] SS John and Bernard Parish for Nov 16th. [ LINK ] St. Mark in Niles for Nov 16th. [ LINK ] Our Lady Queen of Peace for Nov 16th. [ LINK ]
Added November issue of the Laker News and Notes. [ LINK ]
Added November issue of the Kalamazoo Catholic Men's Fellowship organization. [ LINK ]
Added order form for "Keep Christ in Christmas" religious Christmas cards. Contact Jack Holbert at jholbert88@juno.com if you wish to place an order for the upcoming holidays. [ LINK ]
Added some additional pictures contributed by Howard Nahikian to the 2008 Confirmation page. One of the SSJB Class and the other of Bishop James A. Murray. [ LINK ]
Added new section called Controversy. Added a page called Billboard Ads. Included images of two recent billboard ads. [ LINK ]
Our Men's email list remains at 144 people this week. Updated email address of Dennis Henderson. [ LINK ]
Posted Web Site usage report on the homepage for November 16th, 2008. [ LINK ]
What's NEW for Sunday November 9th, 2008:
Added Weekly Bulletins for the following area Parishes. St. Joseph Parish for Nov 9th. [ LINK ] SS John and Bernard Parish for Nov 9th. [ LINK ] St. Mark in Niles for Nov 9th. [ LINK ] Our Lady Queen of Peace for Nov 9th. [ LINK ]
Added new section to the Daily Life menu called HS Football. Included link to the Michigan High School Athletic Association web site along with a copy of the program for the MHSAA Division 3 District Finals match up between the St. Joseph Bears and the Lakeshore Lancers. [ LINK ]
Added list of the 21 new 4th degree Knights to our own local KofC Father Baroux Assembly page. [ LINK ]
Added information regarding upcoming "Family Hour of Prayer" schedule. [ LINK ]
Added some photo's contributed by the family of Jack Redmond -to his "In Memory Of" web page. [ LINK ]
Our Men's email list has grown to 144 people with the addition of Chris Redmond (Jack's son) and Tom Schmidt. Updated email address of Paul Maloney. [ LINK ]
Posted Web Site usage report on the homepage for November 9th, 2008. [ LINK ]
What's NEW for Sunday November 2nd, 2008:
Added Weekly Bulletins for the following area Parishes. St. Joseph Parish for Nov 2nd. [ LINK ] SS John and Bernard Parish for Nov 2nd. [ LINK ]
Added Video from CatholicVote.Com to homepage that all Catholics must see before the upcoming Nov 4th election. A real tribute to life. This video may not be accessible behind some corporate firewalls.
The Roman Catholic Bishops of Michigan urge all Catholics and people of good will to Vote NO on Proposal 2. in the upcoming Nov 4th election. [ LINK ]
39 men joined the 4th degree rank of the Knights of Columbus this past weekend. The program for this exemplification banquet was added to the KofC section of the web site. This Catholic Men's social event was hosted at St. Bernard's Parish Center. Father Bill Jacobs, a 4th degree Knight, was the Class Honoree. Father Dan Doctor, Deacon Mike Gallagher and Seminarian Joe Mileski were among the members of this 56th exemplification class. - Vivat Jesus! [ LINK ]
Added information sheet: Influenza Vaccine - What You Need to Know to new Health section under the Daily Life menu. It's that time of year to be thinking about a flu shot. [ LINK ] . Also added link to Lakeland HealthCare web site on the homepage, Daily Life - Health section, and Links & Resources page. [ LINK ] St. Bernard's is offering Flu Shots on Sat. Nov 15th from 9am-11am. See the bulletin for more info. [ LINK ]
Our Men's email list has grown to 142 people with the addition of Father Paul (in India), Michael Hall, Mark Miller and Deacon Larry Kaswboski. [ LINK ]
Posted Web Site usage report on the homepage for the Month of October 2008. [ LINK ]
What's NEW for Sunday October 26th, 2008:
Added Weekly Bulletins for the following area Parishes. St. Augustine Cathedral for Oct 19th. [ LINK ] NEW St. Joseph Parish for Oct 26th. [ LINK ] SS John and Bernard Parish for Oct 26th. [ LINK ] St. Mark in Niles for Oct 26th. [ LINK ] Our Lady Queen of Peace for Oct 26th. [ LINK ]
The St Joseph Parish bulletin this week included some important inserts related to the upcoming Nov 4th election and ballot proposals. Here is a [ LINK ] comparing the two presidential candidates and their position on key issues. The source is www.politicalresponsibility.com Here is a [ LINK ] with more details regarding Proposal 2 and the unregulated embryo destruction from the Michigan Catholic Conference.ction which pertains to the unregulated destruction of human embryo's. The Roman Catholic Bishops of Michigan urge all Catholics and people of good will to Vote NO on Proposal 2. [ LINK ]
Added "In Memory Of" section and some information on my uncle Jack Redmond who passed away this week. He was a member of St. Mary's in Kalamazoo, however the Mass of Christian Burial was held at St. Augustine Cathedral on Thursday. The reason for the new St. A's bulletin this week.
Added notes next to the new .pdf link in the archive section this week to spell out which inserts were included in which bulletins. This should help folks locate past inserts more easily now that they are scanned and stored as part of the weekly bulletin. Thanks to Jeff Hudson for this suggestion.
Our Men's email list has grown to 138 people with the addition of Joe Scrima and Tom Ellsperman. [ LINK ]
Posted Web Site traffic/usage report on the homepage for October 26th, 2008. [ LINK ]
What's NEW for Sunday October 19th, 2008:
Added Weekly Bulletins for the following parishes. St. Joseph Parish for Oct 19th. [ LINK ] SS John and Bernard Parish for Oct 19th. [ LINK ] St. Mark in Niles for Oct 19th. [ LINK ]
Added Q&A on Proposal 2 coming up on the November election which pertains to the unregulated destruction of human embryo's. You can also visit www.micause.com for more information. The Roman Catholic Bishops of Michigan urge all Catholics and people of good will to Vote NO on Proposal 2. [ LINK ]
Added update to Knights of Columbus "4th Degree Exemplification" event coming November 1st. Thanks again to Mark Globensky for this update. [ LINK ]
Added a revised copy of the Catholic Men's Fellowship of Kalamazoo newsletter for October. Thanks to Michael Anderson for these regular updates. [ LINK ]
Our Men's email list has grown to 136 people with the addition of Bill Yore, Dennis Henderson, James King, Charles Curry, Malcolm Eblin, Victor Knoff, Kenneth Little, David Marks and David Riley. [ LINK ]
Posted Web Site traffic/usage report on the homepage for October 19th, 2008. [ LINK ]
What's NEW for Sunday October 12th, 2008: Added Weekly Bulletins for the following parishes. We have a NEW weekly bulletin from the paris of St. Mary of the Lake. Thanks to Greg Witkowski for this contribution! St. Joseph Parish for Oct 12th. [ LINK ] SS John and Bernard Parish for Oct 12th. [ LINK ] St. Mark in Niles for Oct 12th. [ LINK ] Our Lady Queen of Peace for Oct 12th. [ LINK ] St. Mary of the Lake for Oct 12th. [ LINK ]
Added a new "4th Degree Assembly" sub-menu option under the Knights of Columbus menu. Thanks to Mark Globensky who will be providing us updates to this new section of the web site from time to time. [ LINK ]
Added a link to the NEWKnights of Columbus Council 13942 web site. Thanks to Larry Glendening for his effort in setting up and managing this KofC web site for the Parish of St. Joseph. [ LINK ]
Added October Newsletter to the Catholic Men's Fellowship page. Thanks to Michael Anderson for this contribution. [ LINK ]
Added new Menu option for the parish of St. John and Bernard's along with sub-menu's for Parish Council Meeting minutes and list of new parishioners. [ LINK ]
Added a new event page for the Greg Walton Concert held Saturday Oct 12th at St. Bernard's. Posted 15 photo's of the event along with a picture of Greg and his web site address. Thanks to Dave and Chris Collins for making this event happen. [ LINK ]
Our Men's e-mail list has grown to 127people with the addition of Dennis Bakken, Adam Kohler, Larry Glendening, Mike Shannon, Tom Craven, Bob Niedzielski, Barry Kalenevitch, Tony Korican, Roger Morrissett, Jerry Post, Karl Wojcikiewicz and Andrew Mollison. [ LINK ] Also included the parish office email addreses of St. Mary's of the Lake and St. Anthony's.
Posted Web Site traffic/usage report on the homepage for October 12th, 2008. [ LINK ]
What's NEW for Sunday October 5th, 2008:
Added Weekly Bulletin for the following parishes: St. Joseph Parish for Oct 5th. [ LINK ] SS John and Bernard Parish for Oct 5th. [ LINK ] St. Mark in Niles for Oct 5th. [ LINK ] Our Lady Queen of Peace for Oct 5th. [ LINK ]
Reorganized menu to include "SWMich Events in 2008". Added program and 14 photo's from this afternoon's 2008 Confirmation held at LMC Elementary School. Also updated main web site photo to include the Most Reverend Bishop James A. Murray on our home page. If other people took pictures at the event they would like added to the event photo album, please pass them along. [ LINK ]
Our Men's e-mail list has grown to 115 people with the addition of Mike Carl, Director of Bus. Administration for St. Joseph Catholic Parish. Ed Nickel has also updated his email address. [ LINK ]
The Sunday morning Men's Study group has received their next book to study following: Eusebius - The History of the Church read. This is another Penguin Classics book entitled: Early Christian Writings. Translated by Maxwell Staniforth and revised by Andrew Louth. Thanks to Dave Brown for helping to collect and distribute these books. [ LINK ]
Added event information for SSJB October "The Month of the Rosary" prayer schedule. Thanks to Darla Nickel for her effort in organizing this effort. [ LINK ]
Posted Web Site traffic/usage report on the homepage for Oct 5th, 2008. [ LINK ]
What's NEW for Sunday September 28th, 2008:
Added Weekly Bulletin for the following parishes: St. Joseph Parish for Sept 28th. [ LINK ] SS John and Bernard Parish for Sept 28th. [ LINK ] St. Mark in Niles for Sept 28th. [ LINK ] Our Lady Queen of Peace for Sept 28th. [ LINK ]
On Saturday during the 7th annual ECI conference at KVCC, I gathered up some flyers for upcoming conferences, courses and retreats sponsored by the Kalamazoo Office of Evangelization, Catechesis and Initiation (ECI). There are some programs coming up. Contact DJ Florian or Kurt Lucas for more information.
2008-09-27 - ECI Conference Program. [ LINK ] 2008-10-04 - Humanea Vitae at 40. [ LINK ] 2008-10-25 - Fall Catholic Youth Rally. [ LINK ] 2008-11-01 - Catholic Women's Conference. [ LINK ] 2008-11-19 - Reaching the Unreachable. [ LINK ] 2009-01-31 - 6th Annual Catholic Men's Fellowship Conference. [ LINK ] 2009-03-20 - Becoming other Christs. [ LINK ] 2009-04-18 - Mystery of the Sacraments. [ LINK ] 2009-10-03 - 8th Annual ECI Conference, Fr. Mitch Pacwa. [ LINK ] 2008-2009 - The Certificate in Youth Ministry Studies Program. [ LINK ]
Added Sept issue of the Lake Michigan Catholic Schools - Laker News & Notes [ LINK ]
Added flyer for SSJB first March for Life 2009 in Washington DC on Jan 20th, 2009. Thanks to Lynn Brunner for organizing this event. [ LINK ]
Our Men's e-mail list has grown to 114 people with the addition of Brian Trainor, Director of the Catholic Information Center in Kalamazoo and Ron Webb, Director of Kalamazoo's Catholic Men's Conference. [ LINK ]
The Sunday morning Men's Study group has selected their next read: Eusebius - The History of the Church by Penguin Classics. [ LINK ]
Posted Web Site traffic/usage report on the homepage for Sep 28th, 2008. After 9 months of operation, we reached a new record of 15,000 hits to the web site in a single month. Who would have thought? [ LINK ]
What's NEW for Sunday September 21st, 2008:
Added Weekly Bulletin for St. Joseph Parish for Sept 21st. [ LINK ] Added Weekly Bulletin for SS John and Bernard Parish for Sept 21st. [ LINK ] Added Weekly Bulletin for St. Mark in Niles for Sept 21st. [ LINK ]
Added CCD Religious Curriculum document (Grades K-8) to Religious Ed page. [ LINK ]
Added NEW "Calendar & Message Board" page which contains an embedded Google Calendar application. The new online calendar has already been populated with many events. For those wishing to post their own entries into the calendar, check out the "Web Site - Admin" page for login instructions to the Google Calendar. Thanks to John Grover for the Google calendar suggestion. In additon, a NEW Message Board has been setup for visitors to view/post messages to. [ LINK ]
Added to our new "KofC Council 1120" menu option, sub-menu's for Calendar and Membership page. Thanks to John and Bill Grover for these contributions.
Added September Newsletter to "Men's Fellowship" page. Thanks to Michael Anderson for this contribution. Included in his update are some upcoming Catholic Men's conferences and suggested books to read. [ LINK ]
Added new pages under "Religious Ed & Conferences" for upcoming 7th Annual ECI Conference in Oshtemo, MI. on Sat Sept 27th [ LINK ] and conference on Humanae Vitae [ LINK ] being held on Oct 4th in Kalamazoo. Thanks to Kurt Lucas for these contibutions.
Added new "Apologetics" section to homepage and included a link to a good source of Catholic apologetic information. Ever wonder why we are apologizing to non-catholics for defending the faith? Check out this Two-Minute Apologetics page with frequently asked questions that Catholics get. [ LINK ]
Our Men's e-mail list has grown to 112 people with the addition of Father Daniel Doctor, Assistant Pastor at St. Joseph and SS John and Bernard's Parishes. [ LINK ]
Posted Web Site traffic/usage report on the homepage for Sep 21st, 2008. [ LINK ]
What's NEW for Sunday September 14th, 2008:
Added Weekly Bulletin for St. Joseph Parish for Sep 14th. [ LINK ]
Added Weekly Bulletin for SS John and Bernard Parish for Sep 14th. [ LINK ]
Added Weekly Bulletin for Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish for Sep 14th. [ LINK ]
Added Weekly Bulletin for St. Mark Parish for Sep 14th. [ LINK ]
Our Men's e-mail list has grown to 111 people with the addition of David Hughes. [ LINK ]
Added link on homepage and catholic resources to FathersForGood.Org - a new web site run by the Knights of Columbus to help guide and support fathers. [ LINK ]
Added link on catholic resources page to the Nat. Catholic Rural Life Conference. A contribution from Jim Milius. [ LINK ]
Added new menu option for the members of KofC Council 1120. A login userid/password is required to access information in this members-only section of the site.
Relocated Habitat for Humanity page under new menu titled: Community Service
Corrected problem with AWStats report and have posted the complete 6 page report for Sep 14th 2008. [ LINK ]
REMINDERS:
- St. Joseph Catholic Parish picnic will be held on Sunday Oct 12th.
What's NEW for Sunday September 7th, 2008:
Added Weekly Bulletin for St. Joseph Parish for Sep 7th. [ LINK ]
Added Weekly Bulletin for SS John and Bernard Parish for Sep 7th. [ LINK ] Dropped outdated Liturgical schedules from early 2008.
Added Weekly Bulletin for Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish for Aug 31st. [ LINK ]
Added Weekly Bulletin for St. Mark Parish for Sep 7th. [ LINK ]
Our Men's e-mail list has grown to 110 people with the addition of Gordon Rochfort. [ LINK ]
Added link on homepage to Headline Bistro - a new Catholic News web site run by the Knights of Columbus. [ LINK ]
Posted Web Site traffic/usage report on the homepage for Sep 7th 2008. [ LINK ]
REMINDERS:
- SS John and Bernard Parish picnic will be held on Sunday Sept 14th. - Information Session is being held at St. Bernards on Sep 18th 6:30pm-8:30pm for Just Faith program. - St. Joseph Catholic Parish picnic will be held on Sunday Oct 12th.
What's NEW for Sunday August 31st. 2008:
Added Weekly Bulletin for St. Joseph Parish for Aug 31st. [ LINK ]
Added Weekly Bulletin for SS John and Bernard Parish for Aug 31st. [ LINK ]
Added Bulletin Insert for Just Faith program begins 9/25. [ LINK ] Added Bulletin Insert for Scripture Study program begins 9/22. [ LINK ]
Added Weekly Bulletin for Our Lady Queen of Peace for Aug 24th. Thanks to Jim Milius for this contribution. [ LINK ]
Added link to a new web site called: Headline Bistro This is a new service offered by the Knights of Columbus bringing the readers the top daily headlines that Catholics needs to know. Election coverage, breakthrough's in science, news and opinions around the globe. Here's one arrticle from this site, called: Faith: What Catholics Believe.
Our Men's e-mail list has grown to 109 people with the addition of Mark Globensky. [ LINK ]
Posted Web Site traffic/usage report on the homepage for Aug 2008. [ LINK ]
REMINDERS:
SS John and Bernard Parish picnic will be held on Sunday Sept 14th. St. Joseph Catholic Parish picnic will be held on Sunday Oct 12th.
What's NEW for Sunday August 24th, 2008:
Added Weekly Bulletin for St. Joseph Parish for Aug 24th. [ LINK ]
Added Weekly Bulletin for SS John and Bernard Parish for Aug 24th. [ LINK ]
Added NEW Weekly Bulletin for St. Mark in Niles for Aug 24th. [ LINK ]
Added links on homepage to each parish website (The one's I know about).
The Sunday Morning Men's group finished the book: Crossing the Threshold of Hope by JOHN PAUL II. The next read is The Great Divorce by CS Lewis. [ LINK ]
Added new Knights of Columbus sub-menu called: KofC Contact Info . Thanks to Bill Grover for this suggestion which will help visitors navigate the website a little bit easier. [ LINK ]
Our Men's e-mail list has grown to 108 people with the addition of Paul LaFlamme. [ LINK ]
Posted Web Site traffic/usage report on the homepage for Aug 24th, 2008. [ LINK ]
REMINDERS:
SS John and Bernard Parish Picnic will be held on Sunday Sept 14th.
What's NEW for Sunday August 17th, 2008:
Added Weekly Bulletin for St. Joseph Catholic Parish for Aug 17th. [ LINK ]
Added Weekly Bulletin for SS John and Bernard Parish for Aug 17th. [ LINK ]
Added Weekly Bulletin for Our Lady Queen of Peace for Aug 17th. Thanks to Jim Milius for this contribution. [ LINK ]
Added links under Daily Life section (and homepage) for annual Venetian Festival and Berrien County Youth Fair. Fun family-oriented events in our SW Michigan area. [ LINK ]
Updated discussion notes for Sunday morning Men's Study Group information. [ LINK ]
Our Men's e-mail list has grown to 107 people with the addition of Dave Boelcke and Roland Bowman. [ LINK ]
Posted Web Site traffic/usage report on the homepage for Aug 17th, 2008. [ LINK ]
REMINDERS:
SS John and Bernard Parish Picnic is being held Sunday Sept 14th. Organizational meeting is Wed Aug 20th at 6:30pm in St. Bernards Social Hall.
What's NEW for Sunday August 10th, 2008:
Added Weekly Bulletin for St. Joseph Catholic Parish for Aug 10th. [ LINK ]
Added Weekly Bulletin for SS John and Bernard Parish for Aug 10th. [ LINK ]
Added Weekly Bulletin for Our Lady Queen of Peace for Aug 3rd. Thanks to Jim Milius for this contribution. [ LINK ]
Updated Knights of Columbus page with contact information for all KofC councils in Berrien County including when and where they meet each month. Thanks to Bill Grover for this update. [ LINK ]
Updated discussion notes for Sunday morning Men's Study Group information. [ LINK ]
Our Men's e-mail list has grown to 105 people with the removal of Dennis Borst and addition of Joe Jilek, Greg Witkowski, Tom Fritz and Paul Baes. [ LINK ]
Posted Web Site traffic/usage report on the homepage for Aug 10th, 2008. [ LINK ]
REMINDERS:
Keep the family of Dennis Borst in your prayers. He passed away recently and was a member of the Knight of Columbus. He's gone from our Men's list, but not forgotten.
What's NEW for Sunday August 3rd, 2008:
Added Weekly Bulletin for St. Joseph Catholic Parish for July 27th. [ LINK ] Added Weekly Bulletin for St. Joseph Catholic Parish for August 3rd. [ LINK ]
Added Weekly Bulletin for SS John and Bernard Parish for July 27th. [ LINK ] Added Weekly Bulletin for SS John and Bernard Parish for August 3rd. [ LINK ]
Added the August 2008 Newsletter of the Kalamazoo Catholic Men's Fellowship organization. Thanks to Michael Anderson for this contribution. [ LINK ]
Posted Web Site traffic/usage report on the homepage for the month of July 2008. [ LINK ] Some interesting observations about our site activity this past month:
We increased by 46% our "unique visitors" traffic to the site over the prior month. I believe this is the direct result of the web site address making it into the Sunday SSJB Bulletin. A positive.
We decreased by 16% our "bandwidth" traffic to the site over last month. I believe this is due to our reducing the size of our Bulletin .pdf download files. Another positive.
What's NEW for Sunday July 27th, 2008:
On vacation this week in TN with the family, nothing new to report.
What's NEW for Sunday July 20th, 2008:
The hard copy bulletins are now scanned and stored in a smaller size format. This means the online bulletins will download faster and can be printed on a local printer with very GOOD quality (300 dpi resolution).
Added Weekly Bulletin for St. Joseph Catholic Parish for July 20th. [ LINK ]
Added Weekly Bulletin for SS John and Bernard Parish for July 20th. [ LINK ]
Updated discussion notes for Sunday morning Men's Study Group information. Only 13 more "short" chapters to go to finish our study of JPII's Crossing the Threshold of Hope we started back on May 4th. [ LINK ]
Added new sub-menu under Religous Education called LMC Schools. Posted information on the LMC Scrip fund raising program at Lake Michigan Catholic Schools. [ LINK ]
Our Men's e-mail list has grown to 102 people with the addition of Chad Mandarino. [ LINK ]
Posted Web Site traffic/usage report on the homepage for July 20th, 2008. [ LINK ]
REMINDERS:
16th Annual Lake Michigan Catholic Blue Tide Golf Scramble and Banquet is coming Monday Aug 4th. Contact: Jeff Nuter at 849-3234 or email nuters8@comcast.net for more info.
Father Dan Doctor continues his discussion sessions on the Spiritual Life on Sundays from 2-4pm at St. Bernard's Church. The turnout gets bigger and bigger each week. The final week is Sun July 27th and the topic is "The Lord's Prayer". [ LINK ]
What's NEW for Sunday July 13th, 2008:
Added Weekly Bulletin for St. Joseph Catholic Parish for July 13th. [ LINK ]
Added Weekly Bulletin for SS John and Bernard Parish for July 13th. [ LINK ] Included Bulletin Insert for Candidates for Parish Council seat open. [ LINK ]
Added Weekly Bulletin for Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish for July 6th. [ LINK ] Thanks to Jim Milius for this contribution.
We are still working on publishing copies of the St. Mary's Bulletin... stay tuned!
Added Weekly Bulletin for St. Francis DeSales Parish in Holland, MI for July 13th. [ LINK ] Thanks to Nicole Campbell and Breanne McNitt for this contribution. These young ladies attended dance camp at Hope College and gave their parents an opportunity to worship at another Catholic Church today.
Our Men's e-mail list has grown to 101 people with the addition of Peter Shaffer, Bill Grover and Ed Wendholt. [ LINK ]
Added new sub-menu under Youth Ministry called Stuebie 2007 along with an online photo album containing 28 pictures of the gang that travelled to Steubenville, Ohio last summer for the Catholic Youth Conference. We are awaiting pics from the 2008 conference from Ken Branham. [ LINK ]
Added the July 2008 Newsletter of the Kalamazoo Catholic Men's Fellowship organization. [ LINK ] Thanks to Michael Anderson for this contribution.
Posted Web Site traffic/usage report on the homepage for July 13th, 2008. [ LINK ]
REMINDERS:
Habitat for Humanity Build week begins this week. Contact Ed/Linda Wendholt at 429-6895 or email them at lmwendholt@hotmail.com if interested in helping build a new home for some deserving families.
16th Annual Lake Michigan Catholic Blue Tide Golf Scramble and Banquet is coming Monday Aug 4th. Contact: Jeff Nuter at 849-3234 or email nuters8@comcast.net for more information.
Father Dan Doctor continues his discussion sessions on the Spiritual Life on Sundays from 2-4pm at St. Bernard's Church. The turnout has been fantastic!
What's NEW for Sunday July 6th, 2008:
Added Weekly Bulletin for St. Joseph Catholic Parish for July 6th. [ LINK ]
Added Weekly Bulletin for SS John and Bernard Parish for July 6th. [ LINK ]
Added Weekly Bulletin for Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish for June 29th. [ LINK ]
(Note: The weekly bulletins really require a high speed Internet connection to view due to their current size of approx 8MB each. Were working on making these downloads smaller and speeding them up.)
Our Men's e-mail list has grown to 98 people with the addition of Jeff Nuter. [ LINK ]
Posted Web Site traffic/usage report on the homepage for July 6th, 2008. The site has been in operation 6 months now and we continue to see steady positive growth due to a growing Men's email list and more online published bulletins. [ LINK ]
What's NEW for Sunday June 29th, 2008:
Added Weekly Bulletin for St. Joseph Catholic Parish for June 29th - Thanks to the Chancey's for sharing their copy this week. [ LINK ]
Added Weekly Bulletin for SS John and Bernard Parish for June 29th. [ LINK ]
Our Men's e-mail list has grown to 97 people with the addition of KofC's: Alan Mileski, Allen Zencka, James Stouffer, Bryon Boyle, Dan Fitzgerald, Dan Frosolone, Dave Reck, David Slavicek, Drue Schaffert, Duane Parker, Earl Williams, Frank Walsh, Gary Brucet, Gary Cichan, George Sparke, Jeff Fratzke, John Barreiro, John Conrad, John Nakas, Michael Ashbook, Michael Emlong, Mickael Niedzieski, Patrick Clark, Patrick O'Brien, Paul Maloney, Pete Carpenter, Phillip Sirk, Reid Benson, Richard Macigewski, Ron Clark, Ron McGath, Ronald Voglewede, Scott Conklin, Stephen Milanowski, Steve Kampe, Stephen Hadaway, Tom Strzyzykowski . [ LINK ]
Posted Web Site traffic/usage report on the homepage for: June 29th, 2008. [ LINK ]
What's NEW for Sunday June 22nd, 2008:
Thanks to all who attended the SS John and Bernard 13th Annual Charity Golf Outing held this past Saturday June 21st at Blossom Trails Golf Course. We raised over $400 for the Soup Kitchen of Benton Harbor. A special thanks to Jeff Hudson who organized this event for the KofC 1120 Council.
Added Weekly Bulletin for St. Joseph Catholic Parish for June 22nd. [ LINK ]
Added Weekly Bulletin for SS John and Bernard Parish for June 22nd. [ LINK ]
Added Weekly Bulletin for Our Lady Queen of Peace for June 15th. Thanks to Jim Milius [ LINK ]
Added Kalamazoo Catholic Men's Fellowship Newsletter for June. Thanks to Mike Anderson [ LINK ]
Updated study notes for the Sunday Morning Men's current read: "Crossing the Threshold of Hope" by his holiness John Paul II [ LINK ]
Reminder: Father Dan Doctor is conducting a 5 week lecture series on "The Spiritual Life" from 2-4pm at St. Bernards Catholic Church. Each lecture/class meets the requirements for 2 hours of Catechist Certification in "Theological Content" for the Diocese of Kalamazoo. [ LINK ]
Reminder: Theology on Tap series is starting July 11th from 7-9 pm at TGIFriday's in Kalamazoo (West Main and US 131). This is a 5 week summer program for young adults, college age thru thirties, married and single. An opportunity to gather in fellowship and conversation about their own issues and questions in the Church and in the World. The series provides young adults with access to challenging speakers who will help them integrate their faith into their lives.
Reminder: SS John and Bernards will be involved with Harbor Habitat for Humanity during the week of July 13th (daily 8am to 3pm). Wish to assist, contact Ed or Linda Wendholt at 429-6895.
Our Men's e-mail list has grown to 60 people with the addition of: Ned Wollenslagel, John Grundy, DJ Florian and Mark Lucas. [ LINK ]
Posted Web Site traffic/usage report on the homepage for: June 22nd, 2008. [ LINK ]
What's NEW for Sunday June 15th, 2008:
REMINDER: SS John and Bernard 13th Annual Charity Golf Outing is being held this Sat June 21st at Blossom Trails to help support the Soup Kitchen of Benton Harbor. The Knights of Columbus organize and run this annual event. Follow the link for more details and contact info. [ LINK ]
Added Weekly Bulletin for St. Joseph Catholic Parish for June 15th. [ LINK ]
Added Weekly Bulletin for SS John and Bernard Parish for June 15th. [ LINK ]
Posted 15 past Bulletins for SS John and Bernard Parish bulletins back to Jan 2008. Thanks to Marcia Grover. [ LINK ]
Reorganized Men's Study Group Directory info and added NEW Monday evening Men's Study Group info to our directory. The group meets in Niles at St. Mary's church (or in adjacent building). Contact is Tim Smith. Includes: Jason Devoir and Ken Branham. We are hoping to include St. Mary's bulletins in our weekly updates in the near future. [ LINK ]
Updated Religious Education page with information regarding Father Dan Doctor's upcoming lectures on "The Spiritual Life". Each lecture/class meets the requirements for 2 hours of Catechist Certification in "Theological Content" for the Diocese of Kalamazoo. [ LINK ]
Our Men's email list has grown to 56 people with the addition of: Tim Smith.
Posted Web Site traffic/usage report on the homepage for: June 15th, 2008. [ LINK ]
What's NEW for Sunday June 8th, 2008:
Added Weekly Bulletin for St. Joseph Catholic Parish for June 8th. [ LINK ]
Added Weekly Bulletin for SS John and Bernard Parish for June 8th. [ LINK ]
Update the Sunday morning Men's study group section. Along with discussion notes, posted research info from Marty Smith on several philosphers. [ LINK ]
Added information home page under Bible Study on "How to go to Confession". Included is an "Examination of Conscience - The 10 Commandments". [ LINK ]
Added link under to Knights of Columbus page to SS John and Bernard (Council 1120) web site. [ LINK ]
Our Men's email list has grown to 55 people with the addition of: Ken Whise, Joe Miller and John Proos.
Added quick link on homepage to Berrien County web site (Local Government) and the 2007-2008 directory.
I continue to gather gas price info at various stations in the area and note the date/time the information is gathered. Until I serve up the ability for others to input pricing and station info, people can only view the latest price info at a limited number of stations. The Admiral station on Red Arrow between Glenlord Rd. and I-94 seems to have consistently lower prices ($3.77/gal on 6/6). Today - on Niles Ave between Hilltop Rd and Napier, the new Phillips 66 station ($3.91/gal has been offering very competitive pricing, along with the Citgo station at Washingtion Ave and Hilltop Rd. ($3.91/gal ). Improvements are coming... soon.
Added a sub-menu called AWStat Reports under the Web Site menu. Posted Web Site traffic/usage report on the homepage for: June 8th, 2008. [ LINK ]
What's NEW for Sunday June 1st, 2008:
The list of Parishes we are posting online copies of bulletin's has grown to three with the addition of "Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish" in Bridgman (includes St. Gabriel Catholic Church in Berrien Springs). Due to the timing these bulletins may be a day or so behind. Special thanks to Jim Milius for his support and contribution to our web site and our first "Our Lady Queen of Peace" bulletin from May 4th. [ LINK ]
Added Weekly Bulletin for St. Joseph Catholic Parish for June 1st. [ LINK ]
Added Weekly Bulletin for SS John and Bernard Parish for June 1st. [ LINK ]
Remember the "Archives" link on the home page is where you'll find all online bulletins for a given parish. I'm working with Marcia Grover to publish all past SSJB bulletins back to Jan 1, 2008. Thanks Marcia!
Our Men's email list has grown to 52 people with the addition of: Reverend German Perez-Diaz, Al Tio and Seminarian Joseph Mileski.
Update the Sunday AM men's study group section [ LINK ]
Replaced our weekly home page site counter info with a more detailed picture of what the traffic has been like to this web site. It's a much more interesting picture and very positive upward trend!! People no longer need to follow the instructions posted in the FAQ page to use the special site login and run the report for themselves, NOW a copy of the report is available from a link on the homepage to a single PDF file. The number of "Unique Visitors" and "Number of Visits" is more revealing to me, along with the "Bandwidth" growth. [ LINK ]
Enhanced the weekly Men's email update to include imbedded links into all the new areas, info and changes to the web site to make it quicker and easier to get at information.
What's NEW for Sunday May 25th, 2008:
Reorganized the hompage quick reference links. Included link to article on "How to Pray the Rosary" and added a link to a new web application called "Local Fuel Prices".
Added Weekly Bulletin for St. Joseph Catholic Parish for May 25th. Added Weekly Bulletin and Insert for SS John and Bernard Parish for May 25th.
Added new menu option called "Daily Life". This section is devoted to community events, local activities and other issues that impact our everyday lives. By communicating and working together, maybe we can make a difference.
Added submenu called AYSO Soccer and included information about upcoming AYSO Soccer 2008 Fall sign-up on May 27th and 29th at St. Joe High School.
Added submenu called Local Fuel Prices. This is a pilot project involving a new online web application under development. Visit this page for more info.
Updated Sunday Morning Men's Study Group discussion notes.
Our Men's email list has grown to 49 people with the addition of: Patrick Clarke and Dennis McCaffrey.
Our homepage visitor count for 5/25/2008 is 935.
What's NEW for Sunday May 18th, 2008:
Updated Quick Links on homepage under Bible Study: Link to Vatican online version of the "Catechism of the Catholic Church". Link to Catholic Answers article on "Which is the Best Bible?".
Added Weekly Bulletin for St. Joseph Catholic Parish for May 18th. Added Weekly Bulletin for SS John and Bernard Parish for May 18th.
Includes update from John Berlin on what's been happening at Lake Michigan Catholic Schools. The LMC 3rd-8th grade MEAP scores are impressive!! [ Link ]
Included SS John and Bernard Liturgical Minister Schedule update for 11AM mass. Latest release covers June 1 - July 27. [ Link ]
Our Men's email list has grown to 47 people with the addition of: Ron Demblowski, John Brunner, Jim Milius and Tim Taylor.
Our homepage visitor count for 5/18/2008 is 726.
What's NEW for Sunday May 11th, 2008:
Added Movie Review link under Quick Links section on the homepage.
Added new web site links to the Catholic Resources page. newadvent.org, salvationhistory.com, catholic.com, and catholic-convert.com. Thanks to Jason Devoir for these contributions.
Added Weekly Bulletins for St. Joseph Catholic Parish and SS John and Bernard Parish.
Added the May 2008 issue of the Kalamazoo Catholic Men's Fellowship Newletter.
Added new sub-menu option for Knights of Columbus titled: 2008 Golf Outing. The KofC Council 1120 is hosting it's 13th Annual Golf Outing on Saturday June 21st at Blossom Trails Golf Course. The format is a two person scramble. Shotgun start at 8:00am. Cost is $65/person and includes: 18 holes of golf w/ cart, steak dinner, along prizes and gifts. Contacts are Jeff Hudson 429-3481 and Bill Grover 876-2557. 100% of the proceeds go to the Soup Kitchen of Benton Harbor.
Our Men's email list has grown to 43 people with the addition of: Doug Stutz, Matt Mileski, Dennis Dolohanty and Greg Hamrock.
Added Weekly Bulletin for St. Joseph Catholic Parish for May 4th. Added Weekly Bulletin for SS John and Bernard Parish for May 4th.
Updated main Church Bulletin page with Advertisers for St. Joseph Catholic Parish. In addition updated/added names and web addresses for many advertisers.
Added new sub-menu option for Religious Education. Included contact info for the Office of Catechesis and Initiation and posted copies of recent letters that went out to parents. We'll try to include more CCD info/updates as time go on.
This past week, I had the opportunity to meet Ron Kinney Sr., founder of All-Phase Electric in his St. Joe office. Ron is a long time member of the St. Joseph Catholic Church and attends mass daily. He generously shared with me some books he had written. One was an autobiography called: Light Years, A reflection on my life and times. Ron suffered a stroke in 1991 at the age of 60. He wrote the book Light Years in 2004. In it he states, "The Catholic Church is my rock". This is a good read from a member of our own SW Michigan catholic faith community. At age 76, Ron is still going strong and continues to spend a few hours in his office each day. A remarkable man with strong faith.
Our Men's email list has grown to 39 people with the addition of: John Grover, Alan Smiy and Ron Kinney Sr.
Our homepage visitor count for 5/4/2008 is 550. The number of unique visitors to this site for April 2008 is 36.
What's NEW for Sunday April 27th, 2008:
Updated Sun Men's Group info with the next study material: Crossing the Threshold of Hope, John Paul II Encyclical ( link ).
Published St John and Bernard Parish Bulletin for week ending April 26 & 27th, along with Liturgical Minister schedules for Sat/5pm; Sun 9am; Sun 11am and weekday masses.
Created separate submenu for Men's Study Group Directory.
Adjusted font sizes on menu's (larger) for easier reading (Arial font, 14 pt).
Our Men's email list remains at 36 people.
Our homepage visitor count for 4/27/2008 is 495.
What's NEW for Sunday April 20th, 2008:
We've got the weekly bulletin online now for April 19&20, 2008 for St John Bernard Church. Thanks to Marcia Grover who is sending these in electonic format to me each Thursday. We'll try to get these online by Friday night. Still working on merging these into a single .pdf file. Have included the SSJB parish office email address (ssjandb@sbcglobal.net) in our email list.
We've got the 11:00am mass (lector, commentator, server and eucharistic minister) schedule online for April and May of 2008 for St John and Bernard Church.
Added link on homepage to the complete New American Bible.
Added additional Catholic humor on the last rites. :-)
Our Men's email list has grown to 36 people with the addition of: Kevin Russell, Dennis Woolley and Jack Holbert.
Our homepage visitor count for 4/20/2008 is 411.
What's NEW for Sunday April 13th, 2008:
Added a new section called "Church Bulletin" on the homepage. Published the bulletin for the past weekend for SS John & Bernard Parish (in .PDF format). Also included a list of advertisers, but this needs some cleanup and work. If we captured more advertiser information (email, web site address, etc..) we could post that info as well.
Added a new section called "Habitat for Humanity" on the homepage. Included information about new schedule for 2008 and contact information for Linda Wendholt.
Added a new section called "Catholic Humor" on the homepage for a few good chuckles. G.K. Chesterton wrote: "Angels fly because they take themselves lightly".
Added quicklink for Pope Benedict's trip to America at top of homepage.
Added Knights of Columbus logo and slogan to the KofC submenu page.
Added book review info from Jeff Hudson on the CS Lewis - The Abolition of Man study going on Sunday mornings. Under Men's Study Group section.
Our Men's email list has grown to 33 people with the addition of: Deacon Mike Gallagher and Dennis Borst.
Our homepage visitor count for 4/13/2008 is 377.
What's NEW for Sunday March 30th, 2008:
We've added the April issue of the Kalamazoo Catholic Men's Fellowship newsletter.
St. Bernard members Joe Campbell and Ken Branham joined the Knights of Columbus. Ed Nickel an existing KofC member is now a 3rd degree Knight.
Our homepage visitor count for 3/30/2008 is 320.
What's NEW for Sunday March 23rd, 2008:
We've added a new web page for Jason DeVoir under Youth Ministry. Jason has a new schedule for 2008 for high school youth meetings. Thanks Jason (and Ken Branham) for their efforts with our youth ministry.
We've replaced our "About us" web page with a "FAQ" frequently asked questions page which is a bit more informative. If you have a question, throw it out and we will answer it.
We've enabled more sophisticated site statistics data capture for anyone interested in metrics. See the bottom of the FAQ page. This will be more helpful over time. It can help identify what areas of the site are being visited more often and we can adjust our content accordingly.
Our Men's email list has grown to 31 people with the addition of: Father Bill Jacobs, Decon Al Lazaga, John Berlin, Tom Hanley, Kevin Guzzo, Chris Markoch, Andy Radenbaugh and Jerry Radenbaugh.
Our homepage visitor count for 3/23/2008 is 276.
What's NEW for Sunday March 16th, 2008:
Added new menu options for Women's Study Groups, Knights of Columbus and Youth Ministry. More information will be coming in these new sections of the site. Also included new links to LMC Lakers, Catholic Information Network, Eternal Word Television Network and Catholic.Net.
Time is running out to sign-up for the 2008 Stuebenville Youth Conference. Check out the Youth Ministry page for sign-up form and information. Ken Branham is the contact if you or your student is interested.
Our mailing list has grown to 23 with the addition of: Kevin McNitt, Joe Peters, Bob Pinkowski and Chuck Jager.
The site count for 3/16/2008 is 195.
What's NEW for Sunday March 9th, 2008:
We've added a userid and password to the Men's Email List page to reduce the risk of people harvesting our email addresses for spamming purposes. Logon information to this restricted page will be distributed to: men@swmichcatholics.com
We've removed the (downtown) and (annex) designation for St. Joseph Catholic members and only listing parish names next to individuals.
Added new menu option for the Kalamazoo Catholic Men's Fellowship organization and posted their monthly newsletter. There website was added to the links page.
Our Men's E-Mail List has grown to 19 with the addition of: Jeff Chancey, Robin Campbell and Mike Anderson.
Our web site has a counter at the very bottom of the home page. This tracks the number of visits to the site. The site count for 3/9/2008 is 131.
What's NEW for Sunday March 2nd, 2008:
We've reorganized the site and created a new sub-menu for Men's Study Groups. There are now separate web pages for Sun AM, Sat AM and Wed evening and morning groups.
We've expanded our membership list from 10 to 16 members. We've added Bill Shine, Ed Nickel, Ken Branham, Jason Devoir, Jack White and Glen Winters. See the Members page for a complete list. This list is easily reachable at: men@swmichcatholics.com . We've also tapped into an whole new distribution list from Glen called: stjoecmf@yahoo.com . This is the list used for the St. Joe Catholic Men's Ministry program. So we are working toward building/organizing a larger more current email list for electronic communication purposes.
Some additional links to other web sites have been added: - The Vatican - National Fellowship of Catholic Men - Scripturecatholic.com : providing scriptural evidence for the teaching of the Catholic Faith. - St. Joseph Catholic Church (downtown and annex)
We updated the Sunday AM study group page with discussion notes.
Include information regarding books the Wed AM and PM groups are currently studying.
Directory of Southwest Michigan Catholic Men's Fellowship and Study Groups:
Sunday mornings at Martin's (7:00am - 8:30am) Contact: Marty Smith (phone: 429-6385 , email:marty@ethnometrics.org )
Saturday mornings at St. Bernards (6:30am - 8:00am) Contact: Bill Shine (phone: 269-470-2055 , email:shine165@netzero.net ) Contact: Ed Nickel (phone: 269-470-2055 , email:nickelfamily@sbcglobal.net )
Wednesday evenings at St. Joseph Annex (7:00pm - 8:00pm) Contact: Glen Winters (phone: 429-2440 , email:gwinter6@yahoo.com )
Wednesday mornings at Morlock Center (6:15am - 7:30am) Contact: Jack White (phone: 428-3318 , email:whitejj@sbcglobal.net ) Contact: Joe Leahy (contact info coming...)
If anyone is interested in joining a specific study group, please contact one of the Study Group Leaders above.
