From the Bishop
Why bother with one lost sheep?
Jesus’ story about the lost sheep has always amazed me. Why wouldn’t the shepher...
How Can We Help 'Announce the Gospel of the Lord'?
“Go and announce the Gospel of the Lord.” These words of Jesus have been guiding...
Faith in Flint: It's more than water
What does Flint need? Flint needs the same thing that every community needs – lo...
Mary, our mother, is the untier of knots
Monica Miller has just authored a book, The Authority of Women in the Catholic C...
You are called by name
A blessed Easter to all of you! At Easter Sunday Mass we all heard these words s...
News I want to share with you
We have a lot going on in the Diocese of Lansing as well as in your parishes! In...
Catholic schools are our hope for the future
Our diocese is blessed with four wonderful and very faith-filled Catholic high s...
Let us seek what is truly good for one another
The phrase, “the common good,” is a key to Catholic social teaching. The Catechi...
Prayer to open ourselves to true life
Before Priests and Deacons and Religious end their evenings, they pray the...
Pope Francis: The Bridge-Builder
There are many names or titles which we ascribe to Pope Francis.
The first is ...
Marriage, family and the Church
We Catholics in the State of Michigan have been praying this year for married co...
Have you any doubt that this is an innocent human being?
I recently came across a column written on Oct. 23, 2008 by Cardinal Edward Egan...
Called by God to lives of service
We recently celebrated the funerals of two of our actively assigned priests – Fa...
Called to mercy
My brothers and sisters in Christ, Pope Francis has declared the coming year an ...
Our Continuing Commitment to Flint
Our Catholic presence in Flint is quite vibrant. Our Catholic Charities and the ...
God’s Divine Mercy
Sin! This is not meant to be a command. Pope Francis once said in an interview: ...
What is Humanae vitae really about?
Pope Francis has again publicly promoted Paul VI’s Encyclical Letter Humanae vit...
Are you saved?
Are you saved?” How many times have you been asked this question? And how many t...
A year for marriage
Have you ever heard the phrase, “Gospel of the family”? It is new to me. The doc...
Vote your conscience
My brothers and sisters in Christ, election time is almost upon us. We are fortu...
Lessons from the ‘Snowshoe Priest’ Bishop Baraga, first bishop of Marquette
Excerpts from the homily Bishop Boyea preached at the episcopal ordination of Mo...
Bishops to meet on challenges facing the family
This fall, Pope Francis will be meeting in synod with bishops from around the wo...
Our loss is their gain!
On Friday, June 27, 2014, our Holy Father, Pope Francis, named Msgr. Steven J. R...
In thanks for Women
One of my fondest memories of my Grandma Boyea was stopping in to see her occasi...
I always knew he was a saint!
I knew he was a saint! The several times I met John Paul II, it was clear to me ...