40 DAYS FOR LIFE– September 23 – November 1, 2015 We hope you will join the thousands who will pray, fast and spread the message of life in an effort to bring an end to abortion in our city and beyond. As a parish we can do our part by… ►Remembering your commitment to fast and pray for […]
Those who are not traveling to see Pope Francis during his three-city apostolic visit to the United States can join in a virtual pilgrimage with these prayers for each stop on his journey. papal-visit-2015-virtual-pilgrimage-prayer-english Join fellow members of the Grand Rapids Diocese during the World Meeting of Families (WMF) and Papal Visit (Sept. 22-27) by becoming a […]
Parents wishing to have their child or infant baptized are encouraged to attend this class. Please call the Parish Office to register for this class or with any questions about sacramental preparation. Baptism Sunday will be September, 27th after the 11:00a.m. Mass. You may have children baptized on any last Sunday of the month after […]
Each year I am asked to go to the Sparta Celtic festival and begin all the events with a prayer. I’m very happy to do that. I’m thinking that in the future we might advertise the fact that we have Mass on Saturday afternoon at 5:30 – perhaps have some special Irish tunes as part […]
Homily for 8/9/15- 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time B 19th Sunday in OT-B
October 22-25 – Holy Family Church – For details call Marilyn Ignasiak 616-813-5112. Don’t miss this opportunity to grow spiritually in your Catholic faith! Women of the Parish …If you want an opportunity to live on holy ground for 3 days, experience true Christian Community, and learn more about Jesus and our relationship with Him, The Cursillo […]
There are hidden treasures here in Sparta. I recently found one right in Holy Family Church’s backyard (almost). It is the Prairie Restoration Area located by Sparta High School. I now like to think of it as a Prayer-ie Restoration Area. I hadn’t seen it that way at first though. Not long ago I joined a Virtual […]
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time-B