Ongoing Events
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Upcoming Events 2012
Lake County Passion Play, May 19 and May 20
http://stm-fet.blogspot.com/p/lake-county-passion-play.html
Fortnight for Freedom, a call from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops to rally all USA Catholics to demand religious freedom in America. Read more from the Catholic News Service: http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1201486.htm. Read the Bishops' full text, "Our First, Most Cherished Liberty: A Statement on Religious Liberty" at: www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/religious-liberty/our-first-most-cherished-liberty.cfm
Faith Enrichment Team planning meeting, August 11, 2012
50th Anniversary of the Oakland Diocese. Many events at the Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland: http://www.ctlcathedral.org/
Faith Enrichment Team planning meeting, October 13, 2012
Little Blue Books for personal, daily devotion for Advent, 2012
Keep Christ in Christmas Campaign, Advent 2012. At the request of Fr. Bob, we seek ways to celebrate local businesses and parishioners who remind our city that Christmas is about Jesus Christ. We wish you a Merry Christ Mass!
Living Bethlehem, December 13-17, 2012: 30,000 sq ft re-creation of Bethlehem with live actors and animals! Everyone please volunteer to do something by emailing Doug Fernandez livingbethlehem@aol.com. This has been 3 years in the making so far. What a marvelous way to Keep Christ in Christmas in Livermore! Learn more at: http://livingbethlehem.org/wordpress/
Upcoming Events 2013
Faith Enrichment Team planning meeting, January 19, 2013
Walk for Life, San Francisco, January 26, 2013, http://www.walkforlifewc.com/
Little Black Books for personal, daily devotion for Lent
St. Valentine's Day Marriage Celebration, Saturday, February 9, 2013, 5pm Mass with Blessing of Marriages followed by a wine and cheese reception in the Hall
Ash Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Little White Books for personal, daily devotion for the Easter Season
Palm Sunday, March 24, 2013
Easter Sunday, March 31, 2013
Divine Mercy Sunday, April 7, 2013, with blessing of the Divine Mercy Image, praying of the Chaplet at 3pm, and promotion to the parish
Faith Enrichment Team planning meeting, April 13, 2013
Lake County Passion Play, third weekend in May 2013, http://www.lakecountypassionplay.org/
Parish Mission for Corpus Christi, May 31, June 1-2, 2013, Fr. Vito Perrone, founder of the Contemplatives of St. Joseph, http://www.catholic-sf.org/news_select.php?newsid=27&id=58008
Corpus Christi, June 2, 2013
Faith Enrichment Team planning meeting, August 24, 2013
Faith Enrichment Team planning meeting, October 5, 2013
Future Events
Called and Gifted Workshop, a parish-wide event. Timeframe is TBD. http://www.siena.org/Called-Gifted/called-a-gifted
St. Michael Parish Faith Enrichment Team
Welcome to the blog of the St. Michael Parish Faith Enrichment Team of Livermore, California, USA. The purpose of this blog is to advertise our events in detail. We welcome Roman Catholics from the Tri-Valley parishes, the Diocese of Oakland, and all people of good will to attend our events. The Faith Enrichment Team seeks to provide programs and devotional materials to help the adult Catholic learn and grow in their faith.