Dear young adults and leaders,

Happy Vocations Awareness week young adults!!!

I hope you have been enjoying this beautiful fall season!

We are one month out and it will not only be Advent...but we will be hosting a young adult Advent retreat on Waiting in Hope at St. Thomas the Apostle in Ann Arbor.  See flyer below to register.

We hope you are planning to join us for the virtual study of:

Man and Women He Created Them: A Theology of the Body by Pope John Paul II in the new year, starting Monday, Jan 5th 2026 from 8-9:30pm (and it will run every other Monday).  Here's what the book looks like if you want to purchase it soon.

Fr. Mike Cassar and I will be your main speakers for this series.  

How this will go is that we will start the Zoom session with a 20-30 minute reflection/teaching on the audiences (reflecting on around 6 audiences every other week), then we will have small group time for about 20-30 minutes, either virtually in small groups or if you have an in-person group somewhere that will be watching the series together, you would be welcome to just mute and go into your own in-person small group in someone's home or at a church). Then the last 20-30 minutes we will return back to the large group (for those who want to do this part) for Q&A and further discussion on the topic at hand.  

We will be recording the first 20-30 minute teaching/reflection part.  So, if you have a group that meets in person a different day of the week besides Monday, you would be welcome to just watch the recording as a group and have your own small group discussion afterward.  You just wouldn't be able to participate in the larger group discussion at the end of the session.  

Lastly, I will be a host for a live small group in my home in Lansing as we record the session. So if any of you in/near the Lansing area would like to be in-person for the small group, please email me for more details.  If I hear of others who plan to host a small group in a different region, I will also let you know that as well, when we get closer to the start of the series. 

Click here or on the image below to add your email to be included on in the mailing list for the TOB series, even if you aren't sure yet if you want to attend or not.  

Christopher West is coming to OUR DIOCESE for a presentation at St John the Evangelist in Fenton on Nov 13th called The Well (see flyer below).  I would highly encourage you not to miss out on this event!  If you haven't experienced Christopher West share the teaching of the Theology of the Body, he is a blessed evangelist for this message and very gifted speaker.  I hope to see you there.

God bless!

The Brideship retreat is for women discerning consecrated virginity, this retreat above is for you! Dec 27-29th.