Our Spring Team Build

On April 18, around 60 team members met at Christ the King Catholic Church for a morning of inspiration. 

Anthony Feola, CTK's Director of Discipleship, shared his personal testimony of Eucharistic encounter and reflected on Scriptures pointing to the revelation of Jesus's ongoing incarnation in his "resurrected form," i.e. in the Holy Eucharist. 

Anthony's talk encouraged us all to greater faith and devotion as Eucharistic Missionaries … and so did the sharing from team members Regina George (Women's Prison & Brookhaven), Dan Miling (UM Hospital), and Mike Miklosovic (Trinity Health Ann Arbor, AKA St. Joe's).

Special thanks to all who not only attended but also helped to set up, clean up, and bake delicious treats for the breakfast.

Welcome!

We have continued to move new people through training in the wake of our January workshop, and we are happy to welcome the following people as fully activated members of the Bring Jesus! team: Ann Skonecki (St. Francis); Anne Martin (Christ the King); Deb Purcell (St. Francis); John Harburg (St. Thomas); John McKeone (Christ the King); Lisa Hirsch (St. Mary's Student Parish); Teresa Castillo (FGR).

Yes, we are growing, But we still have a real need for more volunteers. The facilities below are in particular need of more team members. It may not look like it on the signup, but at some of these places, only one or two people carry the load, when ideally we would like three or four. In others, we simply need more hands on deck to make the load lighter and the service time shorter.

• Brookdale on Ann Arbor-Saline Road

• Clarendale

• Gilbert Residence

• University Living

• Villa Parkridge

• Villa Willows

These dates are subject to change and will be confirmed 2 months prior to each event

Fall Team Build

Sunday, September 20, from 2-4:30 at St. Thomas Apostle

Learn about empathy, the art of listening well, and how to respond to needs with focused prayer on the spot. This skill is useful in our Eucharistic outreach and also in everyday encounters. Event open to the public.

Register here

Winter Training Workshop 

Saturday, January 30, at St. Francis Assisi from 8:30-12:30

This half-day event offers two tracks: 

• Basic training for for people who are new to Eucharistic ministry or need a refresher

• Ongoing development for active members of Bring Jesus!

Event open to the public; registration opens in late October.

Refresher training every two years is required by the Diocese. So if you couldn't come to the training last January, please make this a high priority.