I had never sung for a funeral before. My Grandma B, whom I loved dearly, had died and her Catholic funeral was being planned. I was already singing in church choir and wanted to sing for her funeral.

At the cemetery, after the funeral, I was standing in the snow, shivering and crying. When was this nightmare going to end? [Click to read full story.]

The Advent Giving Tree is ready for you! Please return all gifts to the Narthex by December 13, UNWRAPPED. Please use SOCIAL DISTANCING when selecting a gift tag. There are tags strung near the St. Andrew Glass Etching. If shopping is not something you are able to do at this time, please consider a monetary contribution to our online giving page. May you & yours have a blessed & holy Advent.

A recipient of your generosity at Thanksgiving responds. "Being surprised in this awkward time of pandemic isolation by a small envelope on the floor just inside my apartment door was joyful, uplifting, and humbling. Being thought of and gifted with time, care, prayer, and a Buschs card lifts my spirit in a week when holiday of Thanksgiving will be observed alone" [Click to read her full letter]

Alec Clark, a young man from our community, recently made his first vows, officially becoming a Franciscan Friar of the Immaculate. [Click to read an excerpt from his recent letter]

Christian Yoga Mondays and Thursdays Cindy Kumpelis, a registered Yoga Instructor through Yoga Alliance/Living Waters Yoga, offers Christian-based yoga class at St. Andrew. 2020 Fall schedule - 10 week session: All classes are currently held in a virtual, zoom class format. Sign up to receive the link. Mondays: 11/30 - 2/22 (no class on 12/21, 12/28 or 2/8) Thursdays: 12/2 - 2/25 (no class on 12/24, 12/31 or 2/4)

A Letter from Fr. John Linden, updating the parish on our coronavirus response and Mass attendance.

Celebrations will still occur to remember the birth of our Savior, Jesus! In order to do so safely, a few things will be different. First, St. Andrew will offer more Masses, and second, you will need to sign up ahead of time. [Click for more information.}

All parishioners are invited to complete this survey from the Diocese of Lansing Realign Resources for Mission Committee. [Click to learn more about how to participate.]

Fr. John updates our parish on his health.

During college, when I had grown lukewarm in my faith, God allowed trials in my life that continually serve as reminders to stay close to Him. One such event occurred while commuting to school in the late 70’s.  On a sunny morning following a Nor’easter, I hit a patch of ice and lost control of my vehicle. The car sped up while bouncing back and forth against the snowbanks on both sides of the road. [Click to read the full story.]

Years ago, I had a nun tell me that if you don’t use your faith, you will lose it. It is a gift from God. I was given this gift as a child, and I bought the whole package. The Good Lord has saved my life more than once. When I was 10 years old, my parents had a summer cottage on Sugar Loaf Lake. One day, a friend and I rowed a boat across the lake, exploring a marshy area. [Click to read the full story]

Dr. Varsha Moudgal, of St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Infectious Disease Department, speaks to Scott Graden, Superintendent of Saline Area Schools, about COVID-19 safety. She has a very surprising story near the end of her talk about a hair salon. Spoiler alert... it didn't end the way I predicted. In this video, Dr. Moudgal has a question & answer session.

In early April 2020, I learned an important lesson about the power of prayer. I was seriously injured in a freakish auto accident. I was alone in my garage, with the car in reverse, not park; I got out and the open door knocked me down to the floor. The moving car ripped the door partly off its upper hinge and trapped me with the damaged car door laying across my chest. As I lay there, I remember saying, “Please God, I don’t want to die like this.”

I was struggling to raise five children and constantly worrying about money when God told me, “Give Patty $100.” [Click to read the full story]

Looking for more ways to understand and deepen your faith? NEW online courses are now available through the Catechetical Institute at Franciscan University. St. Andrew has an active subscription for our parish making it FREE for any parishioner to take classes!! Watch this short video to show you how to sign up!

We kept forgetting to submit our donations. Grateful I still had a job, I wrote out the checks. [Click to read the full story]

Join us for an in-person Open House Information Night at St. Andrew in Saline, on Thursday, July 23rd from 7-8 pm. Event will be held in the large, well ventilated Parish Hall and social distancing and mask wearing will be practiced. Start a journey through the entire Bible, guided by expert live teachers with the Catholic Biblical School of Michigan’s new classes starting this September at St. Andrew in Saline (Thursdays, 7-9 PM), Queen of the Miraculous Medal in Jackson (Mon Evenings), and online (any day/time). Through donations, CBSM is accessible to all with a 100% of requests for financial aid granted. Not able to attend? Visit cbsmich.org/join for an Info Night recording and register for the course by September 14th. For more information, contact info@cbsmich.org or 586-438-3085.

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Yesterday I had an outpatient surgery to remove some sort of oddly shaped growth in my uterus. The concern was that it was cancerous... Before surgery, I got the sacrament of the anointing of the sick (from Fr. John Linden). [Click to read the full story]