Bishop Installs Pastor

The Servants of Charity were honored recently with a request from Very Rev. Bishop Earl Boyea of the Diocese of Lansing, MI to provide the Diocese with one of their priests to assist in dealing with a shortage of priests in the area. As a result, Fr. Satheesh Caniton was chosen to fill that role, and was assigned to Our Lady of Fatima Parish in Michigan Center, MI, about 15 miles southwest of SLC. On Monday, October 22nd Fr. Satheesh was installed in a formal ceremony by Bishop Boyea in which all of the members of the local Servants of Charity Community were present, including Very Rev. Umberto Brugnoni, Superior General, and Bro. Franco Lain, 3rd General Councillor from Rome. The Mass and installation ceremonies were beautiful to behold, and a large number of parishioners from Fatima Parish along with many Guanellian Cooperators from the area were present to wish Fr. Satheesh well. Before leaving Michigan, Fr. Umberto also appointed Fr. Satheesh as the new Superior of the Michigan SdC Community.

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Inspiring the Youth

Grass Lake – Fr. Satheesh Alphonse, SdC is the chaplain at Huron Valley Catholic School in Ypsilanti, MI. He celebrated Mass for their 8th grade graduating class on Friday, May 29th. He urged the students to remember that they are loved as they are and to strive for holiness each day of their lives. During the graduation ceremony he presented the parents with a special prayer for them to recite daily for their children as they go on to new and challenging endeavors. He also presented each student with a small statue of their favorite saint that included the saints history and a prayer for their intercession. There was a time of refreshments and fellowship following the awards ceremony.

Praying for the Suffering and Dying

Grass Lake – As part of the charism of the Guanellian Mission and the Pious Union of St. Joseph, members of the local Guanellian Family gathered at the home of a cooperator suffering with cancer on September 26th. Fr. Joseph and Fr. Satheesh led a short prayer service and brought her communion. Sr. Rosemary Bell, DSMP and several members from the St. Joseph Women’s Guild were also present to pray through the intercession of Blessed Clare Bosatta. A first class relic was left in her home to assist in prayer. Please continue to pray that through the Intercession of Blessed Clare Bosatta, God’s will be done.