The Sacraments are often grouped into the following three categories:
-Sacraments of Initiation
-Sacraments of Healing
-Sacraments of Vocation

SACRAMENTS OF INITIATION

BAPTISM

“The faithful are born anew by Baptism, strengthened by the sacrament of Confirmation, and receive in the Eucharist the food of Eternal Life.” Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC, 1212).
Registration in the parish and attendance at one of our bi-monthly Baptism Preparation workshops is required.  To register for your Baptism Preparation workshop and to schedule your child’s baptism, please call the Parish Office:  Phone 989-752-1971.

CONFIRMATION

“The sacrament of Confirmation completes the graces received in Baptism. The baptized are enriched with a special strength of the Holy Spirit”. (CCC1285).

EUCHARIST

The holy Eucharist completes Christian initiation. Those who have been raised to the dignity of the royal priesthood by Baptism and configured more deeply to Christ by confirmation participate with the whole community in the Lord’s own sacrifice by means of the Eucharist. (CCC 1322). 

SACRAMENTS OF HEALING

RECONCILIATION / PENANCE

“Jesus calls to conversion. This call is an essential part of the proclamation of the kingdom: "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel." (Mk 1:15) In the Church's preaching this call is addressed first to those who do not yet know Christ and his Gospel.” (CCC, 1427).

SUNDAY
10:15 a.m. -10:30 a.m. (St. Anthony Church)
 

ANOINTING OF THE SICK

“This sacred anointing of the sick was instituted by Christ our Lord as a true and proper sacrament of the New Testament. It is alluded to indeed by Mark, but is recommended to the faithful and promulgated by James the apostle and brother of the Lord” (CCC 1511).
Please notify the Parish Office of persons who cannot come to Mass because of advanced age, illness or hospitalization. In case of emergency contact Kathy at (989)-860-2207.

SACRAMENTS OF VOCATION 

HOLY ORDERS

Holy Orders is the sacrament through which the mission entrusted by Christ to his apostles is exercised in the Church until the end of time. It is the sacrament of apostolic ministry. It includes three degrees: Episcopate, Presbyterate and Diaconate” (CCC1356).

MARRIAGE

“The matrimonial covenant, by which a man and a woman establish between themselves a partnership of the whole of life and which is ordered by its nature to the good of the spouses and the procreation and education of offspring, has been raised by Christ the Lord to the dignity of a sacrament between the baptized.” (Can. 1055).
Marriage Preparation at St. Francis of Assisi Parish
Please notify the parish office 989-752-1971 at least six months in advance to check on available dates and to begin preparation process.

ORDER OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS

The Order of Christian Initiation of Adults was restored to the Church in 1972 at the request of the Second Vatican Council as the normative way by which adults (and children who have reached the age of reason, seven-year-old) are to be initiated into the Catholic Church.
The rite is called: The Order of Christian Initiation of Adults.
The process is called: The Catechumenate.