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Welcome to Saint Michael's!
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If you're new to Saint Michael's Catholic Church, or are thinking about joining us for the first time, we want to help you take your next step and find your way to God.
It doesn’t matter if you are a Catholic who is new to Saint Michael's parish, a Christian of another tradition checking out our Catholic Church, or someone who is neither but somehow you were still drawn here. No matter who you are or what you may have done, you are welcome here!
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Catholic, but been away?
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Why do Catholics leave?
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Has your Catholicism been "dumbed down?"
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There’s an old saying that goes, “Once a Catholic, always a Catholic.” Maybe you have been away from the Church for a little while or for quite some time, but now you feel a tug at your heart calling you back to the Catholic Church. Listen to that tug. It’s your Heavenly Father reaching his arms out to you, the Holy Spirit whispering in your ear, hoping to draw you home.
The first step to coming home is to come to Mass! All are welcome, even if you've been away from awhile. Also, please check out Catholics Come Home - a website dedicated to people just like you.
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Why remain Catholic?
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Do you know what the Eucharist really is?
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Spiritual but not religious?
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Being spiritual is good! What exactly do you mean by "spiritual" though? If your spirituality is real, wouldn't you practice it?
The word "religion" has a bad name and can sometimes conjure ideas of corruption, insititutionalism, etc. However, "religion" is short-hand for all the institutions, practices, and traditions that ground a spirituality.
If you pick some flowers out of the ground and put them in a vase with water, they'll look pretty good for a few days, but within a handful of days the flowers will be dead because the flowers aren't rooted and grounded in anything. The proper ground for "spirituality" is Catholic Christianity.
For a further treatment of this topic, please read Spiritual, But Not Religious, by the Dominicans of the Province of St. Joseph.
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What is faith?
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Hate "religion," but love Jesus?
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Does God Exist? Who is He?
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Does God Exist?
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Who is God?
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Who is Jesus?
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Jesus means in Hebrew: "God saves." At the annunciation, the angel Gabriel gave him the name Jesus as his proper name, which expresses both his identity and his mission. Since God alone can forgive sins, it is God who, in Jesus his eternal Son made man, "will save his people from their sins." In Jesus, God recapitulates all his history of salvation on behalf of men.
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Doesn't Science refute religion?
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Is Religion Opposed to Science?
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What is Scientism?
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What about the sexual abuse scandal?
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