Mark your calendars for our Parish Fall Festival on Saturday, September 26 from 10:00am to 3:00pm at the back of the Church parking lot. We will have a food sale from our parish ministries, games hosted by the Young Adult Ministry, live music, a bouncy house for the little ones and more! Come and enjoy a day of fun with our community and bring your friends!

The Seven Sisters Apostolate needs women who like to pray! Seven women each commit to the prayerful sacrifice of one Holy Hour every week on their assigned day of the week for the sole intention of one priest. The Holy Hour is prayed in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament, either Exposed or in the Tabernacle, at any hour, in any church, in any city. Our groups for Father Nestor and Father Hieu have immediate need for sisters to join our teams. Learn more about this powerful prayer apostolate for our priests on the ministry page of our website https://saintmichael.cc/ministries/ or contact Caron Gorman for more information at 972-750-6056 (mobile).

We would like to invite everyone to stop by the Food Sale coming up on Sunday, September 20 after the morning masses until 3:00pm at the front of the church. All proceeds will help the “Flor del Tepeyac Ministry” in preparing for the ‘Our Lady of Guadalupe” with new vestments and instruments. We would like to thank everyone for their generosity.

The Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (OCIA) is for adults who are interested in becoming Catholic, including those who have never been baptized and baptized Christians from other faith traditions. Classes begin Tuesday, September 8th from 7:00–8:15 PM in the Social Hall and are weekly every Tuesday evenings. Also, the classes will be available through our Facebook page. Materials needed for class:

(1) The New Catholic Answer Bible by Our Sunday Visitor

(2) The Catechism of the Catholic Church

(3) A three-ring binder to insert handouts received weekly.

If you are ready to grow in your faith or have questions about the Catholic Church, we would love to walk with you on this journey!

For more information or to register, contact Deacon Ken Lampert at k.lampert@saintmichael.cc or text 404-664-3178.

Dear Saint Michael family,
I really miss you all, even as I treasure the time we had together for eight years. During
my time in Gainesville, several days each week, I would walk past the first beautiful
gothic building where St. Michael worshipped beginning in 1933. I would pray every
day in thanksgiving for the graces bestowed on so many in that place. Knowing that it is
now a storage facility, I prayed often that the chapel would be restored to a place where
the Trinity is worshipped.
Amazingly, at the funeral of our parishioner Austin Edmondson, I mentioned my desire
to see the church, where Austin was baptized, restored to the worship of God. A
professional of Norton Real Estate was at the funeral and contacted me to say that
Frank Norton Jr. had acquired the property, including the church, and that the church
was not needed for their future property plans.
It is absolutely providential and nearly unbelievable that the church is now available for
our use. Moving it will require dismantling and reconstructing it on our current property.
God moves in mysterious ways especially when you understand and believe with a
strong faith in the power of prayer. The opportunity now for us to preserve the Catholic
history in Gainesville when our little church was part of the diocese of Savannah, before
the Archdiocese of Atlanta ever existed, is a gift of God to us.
St. Michael is blessed now with your new pastor Father Nestor Yulfo who is very
supportive of this all becoming a reality. With God’s blessing and your support this can
become a new Adoration chapel at St. Michael where children can be baptized again,
couples can be united in matrimony, and the Lord Adored.
The parish is in need of expansion so our parishioners can worship in the Nave and not
have to watch the Mass from the social hall, while adding more space for our children in
the School of Religion and adult bible studies downstairs.
I’m still praying for this initiative, and I won’t stop until the dedication.

Peace in Christ,
Fr. Tim