Tonight's Mass was the first for my oldest son as an altar server. My wife and I were both very excited and a little nervous, but with the help of his older cousins, he did a great job! Thanks be to God!

Side Entrance (7 altar boys for a week night mass!*)

Sitting surprisingly still during the First Reading

My son Luke (he's in the middle) very excited after Mass with his cousin and one of his friends

The whole crew!

*Okay, five of the seven were siblings, but still, not bad right?

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A tour of the bell tower restoration at our parish. Our priest Father Libby climbed the scaffolding the other day to talk to Brian Black of Grand River Builders. Grand River Builders is from Grand Rapids, Michigan and specializes in historic building restoration.

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Gretchen Murray writes about the Extraordinary Form of the Mass offered weekly at Holy Rosary Parish in Cedar, Michigan. The mass is offered Sunday's at 12:45 pm.

Read Old is New: Cedar church offers weekly Latin Mass in the Record Eagle

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This past Sunday on Pentecost, Bishop Patrick Cooney gave permission to offer publicly the Extraordinary Form of the Mass in the Diocese of Gaylord. For all the details check out the diocese article Diocese to offer Extraordinary Form of Mass beginning May 11.

The current schedule for the Extraordinary Form is every Sunday beginning at 12:45 pm at Holy Rosary Church in Cedar, Michigan. Father Donald Libby is the the celebrant.

I have attended a few of the private masses and I've found it a great way to increase my knowledge of the Liturgy. I am also at the early stages of trying to learn Latin, but I've found the masses easy to follow with the books provided at the mass.

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