Mission to Magadan, March 2014, Father Michael Shields of The Heart of Jesus

Mission to Magadan, March 2014, Father Michael Shields of The Heart of Jesus

Mission to Magadan, Saturday, March 1, 2014 at 1:42am:

We want kids to know Christ. We are sponsoring now every Saturday a kids club for the local kids who live in a place we call the "yama", which in Russian means hole. It is truly a hole that unfortunately many children fall victim to. Often  children battle poor living conditions as well as parents who struggle with alcoholism. So the sisters and Fr. Mike decided we would begin a day camp on Saturday where the kids could come to the church, eat a nice lunch and just hang out and play.

Mission to Magadan, Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at 10:39 pm:

Brother Patrick from Philippines came to Magadan to make an eight (8) day directed retreat. He is a member of the Canons regularly from Bladivostok. He made his retreat with Fr. Michael and will make his final vows March 19th, the feast of St. Joseph.

Mission to Magadan, Friday, March 7, 2014 at 6:46 pm:

We celebrated Maclanitza or as they say in the west, Marti Gras, on Sunday March 2nd. We also had forgiveness Sunday that same day where the parish forgives each other as a preparation for the Lenten call of repentance. We hope everyone had a holy and blessed Ash Wednesday!

Mission to Magadan, Thursday, March 13, 2014 at 5:44pm:

Fr. Michael visits Andre who is a son of one of the parishioners. He brings communion to Andre in his home as he is now blind and can hardly walk. Please pray for Andre and his family.

Mission to Magadan, Tuesday, March 18, 2014 at 8:57pm:

We are so thankful for the gift of life- we are reminded everyday of our gift of life from our children- oh how they make us smile!

Mission to Magadan, Thursday, March 20 , 2014 at 9:27pm:

Mission to Magadan

13 hours ago

Dear friends of the Mission to Magadan. 

We want to let you know you are our gift and your generosity gives us the gift of serving this church being reborn in faith. Your petitions are prayed on our altar. Here we see part of our small and holy praying family. We hold your petitions, your families and your needs in our hands and in our hearts. Thank you from all our hearts here to your heart there. 

-Fr. Michael

Mission to Magadan, Wednesday, March 26 , 2014 at 10:43pm:

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March 26

Mission to Magadan e-news March 2014 http://conta.cc/1dw2OPG

Mission to Magadan, Friday, March 28, 2014, at 11:31pm :

I am going to Rome to give a retreat to some of the Sisters of Mother Theresa at the end of May. I wrote a letter to the Popes secretary to see if I could celebrate Mass with the Holy Father before the retreat. TODAY I GOT AN ANSWER...YES MAY 22ND AT 7AM. I am so thankful and so blessed and so amazed. I love this holy and broken church of ours. We are an amazing bunch of pilgrims. I will bring you all with me to the altar.

-Fr. Michael Shields

Our Lady of Fatima Russian Byzantine Catholic Church viaMission to Magadan

March 27 at 12:55am · 

News from Mission to Magadan

We are now sponsoring a Kids Club every Saturday for the local children who live in a place we call the 'yama'. This in Russian means 'hole'. It is truly a hole that unfortunately many children fall victim. The area is just a little ways from the church and it is where the poorer families live. Often children battle poor living conditions as well as parents who struggle with alcoholism. So the sisters and Fr. Michael decided they would begin a day camp on Saturday where the children could come to the church, eat a nice lunch and just hang out and play.

We at OLF were profoundly blest when Fr. Michael visited us last summer:

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