A Note from Fr. Nate:

Two years ago the Diocese of Lansing brought in a company to help parishes update their Mission Statements by identifying a Parish Purpose and Parish Vision. Our new Parish Purpose and Vision have been on the front of our bulletin since last Summer. This past year LPi, our bulletin company, from the financial support of those who advertise on our bulletin, has been leading us through Rebranding the parish.

Several components were brought together to develop our parish rebranding and new logo.

Our patron saint, St. Agnes was central in this rebranding, as was her dedication to Christ through her steadfast faith and purity. We wanted to keep in mind the images of St. Agnes in the stained glass and in the painting of St. Agnes here in the LPC.

Setting our parish apart from other parishes and other parishes under the patron of St. Agnes - is the unique architecture of our Church building. Finally, we wanted to convey the warm, welcoming, close-knit family atmosphere of the parish.

Bringing these elements together the staff worked on a slogan for our parish. The first word of our parish tag line is “Seeking.” Seeking is meant to be a call to action, and also a word that resonates with youth and young adults. We all seek identity and purpose. As Christians, are all called from our Baptism to seek Jesus, to seek deeper faith, to seek to grow in the truth of the Gospel.

The second word of our tag line directly connects to St. Agnes and is “holiness.” Seeking holiness is the divine call our Lord has given to each human soul on earth, and St. Agnes’ heroic example of dying for the faith and to maintain her holy purity - is an example for us to follow.

The final word of our new tag line, connects to what we are doing here this evening (at our Parish Appreciation Dinner). Here at St. Agnes, we are “Seeking Holiness Together.” Together highlights the community aspect of the parish. As disciples we accomplish the work of our Lord in the vineyard together as the one Body of Christ.

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LPi’s graphic artists worked with our images of St. Agnes and pictures of the outside of our church and developed our new logo.

So….. I would now like to reveal to you our new parish logo which is being incorporated on a new redesigned website, bulletin, parish app, and letterhead.