Aug. 14th -- 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time Luke 12:49 - 53
Fr. Patrick’s Holy Homework This week, with a heart hungry and thirsty for more faith (Mt 5:6) pray throughout the week: “Most Blessed Trinity, please bless me with greater faith than ever before” and be ready to make acts of faith in your day-to-day life!
The Corpus Christi Parish Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVdP) Conference invites you to support its mission of helping those in need by donating your gently used (or new) clothes, shoes, toys, and/or small working appliances (no larger than a microwave).
Please bring your items to Church THIS weekend and place your things in the SVdP Truck. The truck will be located in the back of the church parking lot and will be open
from 9am – 6pm on Saturday (Aug. 13th) and
from 8am – 2pm on Sunday! (Aug. 14th)
Thank you for your support as all items collected will be used to assist families in need in our community!!!
Masses for the Feast of the Assumption
Next Monday, August 15th, is the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In addition to the usual Monday 8:30 am Mass we will also have an evening Mass at 7:00pm. Although this is NOT a Holy Day of Obligation this year, you are cordially invited to attend one of those Masses!
Black Catholic Women’s Conference
Save the Date! – Parish Picnic!
ANNOUNCING THE RETURN OF THE ANNUAL CORPUS CHRISTI CHURCH PICNIC ON SUNDAY AUGUST 21 AFTER 11 am MASS from 12:30 – 3 pm (no 9am Mass that day).
Enjoy grilled hot dogs, chips, fruit and cookies. Kids can jump to their heart’s content in the bounce house, get their faces painted, and play games. Adults can play bingo and cards. All can dance off the hot dogs and chips with a fun Healthy Hustle session. Free-will donations will be accepted to help defray the cost of the picnic.
“Excellent!”, you say, “What can I do to help?” Plenty of volunteer opportunities:
help set up on Saturday, August 20 (see bulletin for time),
help with food prep,
help with outside set up on Sunday, August 21 (see bulletin for time),
help serve and help clean up.
Sign up to volunteer and to let us know how many are coming at the back of the church, by calling the Parish Office at 313-537-5770, by emailing Mary Davis at [email protected] or by calling her at 313-506-7049.
NOTE: The picnic will happen rain or shine!!! If the weather is uncooperative, we’ll move everything inside to our now air-conditioned gym!!!
HAITI OUTREACH MISSION UPDATE AND HOW YOU CAN HELP
As many of you know, life is horrible in Haiti now as gang violence continues to spread. We have just received a long and detailed email from Fr. Romel, pastor of St. Louie in Mirebalais. He states, in part:
“During the war of the gangs in Port au Prince that still makes people fear and where people are dying day after day, we keep receiving people in Mirebalais. I received the money HOM sent me to support some of them. However, it was very difficult for me because of the quantity of people in need and who asked for support. I took time to choose the more vulnerable.
People are coming to the rectory to ask me as a priest to help them. It is a great suffering when I see the need for these people who are forced to leave their homes and sometimes even their jobs in Port au Prince and that I cannot help them. Please help me to open some doors for them.”
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP. We are offering our second annual Detroit River Cruise fundraiser for HOM on Saturday, September 24 from 6-9 pm. Your $75 ticket includes the cruise and full dinner and will support HOM’s ability to be Christ’s Light to the suffering people of Mirebalais. HOM has been able to send $4,000 to Fr. Romel and the funds that we raise are a part of that. If you aren’t able to attend, contributions are always welcomed and needed more than ever. Invitations were mailed this week and are also available at the back of the church.
The Eucharist is being exposed on the altar in church on the following schedule: Tuesdays: 6:00pm – 8:30pm [Note: that’s a usual time for our neighborhood Evangelization efforts so prayer support is appreciated!]
Thursdays: 9:15am – 12:15pm [Note: Holy Hour for Priestly Vocations from 9:15am – 10:15am]
One of the greatest treasures of the Catholic faith is the Eucharist. Ever since the Last Supper, the Catholic Church has believed that the Eucharist is truly the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ. You are invited to come and spend time in adoration with Jesus at Corpus Christi as we begin to offer these new time slots for adoration. Ideally, we will have two people in the church before Jesus whenever adoration happens. On our parish website you will see two slots for each time. Please know that if the slot is filled there will still be plenty of room in church for you!
You can go directly to the adoration sign-up by clicking on the following button:
Invite a Family Member or a Friend to “Consider Catholicism”
Is someone you know wondering about your church, your faith, your beliefs, your Bible, your prayers, your worship services, or any other aspect of our Catholic religion? We have a casual process for such people to ask questions about our Catholic faith and practices. We are calling it “Considering Catholicism?” and are having sessions on Sunday mornings from 9:30am to 10:30am in the Rainbow Room. The sessions are hosted by Dcn Paul Mueller and Valerie Berry. You are most welcome to accompany your invited quest for their first session … and following sessions as well. Sessions will continue on Sundays through Sept. 18th except the Sunday on Labor Day Weekend.
Care to know any more about these sessions? Please contact Dcn Paul Mueller in person, or at [email protected] or via phone at 248.891.9387.
Please Pray for …
Our prayer list continues to grow for the deceased, the ill and the homebound. Please visit our parish bulletin for the current list on page 3. … and then raise a prayer for those on the list and your own special intentions. Simply click on the Bulletin button at the end of this email.
AND, please add to your list: “The prayer requests of those we have met during our Store Front Evangelization efforts and the Visiting Our Neighbors efforts”!
Liturgy schedule – weekdays
Mass: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, 8:30am