This week, ask Jesus daily for the grace to experience His merciful love and to intentionally practice works of mercy in your daily life.
How Goes the Tally?
How have things been going with you lately? Have you offered someone one of those new Corpus Christi “business cards” as part of our parish “Everyone Invites” Thematic Goal? Here’s what the cards look like (two sides/one card!) … and there are more cards that can be picked up at the back of church!
Weekend Homilist This weekend Fr. Bernie Owens, SJ, guest presenter for Generations of Faith, will give the homily during all three Corpus Christi Masses. See the article below for more information about Fr. Owens.
Generations of Faith: Encounter Jesus
Fr. Bernie Owens, SJ, ministered for 19 years at Manresa Jesuit Retreat Center in Bloomfield Hills, for 5 years in Nairobi Kenya, and currently at St. John’s Jesuit High School in Toledo where he is also helping out with weekend masses at St Martin de Porres, an African American parish. Fr. Owens is also an avid gardener! Fr. Owens will focus on Forgiveness in his presentation this Sunday afternoon. There will also be time for personal reflection and sharing with others.
Join us in person this Sunday February 27th after the 11 am Mass (12:30- 1:40 pm). A snack before the presentation will be provided! OR watch the presentation Livestreamed through the parish website (Generations of Faith button on the Welcome Page).
Please register by Friday, February 25th by clicking on the button below. In Sign up Genius, click the box next to Sign Up. Click the Submit and Sign-Up button at the bottom of the page which takes you to page 2. Enter the information requested (only name, email, phone required). Finally click Sign up Now! This will help us prepare with handouts and snacks. PS – If you have trouble registering, just come!! Please wear a mask as we take extra precautions to protect everyone.
Children and teens have two options for their next Encounter with Jesus:
In-person on Sunday February 27th from 12:25 to 1:40 pm with a snack provided; children in rooms 3 & 4 and teens in the Activity Center.
At home with online activities and videos using a link on the Corpus Christi website that goes “live” on Sunday, February 27th.
Ash Wednesday is just ONE WEEK FROM TODAY, March 2nd! Ash Wednesday Masses will be at 8:30am and 7:00pm.
Lenten Opportunities
Ash Wednesday: Mass and Ashes Daily Mass, 8:30 a.m.—Mon., Tues., Thurs., Friday Stations of the Cross, Fridays at 5:00 p.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation, Saturdays 1:00 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. Communal Penance Service—Friday, March 18, 7:00 p.m. at St. Scholastica Communal Penance Service for children (adults welcome)-Saturday, April, 9, 10:30 a.m. at Corpus Christi Emmaus Faith Sharing Groups, weekly (see below for more details)
Lenten Materials available in Church
Lenten Calendar of Good Actions Little Back books with Lenten reflections For Young Children — Saints of the Americas Coloring/Activity book For Older Children — Catholic Funny Fill-Ins (Saints Spectacular!) For Teens and Adults — Saints and Holy People of the Americas Reference Guide; check them out on the internet or in a book on the Saints. Lenten Family Challenge: Resource offered by the Archdiocese of Detroit, sign up at: utgdetroit.org/lent2022
Emmaus Faith Sharing Groups during Lent
Everyone is invited to participate in our Lenten Emmaus Faith Sharing Groups. The groups will begin the week of February 28. Groups meet on various days and at different times during the day, via zoom or in-person. Our theme this year is Living theEucharist. The weekly topics are:
I Give You My Word
The Art of Listening
Affirming What We Believe
Joyful Home-Coming!
Be Reconciled with God
The Eucharist: Pathway to a Holy and Virtuous Life
To join a group, you may register in the back of church. You can also sign up by going to the parish website (button below) and then clicking on the button labelled “Emmaus Groups Sign Up”.
Beginning the first Sunday of Lent we will resume the Liturgy of the Word with Children at the 11:00 Mass. We need volunteers to help with this ministry. If you want to share your faith with children in this ministry, contact Sr. Therese at [email protected].
Baby Shower – Last Chance!
Shower for Mother Mary Jan 9, 2022 - Feb 27, 2022 Sponsored by Knights of Peter Claver Ladies Auxiliary Court #247
The Knights of Peter Claver Ladies Auxiliary, Court #247, is hosting a virtual baby shower through Feb. 27th to support the work of the Image of God Crisis Pregnancy Center which is housed at the Corpus Christi Activities enter. We are accepting gift cards from Target, Amazon and Walmart.
E-cards can be sent to[email protected]. Please place your gift cards in the box labeled ‘Shower for Mother Mary’ at the back of church. Image of God Crisis Pregnancy Center offers free pregnancy tests, maternity clothes, parenting classes, baby clothes and other baby items.
Professional counseling to assist with educational, employment, family and spiritual goals is also offered.
Thank you for considering donations to this worthy organization!
Ideas for Evangelizing
The Companions of the Cross seminarians are hosting an Online School of Evangelization on March 19, from 9am – 4pm EST. It’s open to anyone who wants to be empowered on how to share their Christian faith with others. The presentations will teach you what the Gospel is and give you effective ways to share it, with some practical workshops worked in – like how to share your testimony, share the basic Gospel in a conversation, and pray for people – so that you can practice right there with us.
The whole day is spent fostering an openness to the Holy Spirit, the principal agent of evangelization, who is able to make all this happen. You will leave with a new awareness of the urgency of evangelization and be equipped to actually carry it out within your spheres of influence! It’s all online (using Zoom) so you can tune in from any where or get together with a group to watch it as a “watch-party” (and do some of the workshops together in- person).
Register by March 16: companionscross.org
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