Corpus Christi May 13 Email
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Alleluia, Arise!
Connect with Jesus!
His Resurrection is Ours!A. Today’s Special Items
1. Seeking Your Prayers for “Families of Parishes”!
The Archdiocese of Detroit’s program of “Families of Parishes” will start on July 1st, less than two months from now! The Archdiocese and our Corpus Christi Parish are seeking your prayers for the successful implementation and operation of the program and for all the benefits we hope to receive from it. One suggestion for prayer is a novena preceding the Feast of Pentecost, May 23rd. The novena will start on Friday, May 14th and will be prayed each day from then until Pentecost. Click on the button below for the novena prayers.Holy Spirit Novena Please join in on the Holy Spirit Novena or choose another prayer of your liking. We at Corpus Christi will truly appreciate your prayers and the blessings that will result from them! Thanks already!
2. CC Campus Spruce-up Opportunity
Norman Klawender, Jr. (Our Lady of Sorrows), Vitaliy Koponen (Corpus Christi), and Nate Zerbonia (St. Fabian) have planned a service project as part of the Pope Pius XII Boy Scout Religious Emblem program. The program, designed for high-school Scouts, centers around the life of vocations in the Church, and service and living their lives as model Catholics.
They invite you to join them in sprucing up the Corpus Christi Parish campus. Opportunities both indoors and outdoors may be available. It would be helpful to bring garden tools, including brooms and edgers, gloves for gardening and litter pickup, as well as beverages and snacks for you and your family members. To keep everyone safe, understanding that some of our brothers and sisters may feel less comfortable than us, we will be maintaining social distancing and wearing masks.
- WHEN: Sunday, May 30, 3:00-5:00 p.m.
- WHERE: Meet in the parking lot at Corpus Christi Parish, 19800 Pembroke Ave, Detroit, MI 48219. The parish is located ½ mile south of 8 Mile Road, at the corner of Evergreen and Pembroke.
- If you have questions about the project, feel free to contact our Pope Pius XII facilitator, Steven Koponen at [email protected]
Sincerely,
Vitaliy KoponenB. Reminders
3. CC & St. Francis Assisi (Ann Arbor) Inter-Racial Program
REGISTER NOW
The Social Justice Committee of Corpus Christi Parish and the Peace and Justice Committee of St. Francis Assisi, Ann Arbor invite you to join us on SATURDAY, MAY 22 from 1—3:30 PM for a Virtual Tour, presented by the Detroit Experience Factory, of important locations and stories in the history of racism in Detroit.
From racist federal and local policies like segregation and redlining to police brutality and the destruction of Black and immigrant neighborhoods, systemic racism has been part of Detroit’s story since its founding. The virtual tour will provide attendees with an overview of some of the most devastating policies and events of Detroit’s last hundred years and show how the past impacts our City today.
The one-hour pre-recorded tour discussion points will include:- Ossian Sweet House
- Birwood Wall
- The 1943 Riots
- Black Bottom and Paradise Valley
- Redlining and Restrictive Covenants
- Sanctioned Police Brutality
- 1967 Rebellion
- 50 Years Later
TO REGISTER FOR THIS IMPORTANT EVENT, CLICK ON BUTTON BELOW:Event Information/Registration
4. CC Evangelization Kick-Off This Saturday Morning!
The game? Well, not really a game but a team effort! Corpus Christi will begin Visiting Our Neighbors and Storefront Evangelization this Saturday. This year we are going to expand our efforts to both Tuesday evenings, 6:30 to 8:30pm and Saturday mornings, 10:00 – noon. Teams of two or three will be visiting our neighbors just west of Lahser while other teams will be greeting customers outside one or two grocery stores.
Curious? Interested? Questions? Jesus whispering in your ear? Want to pray in church while others are outdoors? Feel free to contact one of our Evangelization core team members: Paul Moore, Sr. Ellen Schmitz, Jeff Smale, Fr. Patrick or Dcn Paul (248.891.9387).
Pre-game? Yes, we pray 15 minutes before we take action!
5. Family of Parishes -- Our 1st Family Gatherings!
As of July 1st, our Corpus Christi Parish will join with the following five parishes to form our new Family:- Presentation-Our Lady of Victory
- St. Scholastica
- St. Mary of Redford
- St. Juan Diego
- St. Peter and Paul
Register for FOP Gatherings The May 21 gathering will be an opportunity for the members of the Trinity Vicariate Family #1 to get to know one another and to encounter Jesus through new relationships as brothers and sisters. The “in-person” version of this first gathering will be held here in our church.
The June 18 gathering will aim to deepen those new, faith-founded relationships and help us begin to grow together as disciples.
The July 16 gathering will encourage our Family members to celebrate together as a Family, receiving the grace that comes with confidently bearing witness to the Gospel.
Get to know the members of the Trinity Vicariate Family #1! Come meet fellow parishioners and journey through the Encounter, Grow, Witness paradigm to discover YOUR role in our family.6. Families of Parishes – Learn About Your Role in the Family
Living the Mission as a Lay Disciple: A Personal Journey of Encounter, Grow, Witness is a two hour free online course to help you learn more about Families of Parishes and the ways you can play an important role in our missionary transformation. This self-paced on demand course will inspire you, answer your questions, and equip you. The course is presented in five modules:
Introduction — Kate Baumer Spore, Missionary for the Department of Missionary Strategic Planning
The Detroit Model of Evangelization: Why It Matters to You — Patty Chase, Regional Coordinator for the Office of Catechesis
An Encounter that Changes Everything — Sarah Kaczmarek, Director of Pastoral Ministry at Encounter Ministries
Using Scripture to Grow in Faith After Encountering Jesus — Fr. Brian Meldrum, Sacred Heart Major Seminary Faculty Member
Let Others See Jesus in You – Giving Witness — Fr. Patrick Gonyeau, Administrator at Corpus Christi Parish
Each module is specifically designed to provide an overview of the Families of Parishes model and help equip the laity to joyfully live out the mission of unleashing the Gospel in the communities of the Archdiocese of Detroit.
To register for this FREE course, simply click on button below:
FREE online course
7. You are Invited, You are Welcome, You’ll be Safe!
Please join us in person at Mass. We’re so happy to welcome you back! We’re being diligent about keeping you safe by following our Covid-19 protocols which include:
Things the church is doing:- Running our six (6) medical-grade air purifying units in the church before and during mass thus removing bacteria and viruses, including the Covid virus, from the air.
- Providing hand sanitizer throughout the church for your use, as needed
- Taking your temperature as you come into the church. (Please do NOT come to mass if you are feeling ill or running a temperature.)
- Bringing Holy Communion to your pew (Fr. Patrick, a Deacon or an EME comes to you).
- Wearing a mask at all times over your nose and under your chin (everyone two and older).
- Maintaining a 6-foot physical distance between you/members of your household, and others not in your household, both in the pews and in other seating areas, before and after mass.
8. Renewal of the Mind: Fr. Patrick’s 60-second daily videos and 30-minute weekly radio broadcast
Fr. Patrick’s daily video draws guidance for the day from the Mass Scriptures of the day. The message is there … 60 seconds …POW!
The newer item is the 30-minute weekly audio broadcast. It can be reached at any time of day or night, any day of the week.Daily or Weekly C. Standard Items
9. Liturgy schedule - weekdays
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday: 8:30am Mass
Saturdays: 1:00 – 3:45pm – Confessions in Reconciliation Rm in church.
They can also be made by appointment [313.537.5770].
10. Links for viewing this weekend’s Masses
Our Masses are: Saturday, 4pm; Sunday 9am & 11am. The 11am Mass is the Mass most often livestreamed.
Click on the button below for viewing the Mass.View Mass via Video
11. Link to Bulletins:Click Here for CC Bulletins