1. Fr. Patrick’s Holy Homework This week, pray intentionally about having the mind/attitude of Jesus. Simply ask Jesus sincerely: “Jesus, please heal my mind/attitude of anything that is not in line with your mind/attitude. I give you full permission, Jesus, to rearrange my perception and thought life to be in line with yours. Thank you, Jesus! I love you!”
2. Fr. Patrick: Mass Schedule Changes A reminder that mass times for our daily masses on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday are now only at 8:30am. Our weekend masses continue to be on 4:00pm on Saturday and 11:00am on Sunday. As attendance numbers rise on the weekend, we'll add another Sunday mass when it becomes apparent it is needed.
3. Fr. Patrick: Families of Parishes Update A helpful 16 minute narrated Powerpoint about the Families of Parishes initiative is available by clicking on the following button.
That is just one of several items in a “toolkit” of information about Families of Parishes. All the items have been recently prepared in September. The total list of items, including “Questions and Answers”, can be found by clicking on the following button.
4. Renew Reflect Respond Generations of Faith 2020/21
The first video of the Catholic Faith Explained is ready for viewing! The topic is The Bible: God’s Love Letter to Humanity. Get Ready by setting aside 50 minutes anytime during your day, in a comfortable chair with a beverage and snack at your side. Start clicking!
Click the Button below (or go directly to the Generations of Faith page on the Corpus Christi website: www.corpuschristi-detroit.org )
Click on Session 1 Handout and print an opening prayer, guide to the content, and reflection questions
Click on Generations of Faith Videos and then click on Session One
Enjoy Respond by emailing a word or short phrase or a symbol about your reflection on the video to corpuschristigenerations@gmail.com. Bonus: scroll down below the video and click on Show More for a 5-minute virtual tour of the church mentioned at the beginning of the video: St. Paul’s Outside the Walls.
6. “Free Bikes 4 Kidz” – used/refurbished bikes In 2008 Free Bikes 4 Kidz (FB4K) was born as a one-time hobby in a two-car garage. A group of passionate cyclists collected, refurbished, and gave away 250 bikes over a two-week period. Since then that hobby has grown to become the largest organization of its kind in the country.
This Saturday, October 3, Home Depot and Henry Ford Health System are partnering to help FB4K. If you have a used bike that would like to see another life, you can drop it off at any Home Depot or Henry Ford Health System location between 9 am and 2 pm. See attached flyer for locations and more info.
7. Some Short Daily Meditation Options:
A. Daily Devotional Series – by Fr. Patrick; 90 seconds of finding a key point in one of the Scriptures of the Mass of the day and suggesting we use it through-out the day. Click on the following button.
B. 3-Minute Retreat -- A Jesuit feature from Loyola Press taking a verse from Scriptures and asking some challenging questions. Click on the following button:
8. Liturgy schedule Friday, Oct. 2nd, 8:30am Communion Service Saturday, Oct. 3rd, 1:00 – 3:00pm -- Confessions Beginning on Monday, October 5th the daily mass schedule will return to 8:30am mass on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
9. Links for viewing or registering for this weekend’s Masses Our Masses are: Saturday, 4pm; Sunday 11am. The 11am Mass will be livestreamed. Click on the button below for viewing the Mass. [Videos of Masses from prior weekends are also available at this site.]
If you have not registered (by noon on Saturday) to attend Mass in person and you still wish to attend a Mass at church this weekend please: - park in the parking lot a little ahead of Mass time, - go to the parking lot side entrance, - and ask the staff at that doorway if there is still available room. If there is room in church they will do a check-in process for you. Based on the slightly relaxed directions from AOD there is now more space available in the church to attend Mass in person.