Corpus Christi October 22 email
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1. Note: No Confessions this Saturday!
This Saturday, Oct. 24th, the parish will be concentrating its energies on the Parish Day of Evangelization. The usual 1:00 – 3:00pm Sacrament of Reconciliation will not be available.
2. Funeral for Curtis Dickerson - Tomorrow
3. Parish Day of Evangelization – Rally Cry!!!
Saturday, October 24th, you are invited to participate in a Parish Day of Evangelization. Students from the Encounter School of Ministry will be coming to the parish, dividing into teams of two, and going through our parish boundaries to share the good news of Jesus, to offer prayer for people and to make an invitation for people to come and experience the gift of Corpus Christi. All parishioners are invited to participate!
PLEASE: Click on the button below to a sign-up on our website to indicate if you'd like- to join by coming to evangelize or
- to offer prayer support (the Church will be open for prayer from 12:00pm-3:00pm) or
- to pray from home (we'll have adoration live-streamed from 12:00pm-3:00pm)
Click here to sign up
We'll have an 11am meeting at the Church for an orientation to the day, organize evangelization teams, review our love filled, simple, and effective approach. Then we'll have a prayer of sending at 12:00pm and will evangelize until 3pm. This initiative will involve Covid-19 Protocol to be as safe as possible.
Please give serious consideration to participating in some fashion!
4. 2020 Fall CSA Campaign
Our Fall CSA campaign (moved from last Spring because of Covid-19) is underway, thank you for your support of the Church beyond our parish boundaries (CSA helps support 170 ministries throughout southeast Michigan). Click on the button below for an easy on-line giving link. Just be sure to identify "Corpus Christi Catholic Church" as your organization.Click here for on-line giving
5. Fr. Patrick’s Holy Homework
This week prayerfully read The Song of Songs in the Old Testament. It is an eight-chapter love poem that you can read as Jesus (the Bridegroom) speaking to the Church (the Bride) or Jesus speaking to you. God Bless!
6. Called and Gifted Workshop
Every baptized Christian is given gifts of charisms at their baptism, gifts from God that one prominent author (Dr. Mary Healy) describes as “gifts of the Holy Spirit given in different measures to different people. They are not primarily for personal sanctification but for building up the body of Christ. They are by definition gifts to be given away, gifts to be used for others.”The Catherine of Sienna Institute is dedicated to helping people discover what their God-given charism are and how to use them. A stable of their ministry is their Called and Gifted Workshop. It is a 10-week course that meets 2 hours every week and is both a study of the charisms and discovery one’s own charisms and how to use them. Mary Martin of the Archdiocese of Detroit will be leading a Called and Gifted Workshop on Saturday mornings beginning October 24th from 10:00am to 12:00pm on zoom. For those who would miss the October 24th session to attend the parish day of evangelization, she will be hosting a make-up session on Thursday, October 29th at 7pm on zoom. There is a $40 cost for the course that covers materials Please visit this link to sign-up: https://scholastica.church/ called-gifted-workshop
Marilyn Webb (our youth minister) is also a trained Called and Gifted facilitator and would be good to talk with if you have questions. You can find her contact information in the bulletin.
If you would like to get Dr. Mary Healy’s definition and explanation of the charisms please click on the following button.Charisms with Dr. Healy
7. St. Christine’s “Share the Sweetness”
As with everything else this year, our annual dessert collection for the St. Christine Soup Kitchen will be a little different this year. The Corpus Christi Social Justice Committee is asking for monetary donations to St. Christine Christian Service in lieu of the traditional goodies. The need is greater than ever, so please be as generous as you are able.
There are two ways to donate. You can pick up an envelope at the back of the church, available for the next three weekends, and return it with a check made out to Corpus Christi with Soup Kitchen written in the memo line (or mail in a check if you won’t be at church). Or, you can log onto the St. Christine Christian Service web page http://sccsdetroit.org/ and scroll down to the donate button to give with a credit or debit card.
Thank you in advance for being Christ’s Light in our little corner of the world.
8. Trunk ‘r Treat – Oct. 31st
9. Renew Reflect Respond
Generations of Faith 2020/21 --- Word Cloud
Here is the Word Cloud compiled from the words and phrases you sent in after watching the video The Bible – God’s Love Letter to Humanity.
Thank you to all who contributed! Some words were combined, for instance inspiring, inspiration, and inspired became the one word: inspiration.
The first video Generations of Faith: The Bible: God’s Love Letter to Humanity is still available for watching.
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 Adult and print an opening prayer, guide to the content, and reflection questions
- Click on Generations of Faith Videos and finally on Session One
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.
Coming soon: Video #2 - The Story of Salvation: Creation, Fall, Redemption
Children’s Videos and handouts are also still available on the Corpus Christi website through the Generations of Faith button.Generations of Faith
10. Interested in Becoming Catholic?
Are you interested in becoming Catholic or do you know someone who wants to know more about the Catholic Faith? For more information, please contact Paul Mueller or Sr. Therese.
Sr. Therese: [email protected]; 414-801-0100
Dcn Paul: [email protected]; 248-891-9387
11. Smile.Amazon.Com!!!
Purchases made thru Amazon.Smile can yield a contribution to our home parish, Corpus Christi. Please click on the button below to go to our website for more information on how to obtain this benefit!Amazon.Smile contributions
12. Liturgy schedule
Friday, Oct. 23rd, 8:30am Mass
Saturday, Oct. 24th, 1:00 – 3:00pm– Confessions {not THIS Saturday}
13. 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.]Click Here to View Mass via Video If you wish to attend a Mass in person at church this weekend please register by clicking on the button below … before noon on Saturday. Register for In-Person Attendance
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.
14. Links to Bulletins:Click Here for CC Bulletins