Corpus Christi July 15 email
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1. “Ora et Labora” – Feast of St. Benedict, July 11th:
Last Saturday the Church celebrated the Feast of St. Benedict. He lived from 480 to 547AD in Italy. He is typically recognized as the person who has exercised the greatest influence on monasticism in the West.
Early in life he became a hermit, leaving a depressing world—pagan armies on the march, the Church torn by schism, people suffering from war, morality at a low ebb. Living alone in a cave in Subiaco, he soon began to draw others to his way of life and this led to his forming a monastery in Monte Cassino.
A part of his way of life for those in the monastic setting was simply “Ora et Labora”, Latin for “Pray and Work”. There’s much more to his life and the influence he has had on others for the last 1500 years. You can find out some more about him and his heritage at these two locations:More About St. Benedict Wikipedia and St. Benedict
2. Fr. John McKenzie, Homilist on African Culture at St. Anne:
Fr. John spent his diaconate year here at Corpus Christi so some of you may well recall him. The following flier tells about the St. Anne Novena 2020 Mass on this coming Sunday.
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This special mass is part of a nine-day novena of masses leading up to the celebration of the feast day of The Archdiocese of Detroit's patron saint, St. Anne, the mother of Mary. You can attend the mass in person or you can watch a live stream of the mass by click this button. Click for Live Stream of St. Anne Mass
3. Our Weekend Masses – 9:00am Mass will be livestreamed:
Our Masses are the usual: Saturday, 4pm; Sunday 9am and noon. The livestreaming of this weekend’s Mass will again be at 9:00am Sunday morning. 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 Video If you wish to attend a Mass in person at church this weekend please register … before noon on Saturday. Register for In-Person Attendance If you have not registered to attend by noon on Saturday and you still wish to attend a Mass in person at church this weekend please:
- park in the parking lot,
- 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.
4. Looking for some books to read this summer?
For an America Magazine article on books by authors of color for summer reading click here:Summer Reading Suggestions
5. Links to Website and to Bulletins:Click Here for CC Bulletins