Corpus Christi July 21 email
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1. Families of Parishes Survey – your input, please!
[This is a repeat message from Fr. Patrick and we have included the link to the survey he is requesting in the message. Please see the red button after the article to go to the survey. Thanks already!]
Hello Corpus Christi!
I pray this email finds you well, staying safe and continuing to draw from the Lord’s loving presence the grace of perseverance amid the various real challenges we are all navigating.
This week I’d like to invite you to review some information regarding the Archdiocese of Detroit’s Families of Parishes initiative and to participate in a survey that will be posted in our bulk email in the next few emails to come.
If you visit the families of parishes website you will find a lot of information about what the initiative is and why the Archdiocese is moving this direction. Then, if you visit the Trinity Vicariate Website and scroll down you will find a list of the parishes in our vicariate and you can visit their website to get a feel for the parish. There is one parish in our vicariate not listed on the website, St. Moses the Black, you can check them out at St. Moses the Black website Looking through these materials will help you to answer (if you would like) a 2-question survey in the next few bulk emails.
I’ll be sure to review all of the responses to the survey and it will help me to get a broader perspective on which parishes might be a good fit for Corpus Christi to join with (not merge or cluster) as a family of parishes with. It must be said though that I don’t have final say as to which parishes Corpus Christi will join with. That will be the decision of the Archbishop, but I will honor the perspective of the people as best as I can when it comes to suggested arrangements that will drafted at the Vicariate level and then submitted to the Archbishop by October 1 for his review and consideration.
Thank you brothers and sisters for your help with this process. Please know you are free to participate or not. Corpus Christi is a wonderful parish and I’m confident it will continue to be!
Love you & Bless you!
Fr. PatrickFamily of Parishes Survey To help with recommendations about forming the "Families of Parishes" it might be helpful to have a map of the Trinity Vicariate.
Please see the map below. Click on the map to enlarge it or to download it.
Also of interest, the location of St. Moses the Black Parish is NOT shown on the map. It is located near the intersection of the Lodge Freeway and the Davidson Freeway. That would put it just north of St. Charles Lwanga and south of Gesu.
3. Holy Homework for this week
This week — each morning and several times a day — ask Jesus: “Jesus help me to understand that I participate in the kingdom of heaven even now. Please help me to bring this love into everything I say, do and touch!”
4. Virtual Retreat for Women
An Invitation: Join us for the 2nd Women’s Retreat on Monday, July 20, 21, 22 from 6-7pm. One night or all 3. Sponsored by Office of Black Catholic Ministry and Black Catholic Women’s Conference.
Retreat director: Mrs. Joni Scott, wife-mother-grandmother, storyteller, spiritual director and religious educator.
Topic: “Choosing Hope and Peace in Times of Struggle and Change”
Click here for Zoom Connection It will also be LIVE on FB: Archdiocese of Detroit Black Catholic Ministry.
(The retreat will also be recorded for future use; more information to follow.)
5. US Bishops write to Congress about police and racism
On June 24, 2020 three bishops from the USCCB [US Conference of Catholic Bishops] sent a letter to all members of the U.S. Congress to offer reflections and principles for police accountability and reform. Click on the following button to see a news announcement about the letter. In the announcement there is a link to the full letter as wellNews announcement on Bishops’ letter
6. 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 9:00am Sunday morning. [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 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.
7. Links to Bulletins:Click Here for CC Bulletins