Corpus Christi August 19 Email
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A. Family of Parishes (FOP)
1. FOP on the Corpus Christi Parish Website
Corpus Christi has created a page for the parish website, a page devoted to the FOP efforts, plans, links, etc.! A sample of what is there already includes:- Fr. Patrick’s article on FOP Job Descriptions
- Fr. Patrick’s homily on FOP
- Websites of the other parishes in our family
- Information from the AOD
- Videos of the 3 Gatherings
- Fr. Patrick’s document on YOUR Questions and Answers about the Family of Parishes. [The black and white rectangle right there to your right when you go to the website link below.]
CC FOP Website Page
2. Current FOP Efforts
The priests of our Family, led by Fr. Jaime Hinojos, are currently interviewing for the Mission Support Director position for our Family. The position is effectively the chief financial officer/director of operations for the entire family. Internal candidates are being identified and interviewed.
Your prayers for our parish and for our Family of Parishes are greatly appreciated!
B. Today’s Special Items
3. This Week’s Fr. Patrick’s Holy Homework
Pray the Magnificat (Luke 1:46-55) every day this week and rejoice in the Lord with Mary!
4. AOD Updated Guidance on Liturgical Protocols for Covid-19
5. Registering Youth for Faith Formation & Sacrament Preparation
Calling all youth! Calling all adults! We are planning Faith Formation programs for 2021 – 2022. We would like to know about the Faith Formation needs of the youth in your family. Please click on the button below to register for faith formation and sacrament preparation. Please register by Sept. 5th so that we can order enough materials for each student. Thanks already!
Faith Formation Youth Registration
A quick look-ahead! This year’s classes include:- Catechesis of the Good Shepherd 1, 2 and 3
- 1st Communion
- Confirmation
- Journey with Jesus
- Gospel Weeklies (Magazines)
- Generations of Faith
6. Free On-Line Course from DePaul University on Leadership
Values-Centered Leadership: St. Vincent on Leadership
Are you interested in developing strong faith-filled leadership skills? Here’s an opportunity for you! DePaul University in Chicago is offering a free on-line course. Registration deadline is Aug. 29. Check our web site (see button below) for more details now.
The Hay Project is sponsoring a free 10-week, non-credit certificate program on leadership development. At a self-guided pace, participants will explore universal values, principles, and practices to help ground and improve leadership skills. The next 10-week session runs Sept. 13 through Nov. 21, and the deadline to apply is Aug. 29. We have heard many positive evaluations from those who took the on-line course in the Spring and found it to be excellent! More information, including an application form, is online (click below). DePaul U. On-Line Course 7. Neighborhood Peace Walk, Friday, August 20th
Please consider joining us for a Peace Walk here in our neighborhood on Friday, August 20th. We will gather here in our church at 6pm. This is a revival of an interfaith effort here in northwest Detroit. We hope to bring peace to the world by starting right here in our very own community!
C. Reminders
8. Renewal of the Mind: Fr. Patrick’s 60-second daily videos and 30-minute weekly Radio Broadcasts
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 weekDaily or Weekly
9. WEEEEE’RE BAAAAACK!!!!!! August & September Events
It’s been a very long time, but we’re beyond pleased to say that events are back at Corpus Christi. It will be a blessing to share prayer, food and fellowship with one another again. Please save the following dates:
PARISH CELEBRATION: SUN., AUG. 22nd {3 days from now!} – Fr. Don Anniversary
The day will begin with an 11 AM Outdoor Mass under a spacious tent (no 9 AM Mass that day) celebrating Fr. Don’s, now, 51st Anniversary of Holy Ordination. Please bring your own lawn chairs and, if you can, put an extra one in the trunk to share. Mass will be followed by an Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Social featuring delicious Guernsey Farms Ice Cream. For those who can’t attend, Mass will be live streamed.
Yes, we could REALLY use some volunteer help for set-up, during, and tear-down. Please click below to see what kinds of help you possibly could supply.How I/we can help ANNUAL FUNDRAISER FOR THE HAITI OUTREACH MISSION: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
We are pleased to announce that the fundraiser is taking a different shape this year. We have booked a dinner cruise on the beautiful Detroit River on the lovely Diamond Queen. The cruise will depart from the dock at Stroh’s River Place promptly at 6:30 PM. A generous donor has graciously offered to pay for the usual $5 per car to park! Tickets, which include a 2 ½ hour river cruise, a full buffet dinner, beverages and dessert will be sold for $75 beginning the end of July. There will be a cash bar for adult beverages.
There are only 90 tickets available and must be paid in full by September 8. We hope that you will plan on attending this important event. If you can’t attend, donations to the Haiti Outreach Mission are always gratefully accepted. The need is always there, now with effects of Covid 19, the recent assassination of Haiti’s President and summer storms, more than ever!
10. Registering for CBS-M 4-year Bible Course
The Catholic Biblical School of Michigan: Bringing the Bible to Life
Ever wonder about the Biblical roots of our faith? Start a journey through the entire Bible, guided by expert live teachers with the Catholic Biblical School of Michigan’s new classes starting this September at:
St. Sabina in Dearborn Heights (Thu 7-9 pm),
Our Lady Queen of Martyrs in Beverly Hills (Tue 7-9 pm),
Shrine of the Little Flower in Royal Oak (Wed 1-3 pm), or
online (any day/time).
Find out more at Info Nights:
8/25 at 7 pm at OLQM,
8/27 at 8 pm on Zoom, or
8/31 at 7 pm at St. Sabina.
Through donations, CBSM is accessible to all with 100% of requests for financial aid granted. Find out more at cbsmich.org/join or call/text 586-438-3085.11. “Considering Catholicism?” Sundays, at 9:30am
This year’s “Considering Catholicism?”
is on Sundays at 9:30am
in the Rainbow Room.
How about that? Do you possibly know someone wondering about their faith life and looking for a church? Maybe they went to church in their youth. Maybe they had no faith life. Maybe they are searching. Maybe they are simply not happy with where they are in their life. Our Lord could be the one who can satisfy their needs, their longings, their cares. Yes, maybe they are considering about where to go and how to get there.
Please give some “prayerful discernment” to your possibly inviting a family member, a friend, a co-worker, a neighbor to our sessions that will be about one hour per week. There will be time for group sessions and for individual, personal meetings. Dcn Paul and Jeff Smale are leading the sessions. Questions? Feel free to give Dcn Paul a call at 248.891.9387 or an email at [email protected].
Note: No sessions on Aug. 22nd, Aug. 29th nor Sept. 5th
D. Standard Items
12. 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].
13. Links for watching this weekend’s Masses
Our Masses are: Saturday, 4pm; Sunday 9am & 11am. The 11am Mass is the Mass most often livestreamed. [NOTE: no 9:00am Mass on Sunday, August 22nd,due to the special celebration at the 11:00am Mass]
Click on the button below for watching the Mass.Click Here to Watch Mass via Video
14. Link to Bulletins:
For lots more news and information please see our bulletin and/or our website.Click Here for CC Bulletins