As we return to a more normal lifestyle, the following guidelines will be implemented for the parish: The face-coverings and social distance requirements have expired, so there is no need to keep an empty pew in between as we have been practicing before. However, the left pew section (in front of the Holy Family) is…
Fr. Tom has graciously invited me to assist as a deacon here at St. Genevieve – St. Maurice, and Archbishop Vigneron has assigned me to this parish effective July 1, 2021. Allow me to briefly introduce myself. My wife Stephanie and I will celebrate our 46th anniversary in July 2021. We moved to Livonia in…
Happy Father’s Day to all of you! In today’s Gospel, Mark assures us, the first-century believers, that nothing can harm the Church as long as the risen Lord is with them. He describes how, by a single commanding word, Jesus stilled a storm on the Sea of Galilee, he returned the sea to its natural order and saved the apostles from drowning.…
Dear St. Genevieve/Maurice Parishioners, As more and more of you begin returning to church to celebrate Mass each week and we become less restrictive in terms of socially distant rules, so now we can also be able to somewhat increase numbers of parishioners who can sing and participate in the choir. With that goal in…
Hopefully, your week was blessed! Today’s gospel has two parables: The Seed growing by itself and sowing the Mustard Seed. These parables point to what the Kingdom of God is becoming. In other words, how God’s kingdom will grow. When Jesus said, “…and the seed would sprout and grow…”, His message is clear The Kingdom of God, even if it requires…
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ Corpus Christi is the celebration of the abiding presence of a loving God as Emmanuel – God with us – in order to give collective thanks to our Lord for his living with us in the Eucharist. This feast also gives us an occasion to learn more about the importance and value of the…
Happy Holy Trinity Sunday! The mystery of the most Holy Trinity, the feast that we celebrate this weekend, is one of the basic doctrines of Faith in Christianity, understandable not through our heads but through our hearts. It teaches us that there are three distinct Persons in one God all sharing the same Divine Nature. Our minds cannot grasp this doctrine. St.…