Our eighth-grade sacramental class attended 5 pm Mass on Saturday, November 14th for their Confirmation Rite of Enrollment. They received their Youth Study Bibles and committed themselves to continue learning about their faith in preparation for their Confirmation. Please keep these children as well as our First Communicants and Confirmation prep classes in your prayers.…
Happy Christ the King Solemnity! This Sunday, we celebrate the solemnity of Christ the King, which is the last Sunday of the liturgical year in the church. Although traditionally we open the New Year on January 1st, in the Church the new year begins with the First Sunday of Advent, which is next Sunday. For me personally, this Sunday is always an…
November 13, 2020 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, During these difficult months during the pandemic, I have granted a general dispensation from the grave obligation that we as Catholic Christians have to attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation in the Archdiocese of Detroit, in part to help ease the conscience of…
Hopefully, you had a blessed week A story is told about a tourist in the Holy Land who wanted to have his picture taken on top of a camel. “It’s free,” said the camel owner, and up the tourist went with glee. But when the tourist wanted to get down, the camel owner said, “That will be $2.” “But you said it’s…
HOPEFULLY YOUR WEEK WAS HOLY AND BLESSED. A few words about the Gospel passage for this Sunday. Imagine the bridesmaids leaving their homes to go and await the arrival of the bridegroom. The following conversation takes place among them: “Do you think we need to take some extra oil?” “Why? The bridegroom will arrive at sunset anyway. That’s what the program says.”…
“Go to the poor: you will find God”……… Your St. Vincent de Paul (SVdP) Society provides financial, food, and spiritual assistance to neighbors living within our parish boundaries. The funding and food for the pantry is supplied by your individual contributions, along with donations from local/corporate merchants which includes Meijer, Kroger, CVS, Bob’s Furniture, Google,…
It’s hard to believe we are at the beginning of November already. “Time really flies, for those who have fun.” Since I put my step on St. Genevieve – St. Maurice parish ground “I have had so much fun.” I am blessed and filled with peace, so I shouldn’t be surprised that for me time flies very fast. I am grateful for…