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Plain Cloth Napkins Needed Are you finished with your lightly
used cloth napkins now that the holi-
days are behind us? Would you like to donate them to our atria
for use as prayer table clothes for our children in Faith
Formation? We need standard size plain cloth napkins in the
following colors: red, green, white, blue, and purple - plain
meaning no designs or textures please. Please don't buy new napkins
to donate. Our children are quite content with used and/or great
Salvation Army finds. Thank you so much for your kind care and
support!
Chili Cook Off Sunday, February 4 We are looking for
parishioners
willing to make a crock pot of their best chili to share with
the parish for our annual Chili Cook-Off following the 11am Mass on
February 4. The top 3 winners will receive a Chili’s Restaurant
gift card.
Sign up in the vestibule the weekend, January 13/14 if you would
like to make chili.
Gun Violence in America
The Peace and Justice Commit-tee is pleased to bring Linda K.
Brundage, Ed.D, Executive Director of the Michigan Coalition to
Prevent Gun Violence (MCPGV) to our community. Linda is a licensed
psy-chologist, mother, grandmother, and person of faith. She has
been work-ing actively to prevent gun violence since 2013.
Please join us on January 19, 2018 at 6 pm in the Bethany room
for pizza and salad followed by a presentation by our speaker at
6:30pm.
We hope you can join us to hear more about this grassroots
organiza-tion working toward the prevention of gun violence in our
country.
Spanish Mass at St. Joe’s in Lake Orion
Second Saturday of each month The next Mass will be February 10,
2018,
at 6:00 pm. All are welcome!
Save the date Michigan Blood Drive at Christ the Redeemer
Saturday, February 24, 7:30am-1:30pm in the Bethany Room.
You may sign-up online at www.miblood.org if you would like to
schedule an appointment in advance.
Watch future bulletins for details.
ATTENTION PARENTS of children in our Faith Formation program
Please join us for an important, hour-long program on safe
environ-ments and right relationships on Sunday, January 28 at
2:15pm in our chap-el. This program will serve as an introduction
to the instruction, enti-tled Circle of Grace, that will be given
to the children in our March Faith Formation classes as required by
the Archdiocese of Detroit. RSVP re-quested to
[email protected]. Childcare happily provided upon request
for younger children.
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As we move out of the Christmas season, John the Baptist
reappears in the wilderness to point the way to the Lamb of God.
The faith journey always requires guides to point us in the right
direction. Eli, nearly blind in his old age, was the one who
eventually saw that it was the Lord who was calling the young
boy Samuel. The call is the first step. The Lord calls Samuel three
times before the mo-
ment of recognition comes. Fr. Jack Castelot used to say that
this three-fold call is common to Biblical stories. He described
this motif as “Call, Fall, and ReCall.” When Jesus called Simon, he
gave him a new name. Simon has to undergo an interior
transformation before he comes into his new identity. For Simon
Peter, the necessary pruning of denial and failure prepares him for
the transforming gift of forgiveness and reconciliation. It is then
that the Lord “re-calls” Peter and entrusts him with the care of
“my sheep.”
We find this story in all types of literature. A man or a woman
has to journey through danger, suffering, opposition,
misunderstanding, and humiliation to achieve some noble goal. In
his book, Nature and the Human Soul, depth psy-chologist and
wilderness guide Bill Plotkin reflects on how our understanding of
this “quest” has become badly distorted. Ron Rolheiser offers some
insights from this book.
“In recent decades, pop culture has diminished the mature form
of the hero's journey by confounding it with an egocentric,
adolescent caricature. We're all too familiar with the Hollywood
story in which the valorous 'hero' or 'heroine' - from John Wayne
to James Bond, from Superman to Mighty Mouse, from Bat-girl to
Bionic Woman - risks his or her life, health, or wealth, whether in
sports, combat, espionage, or an impossible mission, in order to
save the day, the dam-sel, or the planet and reap the rewards of
personal triumph and acclaim. In this immature rendition of the
hero's journey, the protagonist goes forth to cheat death and
becomes a 'man' or 'woman', or flaunts machismo or machismo, more
in the manner of a celebrity icon or teen idol than a mature adult.
The adolescent hero returns with a few scratches but is essentially
unchanged as a person.
Both men's and women's paths to genuine maturity are distinct
from juve-nile heroism. The mature hero endures a descent to the
underworld, undergoes a decisive defeat of the adolescent
personality (a psychological death or dismem-berment) receives a
revelation of their true place in the world, and returns hum-bly to
his/her people, prepared to be of service to this vision.
The hero's journey is meant to transform adolescence into
adulthood, to turn someone into an Elder, and this is not
necessarily achieved by conquering invading aliens, out-muscling
the bad guys, or by winning an Academy Award or a championship
trophy. Too often these conquests have the opposite effect of
deepening egocentricity and locking one even deeper inside of
immaturity by reinforcing the adolescent daydream of being the hero
or heroine who is set apart and above.
What is needed to kill the adolescent personality is precisely a
defeat or a humiliation that cracks open and exposes the immaturity
of our adolescent day-dreams within which we are always the
superstar, the admired idol, the conquer-ing hero, the one who is
brighter and stronger than others, and the one who is somehow
immune from sickness, death, and the frailties of ordinary
humanity. A true hero's journey, one that transforms us from
unhealthy pride and egocentrici-ty to healthy humility and
generativity, will always be a paschal journey within which we,
like Jesus, drink the chalice of humiliation, albeit without
growing bit-ter or losing hope. (Ron Rolheiser, “Unconscious Images
that Deeply Influence Us,” 09/25/2011)
Fr. Joe
Card Workshop Please join us on the third
Wednesday of each month and help create handmade cards for
parish-ioners who are celebrating special occasions or sacraments.
No experi-ence necessary. We will make the entire process of making
handmade cards easy and fun! Everyone one is welcome. The workshop
is offered from 10am-12noon or 7-9pm.
The next workshop will be held January 17. Questions? Please
call or email Sheila at 586-201-5326, [email protected]
High School Students in grades 9-12
We are very grateful for you and for all the ways you minister
here at Christ the Redeemer and in our community. We value your
partici-pation and input and find your gifts to be invaluable
assets to the work-ings of our parish. We have ar-ranged for a
special event planned just for you to give you some tools and
skills that will come in handy as you serve both at the church and
off-site locations. The event is Called to Serve and it is designed
specifically for high school teens that are work-ing in the parish
and in their com-munities. Please join us in Betha-ny Sunday, April
15. The work-shop will run from 1-4 pm and will include games,
pizza and prizes! Per-mission forms are available on the website.
Contact Lisa Andridge at [email protected] for
de-tails.
By our Baptism, we are all “called to serve” as we promise to
love and serve as Christ did. Please join us for an afternoon that
cele-brates your gifts and talents and en-courages you as you
journey in faith.
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I was very inspired by Ann Garrido’s visit last week and would
like to support our Catechesis of
the Good Shepherd Faith Formation efforts here at CTR. What is
our greatest need is at the moment?
In a word, we need: CATECHISTS. More specifically, catechists
formally trained in the CGS method.
Before I elaborate, I want to express how INCREDIBLY thankful we
are for the OUTSTANDING current and past catechists we have here at
CTR. We couldn’t be more grateful or blessed by their selfless
service and care of our chil-dren and how eagerly and gracefully
they have moved with us into the CGS style of formation over the
past 3 years.
But we are still hopeful that some adults in our community will
hear the call to seek formal catechist training/certification.
Careful training of the catechists is core to the effectiveness of
CGS. Rather than invest money in textbooks, the CGS method invests
in training of our catechists. In order to receive official
na-tional certification as a Level I CGS catechist, (also
recognized locally by the Archdiocese of the Detroit) the
commitment is considerable; 90 hours of study and observation…but
what a delight these hours are!
Parents, catechists, religious educators, clergy, and other
interested adults are drawn to the very rich, retreat-like courses
that focus on the essentials of our faith. I have yet to meet a
single person who has taken the training that didn’t find it
absolutely enthralling; providing a much appreciated enlivening of
their own faith. There is a clarity, excitement and a kind of
“falling in love” that just radiates from those who have taken the
training.
Catechesis of the Good Shepherd is not a published program.
Through the course, adults experience all the presentations that
are given to the children. Led by a formation leader recognized by
the national association, course participants also discuss the
theological and pedagogical principles that undergird the
chil-dren’s presentations. During the training, each catechist is
guided in writing his or her own album of lesson presentations.
This leads to considerable investment in time and labor by each
catechist but also remarkable "ownership" of the mate-rial.
The catechist's role is to prepare the environment for the
children and to present materials that encourage the children to
respond to God's love. To that end, our CGS atria resemble retreat
centers for adults, but the furnishings are scaled to the size of
the child. One of the foundations of CGS is that God and the child
have a unique relationship with one another and that the growth of
this relationship should be assisted by the adult, but is directed
by the Spirit of God within the child. The catechist serves as a
co-witness with the children, listening to them and with them as
they ask, "Who are You, God?" and "How do You love us?" The
catechist is the initial go-between in this relationship through
the presentations and dialogues during prayer time. The catechist
suggests medita-tive questions that come from the Bible stories or
parables for the children to grasp and hold in their hearts. These
conversations together with the prepared environment help to foster
the children's relationship with God as they express themselves
through art, songs, and prayers.
If you are interested in taking Level I training, please contact
Lisa Brown at [email protected] and/or visit www.cgsusa.org for
more information.
If we want to help the child grow near to God, we should, with
pa-tience and courage, seek to go always closer to the vital
nucleus of things. This requires study and prayer. The child
her/himself will be our teacher if we know how to observe
him/her.”
- Sofia Cavalletti
Needed: Clean Adult Sized T-Shirts/Polos,
Fleece Fabric and Yarn The Middle School 7th Grade
Faith Formation is in need of several items for their upcoming
service project. They will be using these items for pet toys and
blankets.
If you have any of the below items please drop them off in front
of the church office in the designat-ed box by January 15. • Clean
and Laundered Adult T-
shirts/Polos • Fleece Fabric size ½ yard or
larger • Yarn – any color
Thank you - the Middle School
Coordinators
Summer faith formation 2018 Save the date
July 16-19 & July 23-26 from 9am-12pm
Summer Faith Formation (SFF) is an opportunity for children
enter-ing grades 1-5 in the fall of 2018. The program is inspired
by the “Catechesis of the Good Shepherd”, a Montessori-based
contemplative approach for the religious formation of children.
Children are expected to attend all eight days. Registration
details will be forthcoming in the Spring of 2018.
Meet and greet Be a part of the new young fam-
ily ministry here at CTR! Gather with us at 10am on February 11
for a meet and greet. We want this group to envelop all aspects of
fam-ily life, such as fun activities, spiritu-al growth and
support, and friend-ship. For more information contact Rachael
Benden at [email protected].
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Members of the Service Com-mission will once again host four
Soup Suppers during Lent. They will be Thursday, February 22, March
1, 8 and 15. Join us for soup, bread and fellowship from 6:00-7:00
pm. We invite a representative from four or-ganizations that we
tithe to, and ask them to give a brief update of their program. A
free will offering will be donated to them at the end of the
evening. Mid February please watch for sign up sheets in the
vestibule to RSVP your attendance as well as do-nate soup.
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Christ the redeemer To host hope warming center
Located at 249 Baldwin Road, Pontiac Monday, January 29 thru
Sunday, February 4, 2018
Volunteers Needed
• 6:30-9:30 pm Intake of clients, distribution of blankets and
shower supplies, prepare food and clean up at the Warming
Center.
• 7:30-8:00 pm Deliver food to the Recuperative Center. • Food
preparation during the day at CTR.
• Shop for food items. • Deliver items during the week-either
day or evening.
• Sort donated items.
Orientation for NEW Volunteers
Wednesday, January 24 at 7:00 pm. If you helped at the center in
the past, you do not need to attend.
Donations Needed
Food Stop in the vestibule the weekend of January 13/14, 20/21
and 27/28 to
pick up a food donation card. • Please return food items to the
kitchen on the specified date. • Attach the food card with your
name and phone number to the item. • Return date will be located on
boxes in the kitchen. • Nonperishable food may be delivered anytime
on or before the due
date. • Due to limited refrigerator space, DO NOT bring
perishable items
more than one day prior to the due date. • Due to health
regulations, all food items must be store bought and NOT
homemade. • If the specific amount cannot be found, buy more
rather than less.
Additional Items Tags with specific items will be available the
weekend of January 13/14
in the vestibule.
Also Needed: Travel size toiletries, gently used warm coats,
boots, (especially sizes 10 1/2-
13), hats, flannel shirts and gloves. Please only donate the
items listed above. There is limited storage space at
HOPE. Drop off items in the white bin in the vestibule by
Sunday, January 29.
For more information call Karen Swietlik or Lisa Pratt in the
parish office.
Two New Volunteer Slots for Warming
Center Hope Recuperative Center is part
of the Hope Warming Center and is located at 175 Branch St. in
Pontiac.
The Recuperative Center is an ideal place the homeless who are
too ill or frail to recover from a physical illness or injury on
the streets but are not ill enough to be in a hospital. It is a
safe and dignified space for those discharged from the hospital to
recov-er from acute illness/injury or stabi-lize from an
exacerbation of a chronic condition. They also provide links to
additional services and development of a plan to ensure long term
changes and success.
During our week of hosting HOPE and serving meals, we are
add-ing 2 volunteer positions each even-ing. These volunteers will
pick up a prepared meal at HOPE and deliver it to the Recuperative
Center between 730-8pm each night.
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Refugee update “In a spirit of compassion, let us embrace
all those fleeing from war and hunger, or forced by
discrimination, persecution, poverty and environmental degradation
to leave their home-lands”. This was the counsel of Pope Francis on
New Year’s Day in celebration of the 51st World Day of Peace.
Inspired by his reminder to us all, we are pleased to report that
this par-ish along with the others of the Refugee Reset-tlement
Mission of North Oakland County Par-ishes have taken promising
positive first steps to provide helping hands to our cosponsored
refugee families.
A priority focus for the Mamous family from Syria has been
securing transportation for medical appointments and grocery
shopping, as well as keeping company with their five very polite
and energetic children [Ghader-10 (G), Mahmoud-9 (B), Mohamad-8
(B), Fatima-6 (G); and Abdelhamid-3 (B)] while their mother
ac-companied their father for his recent critical surgery.
Volunteers from NOCP have been privileged to be able to respond to
those needs and begun establishing a trusting bond with the family.
Similarly, needed transportation was also recently afforded by
volunteers to the new-ly arrived Al Tameemi family from Iraq.
The blessings that this parish as part of NOCP is able to extend
to our co-sponsored brothers and sisters are said by our Pontiff to
be part of strategy combining four actions: wel-coming, protecting,
promoting and integrating. “‘Welcoming’”, he says, “calls for
expanding legal pathways for entry and no longer pushing mi-grants
and displaced people towards countries where they face persecution
and violence”. “‘Protecting’”, says the Pope, “has to do with our
duty to recognize and defend the inviolable dignity of those who
flee real dangers in search of asylum and security, and to prevent
their being exploited”. “‘Promoting’”, he continues, “entails
supporting the integral human develop-ment of migrants and
refugees”. Finally and most pointedly of significance for us on our
present mission, “‘Integrating’”, says Pope Fran-cis, “means
allowing refugees and migrants to participate fully in the life of
the society that welcomes them as part of the process of mutual
enrichment and fruitful cooperation in service of the integral
human development of the local community”.
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR AUBURN HILLS
BUILD
Join Christ the Redeemer and Habitat Oakland County building a
house in Auburn Hills, located at 545 Calgary, off Baldwin just
south of I-75. Volunteer work hours are 8:30am-3:00pm.
Volunteers must be 18 years of age or older, except on days when
landscaping and painting projects are scheduled; those 14 years of
age and older are then welcome, and must be accompanied by an
adult. All volunteers must sign up for the day they plan to
volunteer, and must sign and submit a volunteer waiver.
Register to volunteer at :
https://www.cervistech.com/acts/console.php?
Questions or to volunteer call Mike Evola, (248) 736-5039 or
Karen in the office, (248) 391-1621.
Tues. Jan. 16– install casing & basic trim, ceramic tile
Thurs. Jan. 18– install casing & basic trim, ceramic tile Mon.
Jan. 22– install cabinets & countertops Wed. Jan. 24-install
cabinets & paint touch up Mon. Jan. 29– misc. jobs
December 1-21, 2017, Christ the Redeemer Church
donated $9,243.65 to the following appeals: Catholic Relief
Services Bakhita Charities Kinship United Cross Catholic Outreach
Medical Mission Sisters Fronkoze USA Baldwin Center HOPE,
Hospitality Warming Center, Inc. Catholic Charities-Hispanic
Outreach Catholic Community Response Team Catholic Charities of
Southeast Michigan USCCB-Catholic Campaign for Human Development
Capuchin Soup Kitchen Grace Centes of Hope St. Aloysius
Church-Neighborhood Services Power Company Kids Club Rachel’s
Vineyards Detroit Ronald McDonald House Charities-Southeast
Michigan Rainbow Connection Carriage Town Ministries Love INC
Families in Crisis Monthly Tithe
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reflection From the youth minister, John 1:35-42
Like the first reading and the psalm, John’s Gospel features
God’s call and our response. Jesus invites us to ponder the
question, “What are you looking for?” We need to be open to the
Lord work-ing in our life, to recognize that he is calling us, and
to be ready to respond to that call.
It’s really no surprise that we all struggle with our faith at
one time or another. In talking with teens, I often hear that they
believe in God but have a really difficult time finding him in
their world. They discount the value of the Mass, regular prayer
and reading scripture as ways to know and stay connected with
Jesus. Maybe it’s the way we’ve become an “instant” society and
many of them don’t have the patience to develop a deep and lasting
relationship with something they can’t see or touch.
They are searching, just like the Apostles in today’s Gospel.
The Apostles were looking for God and God’s hope in a world full of
suffering and confusion. That’s why they were following John the
Baptist. John pointed them to Jesus. After following Jesus to where
he was staying, they left excitedly to tell more people about “the
Mes-siah.”
Today Jesus is just as real in our world, but many people can’t
find him because they aren’t looking in the right places. We only
need to spend time where he is “staying” in order to find him. He
stays today right where he stayed two thousand years ago – with
peo-ple who suffer and who aren’t the most popular to be with.
Today you will find our Messiah if you spend time in soup kitchens
or shel-ters, in hospitals or nursing homes, at lunch tables with
the kids who have few friends. You’ll see our Messiah working in
the people who help others and the people we often write off.
Go spend time with him where he stays. You will find him in the
faces of the poor and the suffering. And when you do you will find
your faith coming alive. Then follow him.
As you ponder the readings this week ask yourself these
ques-tions. Am I really actively searching for Jesus? How much time
to I spend just on myself? Do I look for Jesus enough by reaching
out to others?
Lisa Andridge
Upcoming Event Updates Friday, January 19-Sunday, January 21 –
Teen Retreat at
Subiaco Saturday, January 27-Sunday, January 28 – CYO
Rainbow
Youth Conference Wednesday, February 14 – Ash Wednesday
Partnering with Parents Every January 1st many of us focus
on
making a fresh start. We have big plans and ideas for big change
and then more often than not, disappoint ourselves because we don’t
follow through. It’s never too late to make a life change for the
better and it can happen in small steps that we do together as
family.
Here are a few points from Jason Hayes on how families can make
the most of the New Year.
So often our resolutions involve adding something new. Whether
it’s working out, dieting, or getting organized, we tend to try
adding to our already busy lives. What if in-stead, we chose to
give a few things up in-stead? 1. Mute the noise. We live in a
culture that
is overloaded with information. We’re constantly connected to
data and enter-tainment, but how connected are we to those we live
with? Try shutting down the electronics once a week and spend time
as a family. It may sound old fash-ion but pull out the board games
or work on a jigsaw puzzle together. It’s a great opportunity to
unplug, reconnect, and talk.
2. Just say no. Are you directing your schedule or is your
schedule directing you? It’s amazing how many things soci-ety says
we “have” to do. Really take a look at your schedules and as a
family, decide what’s really important. In the long run what
benefits your family more? It’s ok to say “no” and clear the
calendar a bit. Put your family first.
3. Get rid of excess stuff. Most people aren’t hoarders but it’s
amazing how much stuff we can accumulate over time. While there is
nothing wrong with having possessions, sometimes our possessions
can possess us. Things become distrac-tions and keep us from really
connecting with one another. Make family time a priority. Our
chil-
dren grow up much faster that we realize and before you know it,
they’re ready to head out on their own. Enjoy your time together
en-couraging each other to be stronger people of faith.
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January 13 & 14 • 5:00 pm For the Deceased mem-
bers of the Kowalski and Zale families req. by Dottie
Kowalski.
• 9:00 am For sally Tierney req. by the Lord Family.
• 11:00 am For the people of the parish.
January 20 & 21 • 5:00 pm For the people of the
parish. • 9:00 am For the people of the
parish. • 11:00 am For Stan Kowalski req.
by Dottie Kowalski.
Mass Intentions Schedule of Events, January 14-27
Sunday, January 14 8:45 am Atrium Faith Formation 9:00 am Mass
(;30 am RCIA 10:00 am Young Family Ministry Meet & Greet 11:00
am Mass 11:00 am PreK/K 1:00 pm Joyful Community Prayer Ser-vice
Monday, January 15 Martin Luther King Day Parish Office Closed
Tuesday, January 16 10:00 am Book Club 6:00 pm 8th Grade FROG 6:00
pm 8th Grade 7:00 pm Coffee House 7:00 pm Taize Prayer Wednesday,
January 17 10:00 am Card Workshop 10:00 am MOMS 5:00 pm Youth Vocal
& Instrument. 6:30 pm First Eucharist Prep Session #1 6:50 pm
Adult Choir & Instrument. 7:45 pm AA/Alanon Thursday, January
18 9:30 am Warm Up America 7:00 pm Ad Altare Dei 7:00 pm What is
Reconciliation Friday, January 19 9:00 am Mass 6:00 pm Peace &
Justice Speaker on Gun Violence Saturday, January 20 9:45 am Yoga
5:00 pm Vigil Mass
Sunday, January 21 9:00am Mass 9:30 am RCIA 10:15 am Coffee
& Donut Training 11:00 am Mass 11:00 am Pre-K/K Monday, January
22 6:00 pm 6th Grade FROG 7:00 pm 6th Grade Faith Formation 7:00 pm
Sunday Scripture Tuesday, January 23 10:00 am Book Club 7:00 pm
Coffee House 7:00 pm Rainbow Parent Meeting 7:45 pm Parish Council
Wednesday, January 24 10:00 am MOMS 5:00 pm Youth Vocal &
Instrument. 6:50 pm Adult Choir & Instrument. 7:00 pm HOPE
Orientation 7:45 pm AA/Alanon Thursday, January 25 7:00 pm Ad
Altare Dei Friday, January 26 Saturday, January 27 9:45 am Yoga
5:00 pm Vigil Mass, Fr. Tim Shepard Presider moms
Thursday MOMS (Ministry of Mothers Sharing) is a warm and
wel-coming group of women who have kids aged anywhere from infancy
through high school. They meet weekly on Thursdays, to minister to
one another. They share joys and challenges through mothering,
part-nering, and life living. Please feel free to join them in the
Library on Thurs-d a y m o r n i n g s f r o m 1 0 a m -12pm.
Tea/coffee and light snacks are served, child care is provided
(though please know that nursing babies are always welcome with
their Mamas. Questions, call Courtenay Grabowski at
248-396-5132.
"No-Shush" Prayer Service
CTR’s 20-minute "No-Shush" prayer service is held on the 2nd
Sun-day of each month at 1pm in the Chapel. The next service will
be Jan-uary 14. This service is designed espe-cially for families
who have a child with special needs. All are welcome! Questions,
contact Shannon Carlson at [email protected]
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January 20/21 following all Masses
in the Bethany Room.
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Interested in Becoming Catholic? If you or any one you know are
considering becoming Catholic we have a
one-hour informational inquiry session every Sunday at 10:00am
in the Disciples Room. Child care is provided. If you are
interested please call the parish office, or contact us at
www.initiatorum.org. The initiation process is for adults who have
not been baptized or who were baptized in another Christian
tradition and would like to join the Catholic Church. If you or a
friend are newcomers to the faith or even if you have attended for
years but never formally received Baptism, Confirmation or First
Communion please stop by and see if now is the time to make the
next step on your spiritual journey.
JUST AN IDEA ABOUT KOHL'S CASH Ever wander around Kohl’s with
that pesky Kohl’s cash in hand, not know-
ing what to buy? Once again, we will accept your unused Kohl’s
Cash in January and February to purchase boots for the homeless.
Please contact Nancy Clancy if you have some to donate and she will
direct you. After the holidays, we will keep a box in the office to
deposit your certificates. Obviously it needs to reach us at the
beginning of the redemption cycle so we give our shoppers time to
shop. Please email Nancy at [email protected]. Thank you for
your kind donations. What a wonderful way to begin the new year and
pay it forward!
Stephen ministry A Stephen Minister shares his or her gifts from
God by reaching out and
helping people who are experiencing a rough time in their life.
We are not pro-fessional counselors or therapists. We are lay
Christians who met on a one on one basis with people who are going
through a rough time in their lives – the death of a loved one, a
divorce, sickness or disease. Pick a painful life event and we’ll
be there to walk with you.
Do you think you have the gifts to be a Stephen Minister but
don’t think you know how to do it? Not to worry, we have a
comprehensive training program that will help you develop new
skills and grow the skills you already have (and may not
realize).
We will be starting a new training class in early 2018. If you
would like to find out more about the Stephen Ministry contact
Roger Buches at 248-444-5750 (call or text) or
[email protected].
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FOR WIDOWED MEN AND WOMEN
Meadowbrook Theatre Sunday, February 25, 2018
Meadowbrook Theatre pre-sents “Tenderly” on February 25 at 2pm.
This play is about the life and music of Rosemary Clooney. Tickets
are $29 payable to Valerie Albensi by January 22. For fur-ther
information please call Va-lerie at 248- 693-7073.
Sponsored by Widowed Friends, a “peer” support group. For
further infor-mation about Widowed Friends, come v i s i t o u r w
e b s i t e a t www.widowedfriends.org.
How do I get a CTR Name tag?
Our reusable, magnetic CTR nametags are FREE to all who order
before March 15. Quite a savings, especially for our big families,
thanks to the generous donation of one of our parishion-ers.
P l ea s e ema i l G ab r i e l a at [email protected]
with first and last names of you and/or your family members (with
"nametags" in the subject line p l e a s e ) t o r e c e i v e y o
u r FREE nametags by Easter!
Warm up America Our Warm Up America group
knits and crochets blankets, scarves, mittens, etc. to keep
those less fortunate warm in the cold winter months.
The group meets in the Mark classroom from 9:30-11:30am. The
2018 meeting dates are as fol-lows: January 18, February 1 &
15, March 1, 15 & 29, April 12 & 26, May 10 & 24, and
June 7th.
All are welcome.
Welcome new members On Sunday, January 7, seven families
registered in the parish. Please wel-
come: •Brandon and Kathleen Boozer and infant son Elliott.
Brandon and Kathleen are new parents. They have enjoyed living in
Lake Orion since 2010. •Wyncel Chan. Myrcel is new to Michigan,
originally from Vancouver, Canada. •Ruth Hannam. Ruth recently
moved into the condo across the street. Ruth felt welcome here the
moment she walked in. •Thomas and Kathleen Hirschfield. The
Hirschfields have been married for 35 years and have two grown
children. They moved to Oxford from Troy. •Michael and Patricia
Litz. Michael and Patricia are former members of St. Dan-iel. They
love to travel, bowl, golf and do volunteer work. •Michael and
Colleen Myer. The Myers are expecting their first baby. •Lawrence
and Mary Rosso. Lawrence and Mary are previous members of St.
Daniel. They have one son that lives in Chicago and was just
married in Octo-ber.
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TGIF Ski and Snow-board Club
The Ski and Snowboard Club meets at Pine Knob on Friday
eve-nings at 4:00 pm except for the holi-day break, December
22-January 3, 2018. A TGIF representative will be at Pine Knob each
Friday, in the Pi-nery Café, beginning at 4:00 pm. At the club
table you may purchase club memberships, discounted lift tickets
and also get discounted rental equip-ment for that Friday evening.
The Pinery Café is located up the stairs, hillside, just in behind
the Ski shop. You’ll see a “TGIF” sign indicating the location of
our club!
Patch Program offers $20 dis-counted rates on lift tickets and
rent-als for kids seven and up. Parent family members also receive
$20 dis-counted rates on Fridays!
Questions call the Club Sponsor Rob Cook, 248-505-8974 or
[email protected]
St. joe’’s satellite preschool at ctr We have been very busy
here at SJS preschool!! A very big thank you to Lisa
Brown and staff for the use of the Atrium with our 4 year olds!
We are looking forward to learning and growing in God’s word
through the use of the Atrium!
This month our themes are geared around winter! Snowmen,
snowflakes, hibernation, and arctic animals! In our sensory table
the kiddos will explore using ice and snow. They will be measured
next to an Emperor penguin (poster), and they will create some
awesome snowmen!
In Religion we are learning about Creation and Jesus’s baptism.
Here are just a few things that we will be up to: February we look
for the
Groundhog and of course our fun Valentine parties. In March we
have bagels with dad, and a field trip to Macomb for the Performing
Arts to see the play Go Dog Go.
We hope that you can join us for our St. Joseph School Open
House on January 28 from 10 to 11 here at CTR. Please come and find
out about our half day program. If you are interested in our school
and or full day preschool visit St. Joseph 12:30-2:30.
Blessing, Lori Ryding
Lansing update Michigan takes action against opioid crisis a
new
laws are enacted In 2016, Michigan saw 1,689 deaths from
overdoses involving opioids, or drugs
that help individuals manage pain (in 1999, there were 99).
While managing pain is an important goal of health care, the rapid
growth of opioid abuse made legislative ac-tion a priority. At the
end of 2017, Lieutenant Governor Brian Calley signed ten measures
into state law to combat the opioid crisis (note: the lieutenant
governor may sign legislation when the governor is out of state).
Each of these measures came from the Prescription Drug and Opioid
Abuse Task Force, which studied the issue extensively and issued
recommendations in a 2015 report. Michigan Catholic Confer-ence
(MCC) is pleased to see these efforts to address those struggling
with substance abuse and to combat the opioid crisis, which
continues to have a devastating effect on Michigan families. The
newly enacted legislation, Public Acts 246-255 of 2017: • Requires
parental consent before a minor can be prescribed an opioid for
the
first time. • Requires prescribers to have a bona fide
relationship with the patient before pre-
scribing a controlled substance and to provide/refer that
patient for follow-up care.
• Requires licensed prescribers to review a patient's Michigan
Automated Prescrip-tion System (MAPS) report before prescribing a
controlled substance, which protects against "doctor shopping" for
prescription pills and allows prescribers to assess patient risk
for abuse.
• Requires physicians to provide any patients being treated for
opioid-related over-doses with information on services for
substance use disorders.
• Limits the amount of Schedule 2 controlled substances
(substances with a high potential for abuse) that can be prescribed
for a patient with acute pain. Addi-tionally, the measure also
allows pharmacists to fill prescriptions in increments so less
medication goes unused.
• Allows Medicaid to cover detoxification for opioid use
disorders. • Provides for the creation of age-appropriate
instruction for schools about pre-
scription opioid abuse. MCC is thankful to the bill
sponsors-Representative Joseph Bellino (D-Monroe),
Senator Steven Bieda (D-Warren), Senator Tonya Schuitmaker
6th annual bocce with the brothers
On Friday, January 26, 6pm, en-joy an evening getting to know
the Capuchin friars at Villa Penna, 43985 Hayes Road, Sterling
Heights. Tick-ets are $50 per person and include a buffet dinner,
cash bar, live and silent auctions, live music and dancing, and
unlimited bocce ball. Also featured will be Frank Krause’s Uptown
Sound, the Capuchin Soup Kitchen Choir, Piano by Noelle &
Friends, and speed painter Dave Santia. 100% of the proceeds will
benefit the De-troit Capuchin ministries. Sponsored by Shelving,
Inc. Call 313-579-2100 e x t . 1 5 3 f o r t i c k e t s .
www.TheCapuchins.org
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We are a welcoming Christian community sharing in the mission of
Jesus to proclaim the Kingdom of God. We strive to "make a
difference" within our local community and the world in which we
live.
Through our gatherings for prayer, sacraments and sharing the
Word of God, we are form-ing a growing community. Recognizing the
importance of each individual member, we call forth the varieties
of gifts, talents and ministries of all. We seek to join with
others who share in this mission. (7/23/03)
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The following is the entire prayer list of Christ the Redeemer
Church. If you would like someone added to
the prayers please call the parish office.
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…..please remember in your prayers the family of our parishioner
Gary Werschler who died; the family of Kathy Kleiss whose
sister-in-law Laura Keefe died; the family of Don Stone whose
mother Leatha Lighthis-er died.
For the Deceased
For Our Parishioners
Gary Werschler Joe McCarthy Betty Mlinar Therese Wisnewski Laura
Sanders Tim Wagner Gary Gurski Larry Stevens Olivia Koslowski Laura
Sanders Shirley Kovack Shawna Gruca Jane Lennox Tom Pruente Stella
Slimko Cody Baert Suzanne Gozdor Pat Nolf Peter Pletsch Carol Lamb
Bev Gall
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…..our country’s military per-sonnel especially those connected
to our parish.
For the Military
Paul Mentier nephew of Joan Weinert
Larry Stenli son of Rose Kennedy
Gary Beaupre brother of both Jean Beaupre
and Gail Dembek Carl Beiser
father of Catherine Lentz Blanche Davis
sister of Joe DiJanni John Kielich
brother of Theresa Bieser Stephen Witmer
son of Dennis & Pat Witmer Mary Greenaway
mother of Karen Swietlik John Buchanan
Rudy Bolf father of Nicola Juzysta
Katie Rogers cousin of Tom Rawski
Carla Spitler sister-in-law of Ron & Gloria Spitler
Fr. Tim Babcock Mary Karolak Janelle Denis
friend of Sue Enjaian Marc Manoulian
son-in-law of Tom Rawski Tom Jeszke
brother-in-law of Tom Rawski Adriana Zubieta
cousin of Gabriela Mendez Warren Carpenter
son-in-law of Rick & Julie Gillette Denise Brook
sister of Mary Elizabeth Murray Ron Doll
step father of Lisa Brown
For Loved Ones
Who Are Ill
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•Parish Council (Meets 4th Tuesday) Randy Gower
Commissions meet 2nd Tuesday •Education Chair:
Linsa Mayernik, 248-891-1842 •Parish Finance Council
Chair: Phil Patterson, 248-693-6335 •Service Chair: Marilyn
Cooke, 248-625-0384
•Stewardship Chair: Cheryl Corrion, 248-628-1723
•Worship Chair: Dave Budnick, 248-481-7640
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Director, Lisa Brown, ext. 20 [email protected]
Pre-K, Elementary Coordinators Karen Jbara and Michele Pinelli,
ext. 19
[email protected] Administrative, Gabriela
Mendez, ext. 14
[email protected] Middle School, Ann Blizzard and
Suzy Rhadigan, ext. 18 [email protected]
Youth Minister, Lisa Andridge, ext. 33
[email protected]
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9 am to 12:00 Noon, Friday Website Address:
www.ctredeemer.org
248.391.1621, (Fax) 248.391.3412 Administrative: Sue Enjaian,
ext. 10 e-mail: [email protected]
Administrative: Dawn Cejka, ext. 11 [email protected]
Finance: Christi Spencer, ext. 12 [email protected]
Christian Service: Karen Swietlik, ext. 17
[email protected] and
Lisa Pratt, ext. 17 [email protected] Stephen Ministry:
Roger Buches,
248.444.5750 Music Ministry: Mari Reyes, 674-4493
[email protected]
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2700 Waldon Rd, Lake Orion, MI 48360 Fr. Joe Dailey, Pastor
e-mail: [email protected]
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Sunday - 9:00 am & 11:00 am Daily - Check weekly
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