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St.Alphonsus Church 222 Carey st., Deerfield, MI 49238 Ph: 517-447-3500St. Peter The Apostle Church 309 S. Lane st., Blissfield, MI 49228 Ph: 517-486-2156
www.lightofchristparish.com email: [email protected]
PARISH OFFICE HOURS
St. AlphonsusTuesday & Thursday: 8:30 AM to 5:30 PMWednesday: 8:30 AM to 2:00 PMSt. PeterMonday: 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULESt. AlphonsusSaturday: 5:30 PM - Sunday: 8:00 AMSt. PeterSaturday: 4:00 PM - Sunday: 10:00 AM
(effective Memorial Day weekend)
HOLY DAY SCHEDULESt. Alphonsus: 7:00 PM - St. Peter: 9:00 AM
WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULESt. AlphonsusWednesday and Friday: 9:00 AMSt. PeterTuesday and Thursday: 9:00 AM
BAPTISM - Contact the parish office.
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATIONSt. Peter: By appointment.
SACRAMENT OF THE SICKPlease call the office if someone is in the hospital, sick or homebound and would like to be visited and receive the Eucharist or the Sacrament of the Sick.
SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGEPlease contact the pastor 9-12 months before preferred date.
PRAYER CHAINContact Person - Millie Larson: 517-447-3636
FOOD PANTRYOpen the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month from 1-3 PM at the Parish Center in Deerfield. (excluding November and December)
PARISH STAFF
PASTORRev. Jack Loughran, O.S.F.S.
Email: [email protected]
Weekend Associate PastorsRev. Dan Lannen, O.S.F.S.Rev. Joe Newman, O.S.F.S.
Deacon Jim HashmanEmail: [email protected]
DIRECTOR OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATIONDeanna Burke: [email protected]
LITURGISTMargaret O’Malley: [email protected]
MUSIC DIRECTORKaren Nevins: [email protected]
734-730-0007
SECRETARIAL STAFFBookkeeper, Parish Data and
Sacramental RecordsNancie Van Black: [email protected]
Bulletin Editor and SchedulingLeanne Goodin: [email protected]
Bulletin Deadline: Tuesday at noon. Please email material to: [email protected]
MAINTENANCE STAFFKim Diver - Director
Ben Burke
PASTORAL COUNCILPlease call the parish office for contact info.
PARISH COMMISSIONSFinance CommissionWorship Commission
Education CommissionSocial Ministry Commission
PARISH ORGANIZATIONSMen’s Club
Altar Rosary SocietyKnights of ColumbusHeritage Garden ClubParish Life Committee
August 3, 2014
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
AM I DOING ENOUGH?
When confronted with the Gospel, I often wonder if I am doing enough. it's not a matter of scrupulosity or of believing that my salvation depends on my own efforts. Rather, I listen to the call of Jesus and I look, quite honestly, at the comfort in which I live, and it seems to me that being a disciple requires more than I am giving.
Surely, I think, I must go off and do something else----something grand. But then who would read the bedtime stories?
Yes, the call of Jesus is to also dig deeper and open ourselves to greater, more sacrificial love. And sometimes we're called to leave where we are to do that.
But other times, there is no need for us to go away, no need to do anything but look where we are now, hand what we find over to Jesus, and let him work with what we have, where we are right now.
Jesus, take what I have and bless it so others will be fed.
KNIGHTS NEWS
"O Holy Spirit, beloved of my soul, I adore You. Enlighten me, guide me, strengthen me, console me. Tell me what I should do, give me Your orders. I promise to submit myself to all that You desire of me, and to accept all that You permit to happen to me. Let me only know Your will." Please say this prayer everyday for 9 days beginning August 6. Our next Council meeting and a brief Officers Installation Ceremony is Thursday, August 7, at 7:30 PM. Officers will meet Monday, August 4, at 7:00 PM. Both meetings will be at our Blissfield site. Congratulations Knights for completion of phase 1 of our door refinishing project. We dearly appreciate everyone's patience while we complete this very labor intensive project. Did you know that as a Knight your wife and children are eligible for low cost life insurance coverage? For more information about joining the Knights, please call Mark at 734 279-2269, Mel at 517 486-4022, or Bernie at 517 260-3471. Choose the candidates you are going to vote for in November now! Please vote in the August primaries so the candidates you prefer to represent you are on the November ballot.
LET’S TALK LITURGYby Margaret O’Malley
Every year on the first weekend of August there is a regional training for folks who teach religious education classes in our parishes. There are a variety of required topics that catechists must take to become fully certified. During this training many of these topics are offered in two hour sessions. For the last eight or nine years I have had the pleasure of facilitating several of these topics.
This year I will be doing two of the classes – Church and Liturgy/Worship. In the session on Church we will look at what the Church is. We will look at church as more than buildings or even a worldwide institution. The church is a community of people, called through our baptism, to publicly acknowledge that Jesus is Lord. That is a daunting task! But if we support one another as we gather each week for mass we can accomplish it!
As Fr. Jack said last week in his weekly post, we are all called to ministry by virtue of our baptism. We represent the church in all we do throughout the week. My mother used to say that we had to behave in certain ways when we were away from home because our behavior was a reflection of her and my dad and what we were learning at home. That same thing is true of the church. What we do, no matter where we are, is a reflection of our faith! We are involved in evangelization with every person we come in contact with. Hopefully we take our baptismal call seriously and represent our faith well!
Pray for all the catechists and instructors gathered this weekend. They have a big job ahead as they prepare to share their faith with the young people of our region!
QUOTE FOR THE WEEK-
“Nothing is so strong as gentleness; nothing so gentle as real strength.”
-St. Francis de Sales
AN APPEAL FOR THE MISSION OF THE MISSIONARIES OF ST.
FRANCIS DE SALES IN AFRICA
My name is Fr. Kurian and I am an African missionary from India . We the missionaries of St. Francis de Sales, more than 150 priests, work in 12 African nations. I will be visiting your parish the weekend of August 16/17, celebrating all masses and sharing my message.
This appeal is for the orphanage in Tabora, Tanzania to provide drinking water and education for 120 orphans.
Our main mission is evangelization. We also engage in education and social apostolate. The traditional African religious people need to hear the good news and they are ready to become Catholics. We go to the villages, establish village churches and local Christian communities. We run clinics to provide medicines and treatment. Our orphanages shelter the orphan children, schools educate them, and vocational training institutes equip them with necessary job oriented skills. Our seminaries train future priests.
We need Churches, Chapels, Schools, Dispensaries, Orphanages, Boarding Houses, a Home for the Aged, Training Centers, Social Action Centers, and Residences for missionaries. These are our urgent needs in the missions.
A village chapel
A typical African village
Holy Eucharist under a tree
Young seminarians of Missionaries of St. F r a n c i s D e S a l e s performing a native A f r i c a n d a n c e a t Morogoro.
SAVE THE DATE!FALL 2014 CONFIRMATION RETREAT
Please mark your calendars now for the mandatory (required by the Diocese) overnight Confirmation Retreat. The retreat is a combined effort of the parishes in the Lenawee Vicariate. It 's a wonderful opportunity for the youth to come together in preparation for their Confirmation.
Students, we have already reserved a spot just for you at Camp Michindoh in Hillsdale for our Fall Overnight Confirmation Retreat. The retreat will be on Saturday, October 18, through Sunday, October 19. Please plan to attend with our group and avoid having to attend a retreat with another parish from another Vicariate. Our group won't be the same without you!
There will be a meeting for parents and confirmandi this fall with more detailed information regarding the retreat.
Deanna BurkeDirector of Religious Education
Exercise your right to VOTE! Vote in the Michigan Primary on Tuesday, August 5. Polls are open from 7:00am to 8:00pm.
SWEEPSTAKES NEWS
The winner of July’s Sweepstakes drawing is Marie Woodbury, ticket #14-4611. Marie sold the ticket to herself, so she is a double
winner! Good luck to all in August!
SCHEDULED MASSES WITH INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK
Tuesday, August 5 - 9:00 AM - St. PeterIn memory of Nancy Jacques
19 years
Saturday, August 9Vigil
4:00 PM - St. PeterIn memory of Adam Nathanial Nevins & LJ Long
by Karen & Ken Nevins
5:30 PM - St. AlphonsusIn memory of Alice Hearl
by Bob & Barb Rains
Sunday, August 10
8:00 AM - St. AlphonsusFor the People of the Parish
10:00 AM - St. PeterIn memory of Ken Brown
7th Anniversaryby Audrey & family
THIS WEEK IN OUR PARISH
Monday, August 4!K of C Officers’ Meeting!
Blissfield, 7:00 PM
Tuesday, August 5!Staff Meeting!
Deerfield, 10:00 AM
Wednesday, August 6!K of C Meeting!
Blissfield, 7:30 PM
~READINGS FOR THE WEEK~
Eighteenth Sunday In Ordinary TimeAugust 3, 2014Isaiah 55: 1-3
Romans 8: 35, 37-39Matthew 14: 13-21
Nineteenth Sunday In Ordinary TimeAugust 10, 2014
1 Kings 19: 9a, 11-13aRomans 9: 1-5
Matthew 14: 22-33
LET US PRAY FOR OUR SICK AND SHUT-INS
Stewardship ReportJuly 26/27, 2014
Total Sunday: $4,856.00Total Loose: $163.50Mercy Fund: $45.00
Total Envelopes: 172(If you or someone you know is on this list and no longer needs to be, please contact the office.)
Doyle BachmanBarbara BranscumBecky BranscumFinola CampbellCheryl CollierRon CoopshawIsabelle DeLaCruzWebb DrewJohn DrewiorKaty GoodmanMakenzie GreerJoan HamiltonCarrie HartleyJim HashmanKristie HorkeyEd JacobsonSusan JohnsonNorma KellyMarie KieplinskiBetty Knapp
Lenny KoltoniakKarleen LangmeyerMary MartinezGerry McGaffiganRobert MillerShelly MolaroJoseph MuellerNina PixleyPatty RankPat RileyEddie RodriguezDon RoweJim SheldonJim SieringJo SpiegelVivian TackJim VanDeveldeCatherine WielfaertMark WillaertBob Zimmerman
Please join us for Catholic Charities 4th Annual Charity Golf Outing on Friday, August 22, 2014, beginning at 11:30 a.m. located at Lakeland Hills Golf Club in nearby Jackson.
Entry fee is $50 a golfer/$200 for foursome. Includes 18 holes of golf with cart, sandwiches to enjoy before your round, snack bag during your round, and complimentary grilled hot dogs and cupcakes after the round.
Great Prizes! Great Fun! Beer/Pop/Wine Cooler Cart!
Seniors Golf from front tees! Easy access parking!
At 5:30 p.m. the Ball Drop takes place. The ball closest to the hole wins first choice of 3
great prizes! Tickets available now, only $5!
To reserve your spot, become a sponsor, or if you cannot attend but would like to make a donation, please contact Ben Cipra at 517-263-2191 or [email protected].
Proceeds from this event benefit homeless youth, children who have endured abuse, neglect, and severe traumatic events, and families struggling with mental illness and substance abuse.
DID YOU KNOW???
Celebrated every year on August 15, the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary commemorates the death of Mary and her bodily assumption into Heaven, before her body could begin to decay--a foretaste of our own bodily resurrection at the end of time. Because it signifies the Blessed Virgin's passing into eternal life, it is the most important of all Marian feasts and a Holy Day of Obligation.
HERITAGE GARDEN & MEMORIAL BRICKS
We hope everyone has noticed the blossoms and greening up of our beautiful Heritage Garden. The garden club has been hard at work cleaning, trimming, laying mulch and weeding.
Later this summer we will be sending in an order for engraved bricks. Orders forms are available on our website, in the back of church or at the office.
Our order must be submitted in quantities of 14 or more and will only be submitted once a year. Don’t miss this opportunity! Bricks make a unique gift for Graduation, in memory of a loved one, or for special birthdays or anniversaries.
