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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: 9:00 AM to 5:00 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: 11:00 AM
HOLY DAY SCHEDULESt. Peter: 9:00 AM - St. Alphonsus: 7:00 PM(this schedule rotates)
WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULESt. AlphonsusWednesday and Friday: 9:00 AMSt. PeterTuesday and Thursday: 9:00 AM
BAPTISM - Contact the parish office.
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATIONSt. Peter: 2:30-3:30 PM 1st, 3rd & 5th Saturdays St. Alphonsus: 10:00-11:00 AM 2nd & 4th Saturdays
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
Rose Forgiel: 517-447-3868
FOOD PANTRYOpen the 2nd Wednesday of the month from 1-3 PM at the Parish Center in Deerfield. (excluding November and December)
WINTER SNOW POLICYWhenever the local schools are canceled or delayed because of snow or ice, 9:00 AM daily mass will be canceled as well. The mass intention for that day will be rescheduled.
PARISH STAFF
PASTORRev. Jeff Poll
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 Club
January 1, 2016Solemnity of Mary, Holy Mother of God
A HUMBLE HEART
"Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart." (Luke 2:19)
May the Virgin make our hearts humble and submissive like her son's heart. In her the heart of Jesus was formed.
Let us learn to be humble, accepting humiliations with joy. We have been created for great things---why then should we stoop to things that would blur the beauty of our heart?
How many things we can learn from the Virgin!......Ask Jesus to help personalize your love for Mary------in order to be closer to her, as he is; in order to share with her everything, even the cross. Every one of us must carry his or her own cross; it is our sign of belonging to Christ. We need Mary to help us share it.
Mary's greatness lay in her humility. It is not surprising that Jesus, who lived so close to her, seemed determined to have us learn one thing above all: humility of heart.
KNIGHTS NEWS
Happy New Year! "May God bless us in His mercy."
Join the Knights this January and pay no dues in 2017. Enjoy all the spiritual, social emotional and financial benefits of belonging to the Knights of Columbus risk free. For information please visit www.kofc.org and call Mark at 734 279-2269 or Mike at 517 486-5966.
Did you know the Knights of Columbus has earned the highest possible rating for financial strength, currently: A++ (Superior) from ratings agency A.M. Best for 41years? "Through conservative management, active fraternalism, and high-quality insurance products, the fraternal society has grown to a multi-billion dollar international insurance organization," A.M. Best said of the Knights of Columbus.
March for Life will be Monday, January 16, at noon, beginning with a rally at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Adrian. The March for Life will then proceed to the courthouse. Our Council has been invited to be the U.S. flag bearers for this year's march. All Knights, their families, and our parishioners are encouraged to participate. If you can carry a flag, please call Mike at 517 486-5966 this week. For more march details, please contact Mrs. Hayes at 517 467-7991.
Our next Council meeting will be at 7:30 PM, January 5, and we will discuss January activities including Euchre Night, The Swiss Steak Dinner, March for Life, and Fraternal Benefits Night. On January 16, 7:00 pm, we will have a very important Officers’ meeting to complete our Annual Report for 2016 activities. All Knights are invited to both meetings. Please pray for a generous increase in membership.
MEALS ON WHEELS DRIVERS NEEDED
Light of Christ Parish is responsible for delivery of Meals on
Wheels for January 9-20. Please use the s i g n u p s h e e t i n B l i s s f i e ld o r ca l l Finola Campbell at 517
486-2838 to volunteer.
Three drivers are needed each day. Delivery begins at 11:00 am (arrive by 10:45am) and takes approximately 1 and 1/2 hours. Your help is greatly appreciated by these home-bound seniors! Sign up to make a difference in someone’s day!!
LET’S TALK LITURGYby Margaret O’Malley
Merry Christmas!
I have been listening to people talking about how happy they were to have December 26 off so they could put ‘Christmas away’! I think they have bought into the retail sale idea that the twelve days of Christmas are the days before December 25th! The twelve days of Christmas start on Christmas Day and end on January 5th.
There is an interesting history to the song The Twelve Days of Christmas.
It is an English Christmas carol. From 1558 until 1829, Roman Catholics in England were not permitted to practice their faith openly. Someone during that era wrote this carol as a catechism song for young Catholics. It has two levels of meaning: the surface meaning plus a hidden meaning known only to members of the Church. Each element in the carol has a code word for a religious reality which the children could remember. To fit the number scheme, when you reach number 9, representing the Fruits of the Holy Spirit, the originator combined the 6 fruits that were similar: the fruit in each parenthesis is the one was not named separately. There are actually Twelve Fruits of the Holy Spirit.
The “True Love” one hears in the song is not a smitten boy or girlfriend but Jesus Christ, because truly Love was born on Christmas Day. The partridge in the pear tree also represents Him because that bird is willing to sacrifice its life if necessary to protect its young by feigning injury to draw away predators.
According to Ann Ball in her book, HANDBOOK OF CATHOLIC SACRAMENTALS:
Two turtle doves: the Old and New Testaments.
Three French hens: faith, hope, and love.
Four calling birds: four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
Five golden rings: first five books of the Old Testament.
Six geese a-laying: six days of creation.
Seven swans-a-swimming: sevenfold gifts of the Holy Spirit----Prophesy, Serving, Teaching, Exhortation, Contribution, Leadership, and Mercy.
Eight maids-a-milking: eight beatitudes.
Nine ladies dancing: nine fruits of the Holy Spirit----Charity, Joy, Peace, Patience (Forbearance), Goodness (Kindness), Mildness, Fidelity, Modesty, Continency (Chastity).
Ten lords-a-leaping: Ten Commandments.
Eleven pipers piping: eleven faithful Apostles.
Twelve drummers drumming: twelve points of belief in The Apostles’ Creed.
Original Source: Fr. Calvin Goodwin, FSSP, Nebraska
EUCHRE NIGHT Sponsored by Knights of ColumbusSaturday, January 21, 5:30PM
at the Blissfield Church Hall
Join us for a fun evening with a light lunch served after mass for all card players.
SWEEPSTAKES NEWS
Sweepstakes tickets should be returned by January 17. They can be placed in the
collection or dropped off at the parish office.
The winner of the December Sweepstakes
drawing is Mike Strahan, ticket #16-3701, sold by Mary Strahan. Good luck to all in 2017!!
Raffle YTD: $3,990.008% Participation
SCHEDULED MASSES WITH INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK
Tuesday, January 3 - 9:00 AM - St. PeterIn memory of Francis Culhane
15 years
Wed., January 4 - 9:00 AM - St. AlphonsusIn memory of Frank Stasko
55 years
Thursday, January 5 - 9:00 AM - St. PeterIn memory of Sharon Sheldon
9 years
Friday, January 6 - 9:00 AM - St. AlphonsusIn memory of Volney Payne
46 years
Saturday, January 7Vigil
4:00 PM - St. PeterIn memory of Frankie Briggs
35th Birthdayby family
5:30 PM - St. AlphonsusIn memory of Jim Witt
by Karlene Iott
Sunday, January 8
8:00 AM - St. AlphonsusIn memory of Lawrence Steger
by Barb & Dick Hadden & family
11:00 AM - St. Peter In memory of Shirley Keller
by Larry & Sue Fetzer
~READINGS FOR THE WEEK~
Solemnity of Mary, Holy Mother of GodJanuary 1, 2017
Numbers 6:22-27Galatians 4:4-7Luke 2:16-21
The Epiphany of the LordJanuary 8, 2017Isaiah 60:1-6
Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6Matthew 2:1-12
LET US PRAY FOR OUR SICK AND SHUT-INS
Please call the parish office if you would like to receive the sacrament of Anointing of the Sick, which can be done before/after mass, at your home or in the hospital. Also, if you or someone you know is on the above list and no longer needs to be, please contact the office.
Stewardship ReportDecember 24/25, 2016
Total Sunday: $12,269.00Total Loose: $290.00Christmas: $3,841.00
Initial Offering: $225.00Solemnity of Mary: $161.00
Retired Religious: $35.00
Total Envelopes: 255
Becky BranscumBecky BrewerMartha BrownFinola CampbellIsabelle DeLaCruzAnn DeNudtWebb DrewCarmen GarciaMary GenchiKaty GoodmanMakenzie GreerBarbara HaddenJoan HamiltonCarrie HartleyJim HashmanAmy HenningKristie HorkeyJerry IottMarilyn Iott
Ed JacobsonSusan JohnsonNorma KellyMarie KieplinskiBetty Knapp Shelly MolaroCarol MuellerJoseph MuellerJohn MusielewiczBev PiferMargaret PolukaPatty RankPat RileyJim SheldonLena SilvaVivian TackCatherine WielfaertMark Willaert
THIS WEEK IN OUR PARISH
Sunday, January 1✠Religious Education✠
Break
Thursday, January 5✠Knights of Columbus Meeting✠
Blissfield, 7:30 PM
Sunday, January 8✠RCIA Session✠
Deerfield, 9:00AM
✠Religious Education✠Deerfield, 9:15-10:30 AMBlissfield, 9:30-10:45 AM
HS @ Deerfield, 6:00-8:00 PM
CALLED & GIFTED WORKSHOP
God is calling you to a unique purpose in life, a work of love that only you can do. The Called and Gifted Workshop will teach participants about the charisms given to you by the Holy Spirit at Baptism and start you on a process of lifelong discernment.
The 10 hour workshop is offered on Friday evening (7:00 pm – 9:30 pm) and Saturday (8:00 am – 4:00 pm) at the following locations:
January 13-14 – Most Holy Trinity, FowlerJanuary 20-21 - St. John the Evangelist, FentonJanuary 27-28 – Immaculate Heart of Mary, LansingFebruary 3-4 - St. John the Evangelist, JacksonFebruary 10-11 - St. Thomas the Apostle, Ann Arbor
See http://www.dioceseoflansing.org/evangelization-lay-formation for specific details and for more information.
SEEKING CAREGIVER FOR ELDERLY MOTHER
Seeking to hire an individual as part of an in-home caregiving team providing 24/7 care for our 90 year old mother living in Blissfield.
Key Information: ● Seeking someone close by with a flexible schedule ● Legally blind and unable to walk or stand by herself thus needing transfers from bed to chair, etc. ● Primary Needs: Companionship, interaction & meals ● You will be welcomed as part of a loving, caring team
Please contact: Cynthia at 517-486-3100/ 517-902-4296 or Mike at 989-725-2753/ 989-721-1087
MARRIAGE RETREAT
You are invited to a new evening marriage retreat at St. Francis Retreat Center on J a n u a r y 2 0 t h f r o m 5 : 1 5 - 9 : 1 5 p m entitled:"Learning to Love Each Other in the Little Things." Daily life can strengthen or weaken your marriage depending on your shared focus.
Learn ways to deepen your love and commitment you promised each other on your wedding day. Enjoy an evening together. $60 per couple and includes dinner and handouts. Info and registration at http://www.stfrancis.ws/ or 517-669-8321. Directed by Tony Sperendi.
MONEY COUNTERS NEEDED
We could use a few more money counters at our Deerfield site, particularly if you are available on Tuesday at 9:00am or noon. Please contact Nancie in the office if you are interested in this important ministry.
FOOD PANTRY HOURS CHANGE
Beginning in January, the Food Pantry will only be open once a month, the 2nd Wednesday from 1-3pm.
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