Ash Wednesday 5 February 14 Distribution of Ashes at all prayer services. Chapel will be open all day. Prayer Services: 7:30 am, 12:00 Noon, 4:00 pm and 7:00 pm.
Return palms Please return last year’s palms by Monday, February 12 for the burning of the palms. Save the date Michigan Blood Drive Saturday, February 24, 7:30-1:30 Experience the world Show you care by giving the gift of life! famous passion play in If you’re healthy, 17 or older (16 with parent/guardian permission), Oberammergau and weigh 110 pounds or more, you may be eligible to give blood. September 11-19, 2020 With Fr. Mike Verschaeve If you’d like to donate, sign up after weekend Masses beginning and Fr. Joe this weekend and all weekends in February. You may also sign up at www.miblood.org. Interested? You’re invited to an information meeting on Mon- Special Promotion! day, February 19, 7pm at St. Joe’s Attempt to donate and be entered for a chance to win a in Marian Hall. 2 Night Stay in a family suite w/water passes compliments of Great Wolf Lodge! Questions, please contact Lisa Sherman at [email protected]
Renewal of wedding vows Whether you have been married Keeping our promise to protect one month or 50+ years, we wish to The Archdiocese requires that all of our adult volunteers who invite all married couples to come work with children attend a Protecting God’s Children workshop. This celebrate their marriage by renewing workshop alerts adults to signs of child abuse but, more importantly, vows and seeking God’s continued offers a variety of ways to ensure the safety of our children. It is an grace for a life together. Vows will excellent program with small group discussion from which all parents be renewed at the 9 and 11am Mass- could benefit as well. es on Sunday, February 11. Come We will be hosting a PGC workshop here at Christ the Redeemer and relive that special day when you on Saturday, March 3 from 9am-12pm. The kindness of an RSVP is said “I do!!!” requested to Gabriela at [email protected]. Page 2 Christ the Redeemer, Lake Orion
Prayer service for healing Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, has writ- ten a new book, A Pope Francis Lexicon. In this excerpt, Join us at a Prayer Service for Cardinal Cupich reflects on Pope Francis’ image of a Healing on Friday, February 9 at ‘field hospital’ to define church life. 7:00 pm in the Chapel. Come if you Jorge Bergoglio needed just a few minutes to radically reori- would like to pray for a loved one, ent the Catholic Church. In the days leading up to a conclave, cardinals deliver yourself, or if you would like to sup- addresses designed to help their brothers discern where the Spirit is calling the port others who are in need. church. Some go longer, some shorter. In his 2013 pre-conclave intervention, Whether you have the gift of great Cardinal Bergoglio did not waste his time. faith, or your faith has been chal- “In [the book of] Revelation,” the soon-to-be-pope explained, “Jesus says lenged by illness, loss, or painful life that he is at the door and knocks.” The idea, he continued, is that Jesus is knock- transitions, you’ll have the oppor- ing from outside the door. But Cardinal Bergoglio inverted the image and, ac- tunity to life up your hearts to God cording to notes he later gave to Cardinal Jaime Ortega, asked his brother cardi- within a safe and supportive circle. nals and indeed the whole church to consider “the times in which Jesus knocks We’ll complete the evening by shar- from within so that we will let him come out.” When the church keeps Christ to ing refreshments and conversation herself and does not let him out, he continued, it becomes “self-referential— and in the Bethany room. then gets sick.” To avoid this, according to Cardinal Bergoglio, the church must All are welcome. If you would go out of itself to the peripheries, to minister to the needy. like to request individual healing This is evangelization. This is the mission entrusted to the church by Jesus prayer at the end of service, please Christ—and it was precisely in this moment that he foreshadowed his program contact [email protected] for the Catholic Church as a “field hospital” for the wounded, a profound, in- deed stunning image he would deliver in a surprise interview with Antonio Spa- Have You Heard daro, S.J., soon after he became pope. From Us? By calling the church a “field hospital,” Pope Francis calls us to radically Did you fill out a volunteer rethink ecclesial life. He is challenging all of us to give priority to the wounded. commitment card this past fall? If This means placing the needs of others before our own. The “field hospital so we would like to thank you! We church” is the antithesis of the “self-referential church.” It is a term that triggers are making every effort to ensure the imagination, forcing us to rethink our identity, mission and our life together that all volunteers have been con- as disciples of Jesus Christ. tacted. Has someone from the min- By calling the church a “field hospital,” Pope Francis calls us to radically istries you are hoping to be a part of rethink ecclesial life. Medics are useless if the wounded cannot reach them. connected with you? If not, please Those who have the bandages go to those with the wounds. They do not sit back contact Christi Spencer in the office; in their offices waiting for the needy to come to them. The field hospital mar- [email protected] or 248-391 shals all its institutional resources in order to serve those who most need help -1621 ext. 12. Our goal is to help now. everyone interested in volunteering When the church becomes a field hospital, it can radically change the way find a place to use their gifts. we view our community life. Instead of being defined as a group of people that The Stewardship Commission live in the same neighborhood, have a common ethnic heritage or social status, regularly go to Mass or are the registered parishioners, we understand ourselves as those who take up the work of healing by sharing in the sufferings of others. 2018 Summer faith We are a community that taps into and shares our talents to find creative ways to formation help those most in need. We already know this about ourselves, as Jesus gave us July 16-19 & July 23-26 from this truth at the very start of his ministry when he announced that he was sent 9am-12pm “to bring glad tidings to the poor, sent to proclaim liberty to captives and recov- Summer Faith Formation (SFF) ery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, and to proclaim a year ac- is an opportunity for children enter- ceptable to the Lord” (Lk 4:18). ing grades 1-5 in the fall of 2018. That is Christ’s challenge for the church today: to be a field hospital for the The program is inspired by the needy. To bring those glad tidings, not to sit back and wait for those who need “Catechesis of the Good Shepherd”, them to ask. To go out, to travel to the peripheries where the oppressed reside. a Montessori-based contemplative To be with the wounded on the field of battle. This is what is acceptable to the approach for the religious formation Lord. It is radical. Mercy always is. And as Pope Francis continues to remind us of children. Children are expected of this truth, he takes us back to our Christian roots, helping us realize that this to attend all eight days. Registration challenge has been with us all along. details will be forthcoming in the Fr. Joe Spring of 2018. Christ the Redeemer, Lake Orion
Crazy Catholic What can I do to help protect children from the likes of the Larry Nassar’s of this world? In the United States 1 out of 4 girls/women and 1 out of 7 boys/men are vic- tims of sexual predators. The first step in lowering these appalling statistics is by becoming informed and aware ourselves. As a mother of three daughters, in the wake of the Larry Nassar sentencing and having listened to all the tragic, emo- 20-Minute tional testimonies of the beautiful, courageous women whose lives he impacted, I Circle of Grace want to compel every member of our community, especially our parents, to Parent Presentation consider participating in a couple timely, informative and relevant programs Sunday, Feb. 25th at coming up here at CTR. 12:30PM The Catholic Church is, of course, no stranger to scandal. In fact, the failure Please join us for an important, of our own leaders to protect the children in our care was one of the first big 20-minute program on safe envi- cover ups to come to public light. If you haven’t seen the movie Spotlight yet, ronments and right relationships DO . It is an important film that won the best picture Oscar in 2016 about our that will serve as an introduction to own dark history that helps raise awareness of the insidious ways we sometimes the curriculum being presented to unwittingly participate in systemic failure and abuse of power that can lead to your children at our March Faith such unfathomable tragedy. Formation classes as required by
Since the story broke on our own scandals, the Catholic church, to our credit, the Archdiocese of Detroit. has lead the way in the research, development and prolific offering of some stel- Lisa Haugh presenting. Child- lar, free programs that provide top notch guidance in how we can work together care provided on request. RSVP to to keep our children safe from harm. Here are some that we are hosting right [email protected] here at CTR in the next few weeks: Circle of Grace Sunday, February 25 at 12:30pm all are welcome to join us for a quick 20- The Last Train is minute presentation on safe environments and right relationships. Some great leaving the Station! safety tips, signs to look for and very helpful resources will be shared. Anyone If your child hopes to make who cares about children and/or has young people in their lives can benefit from her/his First Eucharist and/or First this short course. No RSVP necessary. Just grab a donut, some coffee and join us Reconciliation this spring or sum- after Mass in the chapel. mer - get on board! We have added
Called to Serve "Late-Registration" dates for This interactive safe environment training program designed for teens grades both...but this is your LAST chance 9-12 will be held here at CTR on Sunday, April 15 from 1-4pm. The important to get your child into our prepara- information shared is empowering and absolutely essential to every young person tion process! Baptismal certificate in our community. This workshop is an Archdiocesan requirement for all our and RSVP required to Ga- teens who volunteer with children in our parish. Please register with Lisa briela, [email protected]. Andridge at [email protected]. • Reconciliation Prep: Monday, Feb. 5 at 4:30pm or Thursday, Protecting God's Children March 1 at 4:30pm This safe environment training program for adults will be held here at CTR on • First Eucharist Prep: Saturday, March 3 from 9am-Noon. The Archdiocese requires that ALL of Wednesday, Feb. 21 at 4:30pm our adult volunteers who work with children attend this workshop which alerts adults to signs of child abuse but, more importantly, offers a variety of ways to ensure the safety of our children. It is an excellent program—ALL the adults in our community are invited. The kindness of an RSVP is requested to Gabriela "No-Shush" Prayer at [email protected]. Service
For both Called to Serve and Protecting God's Children we bring in (in mine CTR’s 20-minute "No-Shush" and many other people’s opinion) The best local presenter, Michelle Pittel, who prayer service is held on the 2nd works with teens at Notre Dame Prep. All participants WILL leave enlightened Sunday of each month at 1pm in and informed and the three hours with Michelle truly flies by. the Chapel. The next service will be February 11. This service Let’s do our due diligence as a community to inform ourselves so we can be is designed especially for families protectors and advocates for our children and work together to put an end to the who have a child with special needs. horrors such as our own church scandals and those propagated by Nassar and All are welcome! Questions, con- others who pose a threat to our most precious gift; our children. tact Shannon Carlson at carlson- Send your "Crazy Catholic Questions" Lisa Brown at [email protected] or [email protected] read past columns at: http://crazycatholicquestions.blogspot.com.
Who is Love INC?
Love in the Name of Christ continues to serve residents of North Oakland County with financial needs, such as rent and utility assistance, home repairs, clothing and emergency food needs. This spring will be their 10th anniversary! 2016 love inc Patricia Duke was hired as the new Executive Director replacing Sandy Clearinghouse Weaver. We currently have 25 partner churches within our affiliate. statistics: Christ the Redeemer has many dedicated parishioners who give generously Client Related Calls Received: 4120 give their time to serving Community Free Meals, working in the clothing closet, Families Served: 479 household ministry, and working at the clearinghouse office. Thank you to all Family Needs Met: 1401 those who have volunteered with Love INC and helped our many community Church Referrals: 230 neighbors. Volunteers are always needed so please let us know if you have some Agency Referrals: 494 time to give. Please continue to support Love INC, and take a tag from the yellow heart • The Clothes Closet is located at in the vestibule during the month of February. We are collecting linens, and St. Mary of the Hills Episcopal small appliances for Bed, Blessings and Beyond. All the items are due back the Church on Joslyn. weekend of February 24/25. Please stop by the Love INC table in the vestibule • Bed, Blessings and Beyond for additional information. (household items) is located at Thank you from the bottom of our heart for your continued support. Christ the King on Drahner • Little Luxuries (personal needs) is located at Christ the King on Drahner H LY Donation Hours: Tuesday/Thursdays 9am-12 noon SP KES Bike Donations Do you have an old bike in your garage or base- ment? Lake Orion residents Becky and Kenn Osbourne refurbish and repair used bikes to donate to LOVE INC clients who either can not afford a car or do not have a valid drivers license and need transportation. They are located behind Webber Elementary School at 3191 Clarkston Road. For more infor- mation, call 586-894-8895, email at [email protected] or go to http:// holyspokes.org Share the love A Fashion Show Benefit for Love INC Love inc Wednesday, February 28 Community free meals Boulder Pointe Golf Club 1 Champions Circle, Oxford Did you know that more than 10 area churches in the Love INC network • provide a free, hot meal for anyone in Oxford and Lake Orion? Below is the list 5pm Shopping & Silent Auction • of days and locations for each meal. You or anyone you know are welcome re- 6pm Dinner • gardless of age, race, religion or financial circumstance. Many seniors come each 7pm Fashion Show featuring week and have formed their own community during the mealtime. Many resi- fashions from dents bring their families just to help stretch their food bill. All are welcome. The Boulevard Boutique Perhaps you would like to join our team of volunteer servers? Christ the Re- deemer volunteers serve at Christ the King Church on Drahner in Oxford the Tickets: $35 per person 3rd and 4th Thursday of each month. Please call Lisa Pratt or Karen Swietlik in Table of 10: $300 the parish office with any questions. Tickets are available at The • Mondays-Lake Orion United Methodist Church-partnering with St. Mary’s Boulevard Boutique, 5 S. Washington, in the Hills Episcopal Church. Oxford, 248-408-1096 or • Tuesdays-Immanuel Congregational Church-partnering with St. Joseph Par- online at loveincofnoc.org ish • Wednesday-Oxford United Methodist Church-partnering with King of Kings Lutheran Church • Thursday-Christ the King Church-partnering with Christ the Redeemer
Using medications safely Members of the Service Commis- Pharmacists and health systems play an sion will be hosting Soup Suppers this important role in preventing medication Lenten Season. Join us for soup, errors. Here are a few tips for you to use bread and fellowship from 6-7pm on medicines safely and effectively. Thursday, February 22, March 1, 8, • Keep a list of all medications. Include: prescribed drugs, nonprescription and 15. Each Thursday, a repre- medicines, herbal supplements, home remedies, medical foods and any aller- sentative from four non-profit agen- gies. cies we tithe to will give us a brief • Tell your health care provider how you actually take your medication, espe- update on the work they do. An op- cially if this is different from the prescribed directions. tional free will offering will be donat- • Learn the names of your prescribed drug, dosage strength and schedules. ed to the organization at the end of • Ask if you should avoid certain foods, beverages, other medicines or activi- the evening. ties while you are taking the drug. It is imperative that we have an • Ask for any written information available on the drug product. accurate count for each meal in order • Question anything you don’t understand or that doesn't seem right. Be alert to plan for enough soup. Please sign to unexpected changes, such as receiving a prescription refill that seems to up in the vestibule for each meal you have a different strength or appearance from your original prescription. plan to attend. • Show that you understand how to use your mediation by repeating infor- • February 22-Elizabeth Kelly, mation about your prescription back to your doctor or pharmacist. Executive Director of HOPE • Remember, you can always ask to speak to the pharmacist if you have ques- Warming Center tions. • March 1-Susan Nye-Brothers- Source: www.SafeMedication.com NOCP Refugee Resettlement Mission • March 8-Lew Elbert, CCRT (Catholic Community Response Team) Stephen Ministers are often called the AFTER • March 15-Patricia Duke, Execu- tive Director of LOVE INC PEOPLE. Stephen Ministers are there: AFTER the phone call you hoped you’d never get. AF- SOUP MAKERS NEEDED TER the divorce papers are served and the bot- Soup Makers are needed for all tom falls out of our life. AFTER the funeral, four dates to provide soup for our when everyone has left and the emotions you’ve held at bay come crashing in on meal. If you love to cook, please sign you. AFTER the doctor says, “I’m sorry, but there’s nothing more we can do.” up in the vestibule to provide enough AFTER the last child honks the horn, waves, and drives away, and the house soup for 10-12 guests in a disposable suddenly seems empty. AFTER the baby arrives, demanding more of you than container or crock pot. Soup should you ever dreamed possible. AFTER you find a pink slip with your final be dropped off by 4 pm that day. paycheck. AFTER your family and friends have heard your story one too many Instruction sheets available at the ta- times, but you still need to talk it out. ble. For information or questions, Stephen Ministers are the AFTER people. They are ready to come along- please call Karen Swietlik or Lisa side you-or your friends, neighbors, coworkers, or relatives-and provide comfort Pratt in the parish office. and support for as long AFTER as needed. If you would like to become a Ste- phen Minister, or if you or someone you love is in need of a Stephen Minister please call Roger Buches at 248-444-5750 (call or text) or rog- JUST AN IDEA ABOUT [email protected] KOHL'S CASH We have a new class for Stephen Ministers beginning Once again, we will accept your in March. If interested contact Roger or Karen S. in the unused Kohl’s Cash through Febru- parish office. ary to purchase boots for the home- less. Please email Nancy at clan- [email protected] if you have some to donate. Thank you for your donations. Page 6 Christ the Redeemer, Lake Orion Spring Break Mission April 4-6 For the past 18 years or so, the teens of our parish have spent three days during Spring Break and one week in the summer volunteering with the Motor City Blight Busters in the Old Redford Upcoming Event Updates district of Detroit. Our days begin with a social gathering and prayer at CTR and Wednesday, February 14 – Ash Wednesday then we car pool to the city to be Wednesday, April 4 – Friday, April 6 – Spring Break Mission Christ’s hands and feet in action. After Saturday, May 19 – Adopt-a-Road Clean up serving others and experiencing new Monday, July 9 – Friday, July 13 – Summer Mission adventures, we return home dirty, Friday, July 13 – Sunday, July 15 – Summer Mission Camping sweaty and tired but ready to go back. Trip Our days are filled with a variety of ac- tivities and include painting murals, cleaning trash, clearing home sites, reflection From the youth minister, spreading mulch and gravel and even Mark 1:29-39 weeding and sweeping the streets. Today in Mark’s Gospel, we see how Jesus offers hope in the face of There is no job too big or too small for human pain and suffering. He heals the sick and casts out demons every- a heart that walks with Jesus. If you where he goes. He proclaims the Word of God in what he does and what he have a teen in grades 9-12 and would says and brings hope and comfort to those he meets. Through Jesus’ re- like more information, please contact sponse to the sick and dying we learn a great lesson about how to meet the Lisa Andridge in the Youth Ministry needs of others. Jesus did so much more than merely heal them; he minis- Office. tered to them and gave them what they didn’t even know they needed. Every day we know people that suffer from mental and physical illness. We hear a sneeze and run for the Lysol or Purell. We meet a lonely person Rainbow 36 who talks to himself and we turn the other way. Illness can terrify us on Another Rainbow conference is in many levels. We worry about contagion or injury being near someone who is the books. Thank you all so much for ill. So often those with illness are quarantined and separated from the rest of keeping our teens in your prayers as the population so their illness doesn’t spread. This is practical to an extent they stepped out to deepen their faith but it keeps us from offering all we can to one who is suffering. and relationship with Jesus. This year’s Scripture scholars debate over the types of illnesses that Jesus encoun- theme was, “Step out of your comfort tered. They also debate on how he did it. One thing they can agree on is that zone” and boy did they! We spent the Jesus cured some of the worst symptoms. In ancient Israel people with seri- weekend with 1200 teens from parishes ous diseases were often kicked out of the community because religious laws in the AOD and learned a lot about forbade others from coming too close to them. They also thought illness or what it means to be a disciple and walk a physical or mental disability meant you or your parents had somehow with Jesus. Jesse Manibussan shared sinned against God and you were being punished giving all the more reason wonderful messages about letting down to stay clear. our walls to let Christ in and let go of But Jesus did just the opposite. Without hesitation Jesus reached out, those thing that hold us hostage. He touched and even hugged them, and brought them comfort. He brought reminded us that we need to know our them back into the community where being with others offered great sup- own story and love the person God cre- port. He showed them love and respect and taught us all what it means to ated us to be in his own image (Imago minister to another. Dei). We learned how to come to the So, what about us? How do we respond when someone is ill or hurting? water and turn to Jesus. The end of the Do we mock, ignore or ridicule them? Do we judge the mentally ill or disa- conference left us encouraged and re- bled? Or, like Jesus did with Peter’s mother-in-law do we reach out, touch charged to live our faith with confi- them and lift them up and care for them? Many people in hospitals and dence. We will be unpacking infor- nursing homes are waiting and praying for someone to come and visit and lift mation in the coming weeks as we con- them out of their loneliness and isolation. We may not be able to “heal” tinue our journey of discipleship and their specific malady, but by offering our concern and respect we can relieve discernment. As always, Rainbow feeds them of some discomfort and offer our love. teens and adults alike. A true blessing. Lisa Andridge Christ the Redeemer, Lake Orion
Mass Intentions Schedule of Events, February 4-17 Sunday, February 4 Sunday, February 11 February 3 & 4 9:00 am Mass 8:45 am Atrium Faith Formation • 5:00 pm For Keith Christensen 9:30 am RCIA 9:00 am Mass, Renewal of Wedding req. by George and Mary Smith. 11:00 am Mass Vows • 9:00 am For Jim Kern req. by 11:00 am PreK/K 9:30 am RCIA Flo Weakland. 12:15 pm Chili Cook Off 10:00 am Young Family Ministry • 11:00 am For the people of the 12:30 pm Ignatian Business Council 11:00 am Mass, Renewal of Wedding parish. Vows Monday, February 5 12:30 pm Baptisms February 10 & 11 10:00 am LaLeche League 1:00 pm Joyful Community Prayer • 5:00 pm For Stan Kowalski req. 4:30 pm Reconciliation Prep Service by Dottie Kowalski. 6:00 pm 6th Grade FROG • 9:00 am For Sally Tierney req. by 7:00 pm 6th Grade Monday, February 12 the Lord family. 7:00 pm Easter Choir Rehearsal 4:30 pm Atrium Faith Formation For the people of the parish. 7:00 pm Sunday Scripture 7:00 pm 7th Grade • 11:00 am For Tom Blazak (11th 7:00 pm Easter Choir Rehearsal anniversary) req. by his family. Tuesday, February 6 7:00 pm Sunday Scripture 10:00 am Book Club 6:00 pm 8th Grade FROG Tuesday, February 13 6:00 pm First Eucharist Prep for Chil- 10:00 am Book Club Altar server dren 10+ 7:00 pm Altar Server Training training 7:00 pm 8th Grade 7:00 pm Coffee House 7:00 pm Coffee House 7:00 pm Mass All boys and girls, 4th grade and 7:00 pm Mass 7:30 pm Commissions older, are invited to join the Altar
Server Ministry. A training will take Wednesday, February 7 Ash Wednesday, February 14 place on Tuesday, February 13 from 9:30 am Scripture Study 7:30 am Prayer Service 7-8:15pm in the church. We will train 10:00 am MOMS 9:30 am Scripture Study and review all parts of the Mass and 5:00 pm Youth Vocal & Instrument. 10:00 am MOMS you will leave feeling confident in 6:50 am Adult Choir & Instrument. 12:00 pm Prayer Service serving. Servers are expected to be 7:45 pm AA/Alanon 4:00 pm Prayer Service able to serve about once a month at 7:00 pm Prayer Service the Mass their family usually attends. Thursday, February 8 7:00 pm Peace & Justice Please sign up after Mass or email 10:00 am MOMS 7:45 pm AA/Alanon [email protected] Questions, 7:00 pm Stephen Ministry contact Pam Koczak 248-227-2372 Thursday, February 15 Friday, February 9 9:30 am Warm Up America 9:00 am Mass 10:00 am 55+ Exercise Class 10:00 am Nursing Home Mass 7:00 pm Divorce Recovery Workshop 7:00 pm Prayer Service for Healing Never Too Late for Friday, February 16 First Communion Saturday, February 10 9:00 am Mass For children fifth grade and older 9:45 am Yoga who have not yet made their First 3:30 pm Confirmation Session- Saturday, February 17 Eucharist but wish to, parent and Liturgical Role Training 9:45 am Yoga child should plan to a preparation/ 5:00 pm Mass 5:00 pm Vigil Mass discussion session on Tuesday, Febru- 6:00 pm Blood Pressure Screening ary 6, at 6:00 pm. Baptismal certifi- cate and RSVP required. Please con- tact the Office of Family Ministry to register, or with questions, edu- Reconciliation Preparation [email protected] or 248-391- Is your child in 4th, 5th or 6th grade and interested in making his/her Sac- 4074, ext. 14. rament of Reconciliation? Please join us on Monday, February 5 at 4:30pm for a Parent and Child evening of preparation. Please email Gabriela edu- [email protected] to register. Page 8 Christ the Redeemer, Lake Orion
High School Students A New Opportunity for Business in grades 9-12 Leaders here at CTR… We are very grateful for you and MISSION: Establish and support a network of for all the ways you minister here at business leaders through the exploration of their reli- Christ the Redeemer and in our gious tradition in order to: Integrate faith, family, and community. We value your partici- professional life; Foster a corporate culture that reflects pation and input and find your gifts their religious values and ethics; Exercise a beneficial to be invaluable assets to the work- influence upon society at large. ings of our parish. We have ar- Since 1991, each local chapter has operated as part of an extended network ranged for a special event planned of chapters across the country linked by the desire to bring to the broader cul- just for you to give you some tools ture the values of Ignatian thought and discernment cultivated in Jesuit academic and skills that will come in handy as and pastoral institutions. Today, the Ignatian Business Chapters organization, you serve both at the church and off formerly known as the Woodstock Business Conference, is based at RENEW -site locations. The event is Called to International in Plainfield, NJ. It is closely affiliated with Global Jesuit Case Se- Serve and it is designed specifically ries. for high school teens that are work- PROCESS: A deliberate and thoughtful approach based on a proven ing in the parish and in their com- small-group discussion model. The experience is enriched as members bring munities. Please join us in Betha- their own insights to every discussion. This process results in incremental, cumu- ny Sunday, April 15. The work- lative personal growth. The small group of up to 12 members meets once a shop will run from 1-4 pm and will month. Discussions for this year are based on Balancing Faith & Work, based include games, pizza and prizes! Per- on the writings of Chris Lowney, best-selling author and leadership expert. Bal- mission forms are available on the ancing Faith and Work is designed to help professionals and business leaders bring website. Contact Lisa Andridge at their personal and professional lives into deeper harmony with their values. [email protected] for de- Sessions will be held on the first Sunday of the month (with two exceptions* tails. due to public holidays) from 12:30 – 2 p.m. on the following days: Feb. 4, Mar. By our Baptism, we are all 4, Apr. 8, May 6, Jun. 3, Jul. 8*. Books can be purchased at the Parish Office for “called to serve” as we promise to the price of $18.00. love and serve as Christ did. Please All sessions will be lead by Mary Gresens. Mary has been a member of the join us for an afternoon that cele- Woodstock Conference at Manresa Jesuit Retreat House since its inception. She brates your gifts and talents and en- holds a doctorate from Georgetown University, is a former automotive executive courages you as you journey in faith. and a trained spiritual companion. She is co-founder and Chair of the Jesuit Alumni and Friends of Detroit and a professor in the Jesuit World Learning Pro- gram. The kindness of an RSVP is requested to Lisa Brown at Collection for the [email protected]. church in central and eastern Europe Our shared faith is deeply pre- sent in the cultures of Central and Eastern Europe, but their faith was How do I get a CTR severely tested over the course of the Name tag? previous century. Countries in this Happiness in this life Our reusable, magnetic CTR region were under communist rule On Tuesday February 20, the nametags are FREE to all who order for 40 to over 70 years. During this book group, led by Dianne Zan- before March 15. Quite a savings, time, bishops, priests, and church de, will begin discussing "Happiness especially for our big families, thanks leaders were arrested and martyred. in This Life: A Passionate Meditation to the generous donation of one of Despite this religious persecution, on Earthly Existence" by Pope Fran- our parishioners. Please email Ga- the faithful of Central and Eastern cis. This is a collection of his works briela at [email protected] Europe today are rebuilding and re- that concentrates Pope Francis' wis- with first and last names of you and/ newing what was lost and you can dom on finding happiness in todays or your family members (with help. Supporting this collection, you world. Please join us. For additional "nametags" in the subject line aide those who strive to rebuild their information please contact Karen please ) to receive your FREE name- faith communities. Brewster at 586-212-5348. tags by Easter! Please use the envelopes provid- ed in the vestibule. Additionally, our tithing committee will donate to this collection. Christ the Redeemer, Lake Orion Lent 2018-Thursday Evenings of Retreat
Drawing Near
What to expect… February 22: Alan Haras Drawing Near through Silence Each evening features a light meal, a Alan holds an M.A. in Religious Studies from UDM, a certificate unique opening prayer and a different in Ignatian Spirituality and owns Hamsa Yoga Studio in down- speaker on the topic of drawing nearer town Lake Orion. Alan will present on how we can draw nearer to God through different forms of pray- to God in stillness, silence and simplicity this Lent through the er. practice of Christian meditation.
Flexibility is the word for this “retreat- March 1: Ann Dillon like” experience. Come to one night or Drawing Near through the Word come to all four—come at 6pm or Ann Dillon holds degrees in Education and Religious Studies. come at 7:30pm—Connect at any point She co-leads the Seminar on Ignatian Spirituality and the Intern- in the evening. In short, do as much or ship in Spiritual Companionship at Manresa Jesuit Retreat House. as little that fits your life and you find Building on our knowledge and practice of Ignatian prayer from nourishing. last year, Ann will help us to draw nearer to God in prayer through the technique of imaginative, contemplative prayer akin Schedule for each retreat evening... to "Lectio Divina," a Latin term meaning "divine reading." 6:00pm Soup Supper 7:00pm Prayer in Chapel March 8: Mary Gresens 7:30pm Speaker in Bethany Drawing Near in Mind, Body & Spirit 8:30pm Formal Closing Mary Gresens worked for thirty years in the international auto- Speakers will be present until 9PM for motive industry as an engineering and business executive, was conversation. Childcare is provided. named a top global female leader, and served on several corpo- rate boards. She holds a DLS from Georgetown University and is Buy-One Give-One a professor in the Jesuit World Learning Program. She is a First Purchase this little Daily Degree Nia Black Belt teacher and a yoga instructor. Her talk will Lenten devotional writ- address the importance of balance in our relationship with God, ten by Ann Garrido ourselves, others, and the world around us. (who visited us at our Jan 6/7 Masses) as part March 15: Fr. Joe Dailey of our Lenten outreach. Drawing Near through Art Buy 2 for $5 and we will The art of our churches and liturgy is not mere decoration, but gift one to a college stu- an expression of our desire to find God in all things, to partici- dent at Oakland Univer- pate in God’s ongoing creation by creating new windows through sity on your behalf. which to see him. Bishop Robert Barron, citing theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar, said that the “beautiful claims the viewer, On March 22 you are invited to our Fuller biog- changes him, and then sends him on mission.” Barron draws this Lenten Communal Reconciliation at St. raphies are pattern: first the beautiful (how wonderful!), then the good (I Joseph, 715 N Lapeer Rd, Lake Orion. available on our want to participate!) and finally the true (now I understand!). Fr. website Joe will lead us in reflection with images and art, as well as reflec- ctredeemer.org tion on the architecture of our House of the Church. Page 10 Christ the Redeemer, Lake Orion
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. 2700 Waldon Rd, Lake Orion, MI 48360 Fr. Joe Dailey, Pastor e-mail: [email protected] For Our Parishioners For Loved Ones Who Are Ill Saturday - 5:00 pm
Richard Valuet Linda Sutton Sunday - 9:00 am & 11:00 am Daily - Check weekly bulletin Kelly Ball friend of Bev Gall Lorraine Capitan Sherry Purdy Pat Tinetti Sister of Linda Guldi Helen Swanson Larry Stenli Pontiac Vicariate Website: Joe McCarthy son of Rose Kennedy www.pontiacareavicariate.org Laura Sanders Gary Beaupre Tim Wagner brother of both Jean Beaupre Gary Gurski and Gail Dembek Larry Stevens Carl Beiser Hours: 9 am to 4:30 pm, Mon.-Thursday Olivia Koslowski father of Catherine Lentz 9 am to 12:00 Noon, Friday Shawna Gruca Blanche Davis Website Address: www.ctredeemer.org 248.391.1621, (Fax) 248.391.3412 Jane Lennox sister of Joe DiJanni Administrative: Sue Enjaian, ext. 10 Stella Slimko John Kielich e-mail: [email protected] Cody Baert brother of Theresa Bieser Administrative: Dawn Cejka, ext. 11 Suzanne Gozdor [email protected] Stephen Witmer Finance: Christi Spencer, ext. 12 Pat Nolf son of Dennis & Pat Witmer [email protected] Peter Pletsch Mary Greenaway Christian Service: Karen Swietlik, ext. 17 Carol Lamb mother of Karen Swietlik [email protected] and Lisa Pratt, ext. 17 [email protected] Katie Rogers Stephen Ministry: Roger Buches, cousin of Tom Rawski 248.444.5750 Carla Spitler Music Ministry: Mari Reyes, 674-4493 sister-in-law of Ron & Gloria Spitler [email protected] For the Military Fr. Tim Babcock Mary Karolak …..our country’s military per- Janelle Denis sonnel especially those connected 248.391.4074 friend of Sue Enjaian Director, Lisa Brown, ext. 20 to our parish. Marc Manoulian [email protected] son-in-law of Tom Rawski Pre-K, Elementary Coordinators Karen Jbara and Michele Pinelli, ext. 19 Tom Jeszke [email protected] For the Deceased brother-in-law of Tom Rawski Administrative, Gabriela Mendez, ext. 14 Adriana Zubieta [email protected] …..please remember in your cousin of Gabriela Mendez Middle School, Ann Blizzard and prayers the family of our parishioner Warren Carpenter Suzy Rhadigan, ext. 18 Bev Gall who died. [email protected] son-in-law of Rick & Julie Gillette Youth Minister, Lisa Andridge, ext. 33 Ron Doll [email protected] step father of Lisa Brown
•Parish Council (Meets 4th Tuesday) Randy Gower Commissions meet 2nd Tuesday •Education Chair: Linsa Mayernik, 248-891-1842 •Parish Finance Council We are a welcoming Christian community sharing in the mission of Jesus to proclaim the Chair: Phil Patterson, 248-693-6335 Kingdom of God. We strive to "make a difference" within our local community and the world in •Service Chair: Marilyn Cooke, 248-625-0384 which we live. •Stewardship Chair: Through our gatherings for prayer, sacraments and sharing the Word of God, we are form- Cheryl Corrion, 248-628-1723 •Worship Chair: ing a growing community. Recognizing the importance of each individual member, we call forth Dave Budnick, 248-481-7640 the varieties of gifts, talents and ministries of all. We seek to join with others who share in this mission. (7/23/03)