St. Cyprian Church Winter 2020 News

Rev. Dr. William J. Promesso, Pastor UPCOMING 734-283-1366 x111 Events [email protected] February 9 Anniversary Mass Soup Bowl Painting It’s mid-January. Winter has finally turned cold and snow is covering the 19 Pivotal Players ground. Since I prefer summer heat, you might think I’m feeling downcast. 21 Volunteer But I take comfort in knowing that spring is less than 60 days away. Soon the Appreciation Party days will warm, the trees will sprout, and the flowers will be in bloom. This 26 ASH WEDNESDAY acknowledgement of the present situation while holding on to hope is a 27 Book Club central part of our Christian faith. 28 Stations of the Cross March Are you currently facing trial or distress? Is it your physical health or the 1 Blood Drive health of a loved one failing? Is it the struggle of depression or other mental 8 Intervention Speaker illness? Are you experiencing a spiritual darkness and feeling as if God has 13 Stations of the Cross abandoned you? Are you emotionally empty? Is your job, finances, 15 Soup Supper relationships or anything else overburdened with pressure and anxiety? Is 18 Pivotal Players school too hard? Are you overburdened, stressed-out and used up? 19 Book Club 22 Pancake Breakfast If that’s your present, anticipate an amazing future! Just as surely as winter Taizé/Adoration turns to spring, our belief in the suffering and dying of Jesus Christ is 27 Stations of the Cross preparing him and us for a glorious resurrection. 29 5th Sunday Rosary April In a few weeks we will begin Lent on February 26 by being marked with ashes 5 PALM SUNDAY as a sign of our need for improvement and purification. If you identify one or 9-11 TRIDUUM more areas of your life that need sacrifice, then you’ll join millions of people 16 Book Club throughout the world who will suffer through six weeks of discipline. At the 23 LG Salad Luncheon time it’s happening, we can be miserable. But when we’ve conquered our 25 First Eucharist poor habits and choices, we start to experience the new life that Jesus wants 29 Pivotal Players to share with us. May 3 Pancake Breakfast Let’s not lament the cold too much, for winter’s chill brings greater 9 Knight out w/Fr. Bill appreciation of the warm spring winds that are less than two months away! 21 Book Club 30/31 Pentecost Hospitality All the Lord’s best, 31 Confirmation Fr. Bill 5th Sunday Rosary Denise Gorski Director of Evangelization & Adult Formation 734-283-1366 x112 [email protected]

This Lenten season we are inviting the Christ through the study of Scripture, parish and surrounding community to Church teachings, the Catechism and the enter into this transformative season of lives of the saints. This enriching program conversion to new. Our parish is offering will continue to be offered in the evening, a robust variety of guest speakers, prayer in response to many parishioner’s opportunities and fellowship events to requests, and is allowing many new deepen your personal relationship with people to participate. This bible study will Christ and equip you to fully enter into feature personal study, small group your mission as a joyful disciple with discussion and teaching videos to aid the vibrant faith. Enclosed is a copy of our participants to mature and develop in 2020 Lenten Schedule so that you can their discipleship with Christ. We will intentionally include these events into study the second nine names of Jesus that your schedule. Hopefully you will then be are featured in this wonderful bible study inspired to make the most of your series. We look forward to welcoming preparations for your Lenten season in many new people to the bible study as order to experience the most joyful well as those retuning from the initial Easter season you can. In addition, St. class. Cyprian parish will be offering our parishioners Lenten reflection and activity Another faith enriching online course for guides for adults, families and children Lent is being offered through Sacred this year to develop each person’s daily Heart Major Seminary to everyone. This

prayer life and empower each person to free six week online course is titled fully live out the Gospel in their daily lives. Encountering Christ and will run March 2 Look for these resources which will be – April 5. Each week participants will view available at the Ash Wednesday services dynamic teaching videos by a member of and after all Masses the First Sunday of the Sacred Heart Major Seminary faculty Lent. as they guide each participant to encounter Christ more fully in sacrament, prayer and scripture as well as through suffering and service in the events of daily life. Enroll and learn more at equip.shms.edu today. Many of our parishioners enrolled and benefited from This February we continue in our new the last online course offered during bible study, Jesus Revealed: Encountering Advent. Christ In His Biblical Names, providing people with a wonderful opportunity to In addition, our parish will be offering

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