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RANDOM THOUGHTS With the feast of the DIFERENTES PENSAMIENTOS fast from Father Bill Promesso approaching, here is a little Starts background information on It’s a new and another chance to start the meaning of and reason again with new habits of prayers, service and growth in for this holy day of faith. New opportunities to encounter Christ and give obligation on . witness to how God has blessed you in good times and Catechists, sisters and teachers may have explained it, bad, sickness and health are set before us. These but we were children with a limited ability to Advent days are a lot like the first days of a new understand. Some of us were taught incorrectly or calendar year, hopefully marked with good intentions totally misunderstood the true import of this day. and significant follow-through. How will you use When we got older and learned the biological meaning them? More time for prayer? Even a few extra of conception we thought we had the reason and minutes is good. More charity? Our pantry always meaning of the feast figured out: Mary was a young needs more. Less greed, anger, selfishness, pride? woman when an Angel told her she was going to have May we all use these days well as we prepare to stand a son named whom she would conceive by the before and give an account of ourselves when Holy Spirit. But she was a , not yet married, just he comes again. Only later in the season (after engaged to . That’s true, but it’s not the December 17) will we turn our attention to recalling the meaning of this holy day. incarnation, when God became human, and was born Later in life, some of us finally found out that the among us. immaculate conception isn’t about forming the . It is about Mary and . Before Mary was conceived by her parents Anna and , chose her to become the mother of his Immaculate Conception son Jesus. Mary was the only human being born of the Blessed Virgin Mary without (a topic for another article). She (a ) was pure, holy and “full of grace” and thereby a “One in the Spirit” Cooperative Masses suitable vessel. If you are curious about the conception of Jesus Christ, go back to March 25 (nine months Thursday, December 7 before ) and recall the Feast of the 7pm , Grosse Ile , when the angel declared to Mary that she would be mother of the Savior. Friday, December 8 The full title of the December 8 holy day is The 6am & 8:30am St Joseph, Trenton Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed 8:30am & 7pm St Pius X, Southgate Virgin Mary. It’s a day of obligation to participate at 12 noon St , Riverview (Continued on page 2) ST. CYPRIAN PARISH PAGE 2 RIVERVIEW, MICHIGAN Office of Grown-Up Faith (Continued from page 1) in the USA because on May 13, 1846, the United Christian Service States bishops unanimously chose the Virgin Mary, and Outreach conceived without sin, as patroness of the country, a decision approved by Pius IX on February 7 of Thanksgiving Update the following year and published in a decree of July 2, When I was listening to Father Bill’s last 1847. Sunday, I had all I could do to not tear up. I looked around at the many faces and just saw such a giving If you have any other questions on what we learned or community full of love. Thanks to your dedication to thought we learned as children and would like to have serving those in need, 130 households had a nutritious an adult meaning of something related to faith, church Thanksgiving dinner! Your generosity has blessed and , please contact the Adult Formation many families. Thank you to the youth of our parish Committee. We’ll try to help get the answers. who colored Thanksgiving pictures to decorate our Maria Pannozzo-Preston, Adult Formation Committee pantry client’s food boxes! They also attached a personalized note in each box. Many clients said that they will hang their picture on their doors and St. Cyprian Parish Congratulates refrigerators. You brought smiles to many faces! A big thank you to our pantry volunteers who go above Mary-Kate McShane and beyond during the holiday season! and Thank you to our local businesses, Crystal Gardens Jonathan Groszek who continuously offer their freezer space, Lyon’s upon their marriage in our church on Towing for donating cases of vitamin water to our Saturday, November 18, 2017 pantry clients, Ron’s Par T Pak for donating boxes for the pantry clients throughout the year. Your support is very appreciated! Baptized Into Please return the gifts that you purchased for the Giving Tree this Christ Jesus weekend. This enables us to sort The following were recently baptized and deliver the gifts to the families into the Church: in time for Christmas. Thank you Vincent Paul Asciutto for your generosity! If you have son of Andrew and Rachelyn any questions, please call Kim at 734-283-1366 x114 Smith or email at [email protected]. son of Kyle and Amanda Thank you, Creative Montessori Center Annabelle Torres The students from the Creative Montessori Center daughter of Alan and Diona participated in a turkey trot and donated the money to purchase hot Thanksgiving meals for two families. Also, thank you for your donations to our Parish Pantry! Thanks so much! Kim Switzer, Director of Christian Service & Outreach St. Cyprian Ladies Guild Christmas Dinner Religious Formation Grecian Center, 16300 Dix-Toledo, Southgate December 4 Monday Class 1-8 at 6:15pm December 9 First Reconciliation 11am at Sacred Sunday, December 10, 2017 — $20 Heart, Grosse Ile Tickets available in the parish office December 10 Confirmation Class at 12:30pm Doors open 4:30pm Dinner 5:30pm Cash bar December 11 Monday Class 1-8 at 6:15pm December 12 Family Program at 6:30pm Our entertainment for the evening will be NoteWorthy, December 18 Monday Class 1-8 at 6:15pm an all-female a cappella group of professional women No Religious Formation Classes with unique classic and contemporary voices singing December 25th or January 1 both Christmas and Stacey Sutowski-Shurtz secular music. Director of Elementary Catechesis & Youth Ministry First Sunday of Advent PAGE 3 December 3, 2017 Called Forth Blest Art Inc. December 9 & 10 after all Masses In Hopeful Blest Art will be visiting your parish on behalf of the Christian families in Bethlehem, . Our mission is Expectation to support those families in the Holy Land. Today the Rite of Acceptance will take For centuries, the Christians in and around Bethlehem have place at the 11:00 a.m. Mass and the parish community earned a living by carving religious olive wood art to sell to will personally meet our Candidates, Kelly Frisch and visiting pilgrims. Fewer pilgrims are journeying to the Holy Casey O’Brien. Our Catechumen, Josephine Clouse Land today, making it difficult for those Christians to will be present to the community next Sunday. This is support their families. As a result, there has been a dramatic rise in Christian emigration from the Holy Land. Now, less a rite of utmost importance as they assemble publicly than 1% of the population in the Holy Land is Christians. for the first time and declare their intention to the Blest Art Inc helps the struggling Christian families of Church. Let’s continue to thank God for all of the new Bethlehem by marketing their artwork in the United States. opportunities that are speaking hope and expectation to Due to this work many Christian families maintain their us. From the new liturgical year of the Church, to the livelihood and their ancestral homes in the land of our Lord. season of Advent and the encounters of grace in the When Blest Art visits your parish, we will have hand- lives of our Candidates and Catechumen, all of these carved nativity sets, statues, crosses, , and many blessings speak of the love that God continually other pieces of beautiful olive wood art. We kindly invite bestows upon all of His people. Let us respond to Him you to visit our display and to consider purchasing a piece with joyful and sincere gratitude for His goodness to of art from the Holy Land. In doing so, you will help support the many families who depend on this form or art us. How great is our God! for their living. Your purchase will make a difference in the “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace lives of many Christian families. in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the We gladly accept cash, checks, and all major credit cards. power of the Holy Spirit.” Romans 15:13 Please note that we do not ask for, nor do we accept, any donations. Peace to you, Denise Thank you in advance for your purchase when we come to What Is the Rite of Acceptance? The initiation of visit. catechumens and candidates is a process that Jeryes Qumseya and the members of Blest Art Inc. takes place within the community of the faithful. Assembling publicly for the first time, the candidates who have completed the period of the pre- catechumenate declare their intention to the Church and the Church in turn, carrying out its apostolic mission, accepts them as persons who intend to become members. God showers his grace on the candidates, since the celebration manifests there desire publicly and marks their first by the Church. –RCIA, The

Downriver Vicariate Advent Communal Penance

Wednesday, December 13 at 7:00pm St. Mary Magdalen, Melvindale Wednesday, December 20 at 7:00pm St. Frances Cabrini, Allen Park Saturday, December 23 at 12 noon Sacred Heart, Grosse Ile ST. CYPRIAN PARISH PAGE 4 RIVERVIEW, MICHIGAN Youth Group goes to NCYC immediately, you will see God there. I learned that all you I had the awesome privilege of have to do is open your heart to Him and let Him know you joining four of our teens and a want His love and guidance, and it will be there. parent chaperone at the —St. Cyprian NCYC Participant National Youth Even though I got practically no sleep, am behind in school, Conference, more commonly was nodding off during prayer, silently screaming at the known as NCYC, in hard floor under my knees, had no personal space at times, Indianapolis, Indiana. This got rejected from trading so often, and got lost more times conference is an exciting, then I can count. I feel so blessed to have the opportunity to biannual four-day experience be able to spend my time with all the 25,000 fellow friends of prayer, community, and empowerment for Catholic that also came. I have met so many people and felt so teenagers and adults. The schedule includes general and connected with them. I had the chance to hear so many concurrent sessions addressing a wide variety of topics people’s stories and I can happily say I've become a better including forgiveness, and prayer, global version of myself while becoming stronger in my faith and issues, sexuality, and leadership. There are also opportunities understanding that love is endless. I have been called to for liturgy and special activities such as concerts, exhibits, serve, love and share. I can’t wait till NCYC comes again. and a thematic activity village. Catholic Bishops, Priests, —St. Cyprian NCYC Participant speakers and musicians from around the country come to Being able to see all those people, all so different, in one share their faith stories and inspire the 25,000 teens who are place for the same reason really allows me to see the true in attendance. This year we had the honor of hearing from effect of God within people. It makes me recognize how Fr. Leo Patalinghug, Sister Miriam James Heidland, Jesse truly wonderful and powerful God is. Manibusan, Chris Stefanick, Toby Mack, Steve Angrisano, —St. Cyprian NCYC Participant Matt Maher The Jesus Team A with special guest Josh Angrisano and many more. Stacey Sutowski-Shurtz Director of Elementary Catechesis and Youth Ministry It was so amazing to see our teens open up to those around them and celebrate their faith in such a profound way. Some may question what will happen next, how did all of this fun and activity help create a faith filled experience and will it last? We may never know how long the effects of this event will last in the hearts of those who participated but a seed was planted and we know from scripture that small seed has tremendous power to grow and flourish. Please continue to pray for ALL our youth. The following are some thoughts that the teens expressed after the conference and the effect it had on them: I learned more about life in 4 days than I have in the past 15 years of my life. Equality, Patience, Kindness, Balance Self- Control and Love are just a few of the things we learned more about. Treat others how you want to be treated, not just when you feel like it, but all the time. We don't get to treat people poorly just because that's how they treated us, you show so much more strength when you're able to treat someone with kindness and gentleness even when all they have shown you hatred and hostility. Each day we wake up, God blesses us with another day. Another day to make a difference in the world and to spread love. It starts with us, the , to start making a difference in the world. — St. Cyprian NCYC Participant I've grown up going to church and participating in religious events and holidays but I never fully understood why. I've been struggling with my faith for about 6 years now and I've been trying so hard to find my way back to God but it wasn't until I went to NCYC and saw Scott M. Anthony that I saw Christ. It was like seeing the world completely anew. For the first time in nearly 7 years I knew that God is here for me and he wants nothing but the best for me. NCYC is life changing. You hear so many different stories and learn more about God and you can just feel everyone's love for God and each other. Any one that gets the opportunity to go needs to take it

First Sunday of Advent PAGE 5 December 3, 2017

Liturgy Schedule for December 10 Second Sunday of Advent Minister Schedule also available at www.stcyprian.com

5:00 PM 9:00 AM 11:00 AM

Altar Assistant Carl Baltosiewich Fred Stull DeAngelis

Ennis Family, Rodriguez Family, L. Diedrich, Bousamra Family, Greeters Ditzhazy Family M. Koroly Matosh Family

Janie Eaton, Jeannie Denson, Cyndi & Tom Iacobelli Lectors Bob Zag Mark Slagle Altar Servers Rich Nicholson Andrew Whitman Clint Switzer

This week we are in need of the Readings for the Week of December 3 following items: cereal, soup and First Sunday of Advent Is 63:16b-17, 19b; 64:2-7; paper towels. Ps 80: 2-3, 15-16, 18-19; 1 Cor 1:3-9; Mk 13:33-37 Thank you Monday Is 2:1-5; Ps 122:1-2, 3-4b, 4cd-5, 6-7, 8-9; for your support! Mt 8:5-11 Tuesday Is 11:1-10; Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17; Lk 10:21-24 Parish Financial Report Wednesday Is 25:6-10a; Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6; Mt 15:29-37 Collection 11/26/17 $10,467.44 Thursday Is 26:1-6; Ps 118:1 and 8-9, 19-21, 25-27a; Total Collection 7/1/17 to present $245,004.32 Mt 7:21, 24-27 Needed Weekly $11,087.00 Needed 7/1/17 to present $243,914.00 The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Over (Under) for Year $1,090.32 Mary, Friday Gn 3:9-15, 20; Ps 98: 1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4; Eph 1:3-6, 11-12; Lk 1:26-38 Saturday Is 30:19-21, 23-26; Ps 147:1-2, 3-4, 5-6; Mt 9:35—10:1, 5a, 6-8 Our next Second Sunday of Advent Is 40:1-5, 9-11; Preparation Ps 85: 9-10, 11-12, 13-14; 2 Pt 3:8-14; Mk 1:1-8 session is December 19 at 7pm

Requirements for parents for celebration of Baptism at St. Cyprian Parish are: Stewardship Thoughts •Parent(s) must be registered in the parish Today’s Scripture readings express the Advent themes •If parents are registered in another parish a letter of hope, vigilance, and repentance. The from their parish is required desires his people to atone for their sinful ways and •Parents who are not registered in any parish are to turn their hardened hearts back to the Lord, who has meet with the Pastor or Pastoral Associate done great deeds for them. In St. Mark’s , Jesus to scheduling of Baptism or preparation urges us to be watchful and alert, for we do not know •Attendance at the Baptismal preparation session when He will return. St. Paul reminds the Corinthian with Godparents community, and us, that fellowship with our Lord strengthens us with many spiritual gifts — a timely •Willingness to bring the child up in the faith and reminder as we begin our journey into this Advent support the child’s faith journey season. May we, as faithful stewards, put our hope in

the Lord, acknowledge our sins, and seek with contrite Please call the parish office for more information hearts, His and forgiveness. Advent is an or to register for the Preparation Session. excellent time to confess our sins by participating in the of Reconciliation.

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Renee Belanger, Kenneth St. Cyprian Catholic Church Crassweller, Tom Hoover, Katie 13249 Pennsylvania Road Kelly, Phillip Lipolis, Harper Rose Riverview, Michigan 48193 Metropolus, Beth Nicola, Nancy Parish Phone Numbers Volk, Judy Zilka. Parish Office (734) 283-1366 Parish Fax (734) 283-2809 Web site www.stcyprian.com

St. Cyprian Parish Staff Liturgy Intentions Rev. Dr. William J. Promesso Ext. 111 Donations have been made for the purchase of bread Pastor [email protected] and wine in honor of the following: James Nicola Ext. 125 December 9, 5pm Liturgy Pastoral Ministry [email protected] † Joe & Martha Wendl from Family December 10, 9am Liturgy Mr. Mason Koch Ext. 120 Director of Worship and Music [email protected] † Frances Conti from Ed & Bonnie Randolph December 10, 11am Liturgy Mrs. Kimberly Switzer Ext. 114 † Josephine & Vince Buffa from Swiatkowski Director of Christian Service and Outreach [email protected] Family Mrs. Stacey Sutowski-Shurtz Ext. 118 Director of Elementary Catechesis and Youth Ministry [email protected] This Week Monday, December 4 Ms. Denise Traeder Ext. 113 6:15pm Religious Education grades 1-8 Director of Finance & Administration [email protected]

in education wing Ms. Denise Gorski Ext. 112 Wednesday, December 6 RCIA Coordinator [email protected]

10:00am Sharing meets in music room Ms. Regina Tallion Ext. 110 10:15am Crafters meet in social hall Parish Office Administrative Assistant [email protected] 7:30pm AA meet in social hall Mrs. Susan Surcek Ext. 121 Thursday, December 7 Parish Census & Contributions [email protected] 7:00pm Knights of Columbus Officers meet in room 108 Mr. Brent Curry Ext. 131 Worship Assistant [email protected] 7:30pm AA meet in social hall 7:30pm Alanon meet in room 109 Ms. Susan O’Keefe Ext. 117 Saturday, December 9 Hospitality Coordinator [email protected]

11:00am First Reconciliation at Sacred Heart Mr. Matthew Ray Ext. 116 Sunday, December 10 Maintenance [email protected] 12:00pm RCIA meets in room 106 Pastoral Council 12:30pm Confirmation Class in youth room Mr. Clint Switzer, Chair [email protected] Saturday & Sunday, December 9/10 Mr. Mark Homan Mrs. Eileen Banchoff after all masses Mrs. Laura Lauer Christian Service Rep. Mr. John Masserant Mrs. Cynthia Iacobelli Blest Art Sale in social hall Mrs. Jessica Mertz-Penquite Worship Comm. Rep. Mr. Richard Nicholson Mr. Mark Lauer Ms. Nona Sehoyan Stewardship Comm. Rep Mr. Christopher Penquite Mrs. Annelise Belchunas Bottle Drive Vicariate Council Rep. Education Comm. Rep.

One way that you can support the St. Cyprian Pilgrims Weekday Liturgy Schedule participating in is by bringing Tuesday/Thursday/Friday at 9:00am in your empty and rinsed refundable cans and bottles Weekend Liturgy Schedule to the church. We have barrels in the Social Hall and Saturday at 5:00pm and Sunday at 9:00am & 11:00am entrance to the offices. The barrels are emptied regularly and I will periodically post what was Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick First Thursday of the month at 9:00am Liturgy or by appointment contributed. Thanks in advance for your support! Stacey Sutowski-Shurtz Sacrament of Reconciliation Director of Elementary Catechesis and Youth Ministry Saturdays at 4:00pm or by appointment

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