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CSA 2013

 2013 Target: $74,210.00

This weekend marks the beginning of our annual Catholic Services Appeal. We continue the theme of Sharing Christ in and through the Church for this year’s CSA, as God continues to meet the needs of the faithful through our local Church . Gifts to the CSA make possible a wealth of ministries, programs, and services that touch the lives of thousands of Catholics throughout the six counties of the Archdiocese of Detroit each day. These are blessings that benefit everyone in the Archdiocese, and that no one parish could provide on its own. The Catholic Services Appeal is a pledge program, allowing you to spread your gift over several months. Please prayerfully consider the most generous gift possible to support the 2013 CSA.

For information about CSA-funded ministries, programs, and services, please go to www.AOD.org.

Giving Options

1. Stop at the CSA Tables in the Gathering Space to fill out your pledge card.

2. Include your donation/pledge in the pink envelope received in your envelope packet. [Please be sure to fill in the outside of the envelope.]

3. Return the bottom portion of the parish letter that you receive through the mail.

4. Make your donation/pledge through the secure Online Giving site.

5. Use a credit card or set up ACH payments directly through the Archdiocese of Detroit. We need the help of every parishioner to meet our target this year. We need to continue to build up the Church especially at the time of struggle and worry.

Thank you for your generosity.

Faith Formation News

Your Prayers are requested: Please remember in your prayers all of our students preparing to receive Confirmation this month, as well as their families, catechists and teachers. Thank you.

Altar server training: Please be sure to return your form to the Religious Education office, the Rectory, or simply return the form in the collection basket at Mass by June 8th .

Sheryl Nordstrom, DRE

Altar Servers Needed!

 It’s that time of year again…

the time to ask the youth of St. Genevieve-St. Maurice Parish who are entering the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th or 8th grade and any high school student who would like to serve the Lord at Mass as an altar Server to download and print this form, have your parent sign it and drop it in the offertory basket on June 2/3 or turn it in to the office no later than June 8th.

Alter Server Form (PDF)

Sodality News

We had a very interesting meeting the day after Easter. The “leftovers” were amazing. What a wonderful assortment of goodies! Judi Fanco gave an interesting talk about the traditions of the day after Easter. Many members joined in and shared their Easter traditions. and contributed to a lively discussion involving several nationalities.

THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS TOOK PLACE, AND THE OFFICERS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

• President – Judi Fanco

• 1 st Vice President- OPEN

• 2 nd Vice President- Theresa Welling

• Treasurer- Joanne Camiller

• Recording Secretary- Kathy Damphousse and Gerri Borys

• Corresponding Secretary- Irene Zalazny

• Programs- Donna Longuski

Sunday, April 28th Spaghetti Dinner.

Several prizes were turned in for the raffle for the April 28th Spaghetti Dinner that will be hosted by the Men’s Club and the Women’s Sodality. Remember if you have an item to donate it can be turned into the rectory by April 15th. There will be a child’s raffle and an adult’s raffle.

CCW representative Beverly Dubes explained that the CCW will be hosting a Fashion Show/Luncheon on Tuesday, May 14th. She encouraged the board and members to attend. The cost is $18.00 and is being held at the Crystal Garden in Southgate. There will be door prizes and a basket raffle. RSVP by May 3, 2013 to Beverly Nicholson. For more information you can call our own Beverly Dubes.

Remember to say an extra prayer for your fellow sodality members..

Theresa

Preventing the Spread of the Flu

Our recommendations are in line with what you’ve likely seen and heard from media outlets: practicing common sense, covering your mouth should you sneeze or cough, and staying home if you’re sick, wash your hands.

As it relates to gatherings in church, such as Mass, you are reminded that it is perfectly acceptable to forgo joining hands at the “Our Father,” a handshake at the “Sign of Peace,” and sipping from the chalice at communion time.

2013 Parish Registration Form

Here is our 2013 Parish Registration Form. You can you use free software like Adobe Reader to fill in the form via computer.

Download: Parish Registration Form – 2013

THANK YOU…

THANK YOU…

Everyone who joined together to make our Masses – Christmas…Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph…the Octave Day of the Nativity of the Lord, Mary, The Holy Mother of God – and our Parish Holy Hour welcoming the Year of Our Lord 2013 truly praise and honor to our almighty and eternal God;

For your prayers, gifts and remembrances to me I am truly grateful.

As we celebrate the Epiphany of the Lord, to you and yours

Go before us with heavenly light, O Lord, always and everywhere, that we may perceive with clear sight and revere with true affection the mystery in which you have willed us to participate. Through Christ our Lord.

Post-Communion Prayer, Mass of Epiphany during the Day.

Making Christmas Last 365 Days a Year

Our Christmas Giving Tree is located in the back of the church (near the Holy water font). In lieu of a wrapped Christmas gift, we are asking you to make a donation of money or gift card. Please know that your contribution will help to provide what is most needed thought the year for your Livonia neighbors-inneed who come to St. Genevieve-St. Maurice Parish for help.

After you have placed a donation in the box on the stand, hang an ornament on the tree. Let’s turn our giving Tree into a shining testament of our living faith!

Yet, with respect to the promise of God, He did not waver in unbelief but grew strong in faith, giving glory to God,

Romans 4:20

Changing Lives Together Initiative

What is the Changing Lives Together Initiative and what are it’s goals?

Changing Lives Together is about creating a stronger future for the Catholic Church in The Archdiocese of Detroit and our collective ability to do God’s work. By working together to achieve this shared mission and by combining our time, talent, and treasure, we will be blessed with:

• Strengthened Parishes

• Strengthened Catholic Education

• Strengthened Formation of our Priests, our Seminarians, and our Lay Leaders

• Strengthened Church Ministry in the City of Detroit

The Changing Lives Together Initiative has been conducted in five waves of individual parish campaigns. Consultants from the firm of O’Meara, Ferguson, Whelan, and Conway have been providing personalized training and support for each parish. St. Genevieve- St. Maurice Parish is a part of the fifth wave.

The fundraising target for each parish is based on 90 percent of its annual offertory collection. Parishioners are asked to make pledges to their parish campaign to be fulfilled within three years. Each wave of parishes will take about six months to complete.

Because strengthening parishes is the top priority of Changing Lives Together, 70 percent of campaign funds raised in each parish will stay in the parish to meet parish priorities. The remaining 30 percent will enhance archdiocesan tuition assistance in Catholic schools, strengthen priestly formation and lay leadership training, preserve Church ministries in Detroit, and cover initiative expenses.

For more information, visit the AOD website

Catholic Campaign For Human Development – Thank You

Thank you for your contributions to the Collection for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD)! Your generous gifts will help CCHD end poverty in America through better education, improved housing, and economic development. Through CCHD and its beneficiaries, we manifest Catholic social teaching and carry out Jesus’ mission to “bring glad tidings to the poor . . . to proclaim liberty to captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free” (Lk 4:18).