December 13, 2015

In Tribute: Justin Schaefer A week ago last Friday, we com-

memorated the life of Justin Schaefer, a member of our parish Service Corps. Our service corps enlists young people just out

of college; so wrapping our brains around one of

them dying is a challenge that we were not anticipating. Like lots of young people, he was conscious of physical fitness, so he went out jog-ging – and never came back. He sim-ply collapsed in the street. The medi-cal examiner’s report is still pending. Justin lived only 26 brief but ener-getic years, fascinated by everything in God’s creation, and very sensitive to everyone he met. After college he studied geology, but came to realize that he wanted to do something that engaged people more personally than he would be able to do in the typical science research lab. So he left California and joined the Jesuit Volunteer Corps here in De-troit. He spent last year teaching in the Mercy Sisters’ project preparing adults to get their G.E.D. That ex-perience led him to imagine being a teacher, so this past July he joined our Christ the King Service Corps, and Rosanne gave him a position teaching in our school. He began teaching the Fifth Grade, and then we needed him to transfer to the Junior High. Justin wrote monthly reflections in a blog he called “Poïesis” ( https://h u m -ming6688.wordpress.com/2013/04/ ), which is Greek for “to make, an ac-tion that transforms and continues

the world, and reconciles thought with matter and time.” He intro-duces himself as “a restless seeker and a spiritual scientist, a geolo-gian if you will.” He explains the Jesuit motto Finding God in all things: “Nothing is more evident than this for me: traces of the di-vine are everywhere, if only we have eyes to see and ears to hear – there are many access points to God.” Talking with Justin was something like getting to know Teilhard de Chardin. During his funeral mass, we read from the Prophet Isaiah 61: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, anointing me, sending me to bring good news to the poor.” This pas-sage was one of Justin’s favorites. Apparently it was also a favorite of Jesus – St. Luke quotes it as Jesus’ first sermon in Nazareth. It is good to reflect on the Prophets. Most of them dedicated their whole life and soul to bringing about God’s pres-ence, but they usually did not see the fulfillment of their dedication. This is certainly true of a young man who dies at 26. I have an un-cle, by coincidence also named Schaefer, also a “geologian,” who is still active at 93. Most of us think if we live to 93, we will accomplish all that God sent us to do. But the fact of the matter is that we never “accomplish” everything we dream about. What is important is to “be accomplishing” something worth-while, in the present tense, every day. That’s all any of us are given, re-gardless of how much or little time we have. That is how Justin lived. Justin’s constant hope was to keep reconciling thought with matter

and time; to write, to create, to fuse together thoughts and ideas of sci-ence and spirituality, faith and for-mulations, so that matter, energy, time, the True, the Good, and the Beautiful will make a little more sense for us all. But we are never finished. The sec-ond reading at Justin’s funeral was from a homily that Cardinal Dearden gave during a mass for deceased priests. Justin published this in his blog. Some lines in it are a good description of a disciple of Jesus who is still in the midst of accomplishing what he was sent to do: The Kingdom of God is not only be-yond our efforts, it is even beyond our vision. We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction of the magnificent en-terprise that is God’s work. We plant seeds that one day will grow; we water seeds already planted, knowing they hold future promise. We cannot do everything, and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that. This enables us to do something, and to do it very well. We may never see the end results. But that is the difference between the master builder and the worker. We are workers, not master builders; ministers, not messiahs. We are prophets of a future not our own. Thank you, Justin, for planting seeds in our school, encouraging our students with future promise. Thank you for being such a good friend to so many people here in Detroit. You helped us get a glimpse of the magnificent enter-prise that is God’s work. Fr. Victor Clore

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Christ the King Parish

OUR PARISH MISSION

We are Christ the King Parish, a richly diverse Christian Community in Northwest

Detroit. We are on a journey of Discipleship with Jesus, seeking conversion, reconcilia-

tion and renewal. We reach out in welcome to all the people within our neighborhood,

proclaiming the good News of Christ the King, building community, celebrating

together, serving one another’s needs and the needs of all our neighbors.

Deep within the silence of human pain and hope, his word is uttered.

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Mass Intentions

Sunday December 13, 2015

10:45am Mike & Mary Carmody

By Maureen & Don Northrup

Justin Schaefer

Children of Christ the King

Monday ~ No Mass

Tuesday 9am at SS/OLGH

Wednesday CHRIST THE KING

8:30am Freda Ghedotte

By Dave & Andi Kovach

Thursday 9am at SS/OLGH

Friday CHRIST THE KING

8:30am Mary Ratkowski

By Christ the King Staff

Saturday CHRIST THE KING

8:30am David Aerts

By Chet McLeod

4:00pm Tonino & Loretta D’Amore

Joseph Coporuscio

By Marisa & Marc Coporuscio

Sunday December 20, 2015

10:45am Fred Bonello

By Virginia Jacques

FOOD FOR THE JOURNEY

12/13 3rd Sunday of Advent

Zep 3:14-18a, Is 12:2-6, Lk 3:10-18

Mon 12/14 Nm 24:2-7,15-17a, Mt 21:

23-27

Tue 12/15 Zep 3:1-2, 9-13 Mt 21:28-32

Wed 12/16 Ps 85:9ab, 10-14 Lk 7:18b-23

Thu 12/17 Gn 49:2, 8-10, Mt 1:1-17

Fri 12/18 Jer 23:5-8, Mt 1:18-25

Sat 12/19 Jgs 13:2-7, 24-25a Lk 1:5-25

12/20 4th Sunday of Advent

Mi 5:1-4a, Heb 10:5-10, Lk 1:39-45

Liturgical Ministries

For NEXT Sunday

December 20, 2015

Lector: Chet McLeod & Sr. Ginny King

Servers: Rebecca Kolar, Will Dur-

ham, Joshua Webb

Liturgy of the Word for Children

Mary Beth Seefelt

Serving at the Table of the Lord

Genny Singleton

Ministers of Service

Pat Wofford & Leon Tupper

This Week:

Sun 12/13 9:30am St. VdPaul

10:45am Mass

3-5pm Confirmation - St Charles

Lwanga

5:30pm Cantata

Tue 12/15 9am Mass at SS/OLGH

9am Bible Study

11:00am Crafters

Wed 12/16 8:30am Mass

6:30pm Pastoral Alliance Meeting

Thu 12/17 9am Mass at SS/OLGH

7pm Parish Council

Fri 12/18 8:30am Mass

10am Decorate Church

3pm Decorate/Set Up Hall

Sat 12/19 8:30am Mass

11am Reconciliation

4:00pm Mass

50th Anniversary Celebration for

Fr. Clore to follow Mass

Sun 12/20 9:30am CCD

10:30am Mass

Christ the King Parish Grand River at Burt Road

Rectory 16805 Pierson…………………………313-532-1211

School 16800 Trinity…………………………..313-532-1213

Parish website Www.ChristTheKingCatholicDetroit.org

St. Christine Christian Services

15317 Dacosta at Fenkell………………313-535-7272 Www.SCCSdetroit.org

Siena Literacy…………………….…...313-532-8404 Mrs. Donna Nesbitt………...djmn@sienaliteracy.org

The Education Experience at St. Vincent & Sarah Fisher Ms. Diane Renaud……………………..313-535-9200

diane.renaudsvsfcenter.org

Pastoral Staff Rev. Victor Clore, Pastor…...….clorevi@udmercy.edu Deacon Joe Urbiel………deaconjoeurbiel@gmail.com 248-910-0490 Mrs. Maureen Northrup...…Christian Service Outreach MaureenNorthrup@gmail.com Ms Nicole Evans………………….…..Office Manager n.evans112@gmail.com or christking@ameritech.net Mrs. Andi Kovach ………………………Bookkeeping andiatck@hotmail.com Mrs. Rosanne Jodway………………………...Principal rmjodway@sbcglobal.net Parish Council Elected Members: Judy Bruttell……...……………..…Council Chair Nicole Evans, Martha Cooney, Mark Barkey, Sr. Mau-reen Mulcrone, Suzie Groenenboom, Pam Swift, Johnny Swift, Genny Singleton Commissions Debbie MacDonald………………..Christian Service Carole Ann Beaman…………………...……Worship Ron Hildebrandt……………………...…Stewardship Michelle Lewis……………………...Faith Formation Michele Rochester……………….....Finance Council Lois Phillips……………………….….Evangelization Bob Bruttell & Ron Eady…………………..Inclusion St. Vincent dePaul………...…………313-535-7272 Liturgy Schedule Sunday…………………………….………10:45am Wednesday and Friday……………………..8:30am Religious Education First & Third Sunday ……………….9:30-10:30am Becoming Catholic Adults, Children, Youth: If you are interested in becoming a member of the Catholic faith or learning more about the Catholic Church, the Adult Catechu-menate will prepare you for this decision. Please call the Parish Office if you would like more information. Infants: Baptism is the public celebration of the begin-ning of life in the Church. At the celebration of Bap-tism, parents publicly affirm their decision to raised their child in the faith of the church. To make arrange-ments for your infant to be baptized, please contact the Parish Office. Pre-Baptismal classes for parents and godparents are necessary, held as arranged with fami-lies.

Holy Eucharist and Confirmation Preparation Call the Parish Office…………………..313-532-1211 Other Sacraments Reconciliation………………….……By Appointment Anointing of the sick…………………..313-532-1211 Marriage Call the parish office; 6 months preparation

Please let an usher know if you would like to receive Communion at your pew.

A candlelight program of

Scripture, Song, Drama and

Prayer

based on the Gospel of St. Luke

Featuring:

Christ the King Choir Rev. Victor Clore in the role of St. Luke

TODAY 5:30pm

Today’s performance dedicated to the memory of

Fred Bonello Bring your favorite Christmas

cookies to share if you like!

The Wisdom of Pope Francis

If we—all of us—accept the grace of Jesus Christ, he changes our heart

and from sinners makes us saints. To become holy, we do not need to turn our eyes away and look some-where else, or have, as it were, the face on a

holy card! No, no, that is not neces-sary. To become saints, only one thing is necessary: to accept the grace which the Father gives us in Jesus Christ.

Address, June 17, 2013

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Did you know??????

Jerry Randall and his family have a very rich history with Christ the King School and Par-ish that dates all the

way back to the 1940’s! He is one of twelve Randall sib-lings to graduate from our school! He celebrated all of his sacraments at Christ the King and was married in our parish as well. Jerry may have graduated from Christ the King many years ago, but his heart has never left! When the person over facilities at the school retired, Jerry stepped in and has been their go to person ever since. He volunteers to do whatever is needed, many times coming straight from his job. No task is too big or too menial for him and he does it all with a smile! Even after a long day’s work and volunteering he always comes by to check on Boot and take him for a walk! God Bless you Jerry, and thank you for all that you do!

People are asking………

...what will we be collecting for those in need this Christmas? This year we care collecting a variety of items to be distributed in our neighborhood. Among them are: 3 Piece Towel Sets w/ a Bar of Soap

Diapers (all sizes) Blankets (all sizes)

Laundry Soap Bring your gift to Mass on Christmas and place it near the Manger. Thank you for helping us help others.

Thank You!!

The Youth Group

wishes to say a heart-

felt “Thank you” to

everyone who sup-

ported their annual wreath sale. By

purchasing your Christmas wreath

here at Christ the King, you help

send our young people to the Rain-

bow Youth Conference in January.

Thank you so much for your contin-

ued support.

...and while we are saying

Thank You…..

We also want to express our grati-

tude for the many donations of

coats, hats, gloves and all kinds of

cold weather clothing. Everything

was distributed on Thanksgiving

day from the parking lot at St.

Christine. In addition, we were

delighted to offer people some hot

food thanks to the generosity of the

people of Christ the King. What a

great way to spend Thanksgiving!

Thanks so much for the food for the

clothing and special thanks to those

of you who were able to join us at

St. Christine to serve those in need!

Be Reconciled

St. John the Baptist was calling out across the wilderness: “SHO-O-O-O-VE!” so loudly, they could practically hear him all the way to Jerusalem. Shoove means RE-PENT! Change your ways. Change your heart. Prepare the way for the coming of the Lord. Be reconciled with your God! To “reconcile” means to get things back into agreement, like reconciling your bank statement. Actually, it is very rare that you need to reconcile the bank statement – the bank statement is usually right. You have to reconcile your own checkbook (which, often enough, is not right) to the bank statement.

With a little patience and careful subtracting, we can usually reconcile our checkbook. But we cannot recon-cile ourselves to God all on our own. We are so much in love with our own habits and inclinations that we can-not see where we are not reconciled with God. This is why Jesus also be-gan his public ministry, like John, calling out REPENT! More impor-tantly, the very reason the Word of God emptied himself and became one of us, was precisely to reconcile the whole human family with God. Without the In-carnation, the whole human race would be hopelessly tangled.

But now, since Christ has reconciled all things to God in himself, we can hope to be personally reconciled. That’s why we call this ritual the Sacrament of Reconciliation. We will have an opportunity to celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation on

Saturday, December 19–11am SHOOVE!

Joins us for a

BENEFIT PERFORMANCE FOR CHRIST THE KING SCHOOL

IRISH MUSIC, HORS D’OEUVRES, BEER, WINE AND MOSTLY FUN!

8PM, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2016 In the Parish Hall

$20.00 includes your first beverage

Tickets available NOW in the Parish Office Makes a great Christmas Gift!

If you enjoy great Irish music and good cold beer this is for YOU! Please tell your friends and family about this event!

Good participation means good support For Christ the King School

Praying the Rosary in 2016

Starting in 2016, every 1st Wednesday of the month after the 8:30am Mass we will be praying the Rosary. Remember to bring your special intentions to lay before many!