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February 3, 2012 4:24 PM
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St.
Blase was bishop of the city of Sebaste in Armenia in the early part of the 4th
century. Even though the Edict of Milan (311) had brought religious tolerance
to the Roman Empire, word of that edict had not reached Armenia (apparently there
was no internet, television or telephones in those days — how did they ever
survive?!) Under persecution, the bishop Blase was forced to take refuge in the
wilderness. He lived as a hermit, making friends with the animals and spending
his days in solitude and prayer.
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FRIDAY IS THE FEAST DAY OF ST. BLASE, OUR PATRON. An evening prayer,
blessing throats, and enjoy a delicious dinner and enjoy the Irish band, “Blackthorn.”
You do not want to miss out on what will be an enjoyable and relaxing evening.
Fr. Randy Phillips will be blessing throats again from 5:00 – 5:30 in the
evening.
One day a group of hunters
came upon Blase’s cave. They were dumbstruck, because they found Blase, who
was a wanted man for being the leader of the Christians, kneeling in prayer and
surrounded by wild animals. Chasing the animals away the hunters brought Blase
back to Sebaste to be arrested. (I hope you see the irony in that.) Legend has
it that while he was being taken to prison a mother approached him with her young
son who was choking on a fish bone. As Blase prayed over the child and blessed
him, he coughed up the fish bone and his life was saved. Blase was eventually
beaten, tortured and beheaded, a needless martyrdom given the Edict of Milan.
So as we honor our patron as bishop, martyr and healer, he also places us in solidarity
with all who have died needlessly through human error or ignorance. |
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Man Walking Read the Book - Join us for a book discussion
on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 7 PM in Room C
See
the Movie, Friday February 17, 2012 at 7 PM Meet
the Author! - Sister Helen Prejean will visit St. Blase to talk about her
experiences on death row and her work to abolish the death penalty. |
| Old
Palms Collection This Weekend February 11 & 12 Bring
your old Palms to church to be burned and used for Ash Wednesday. |
Bring
donations to St. Blase & place them in the designated bin in the Gathering
Space at Church by Feb 17th - All medicines must be good through June 2012. Please,
no outdated items.
| Haiti
Outreach Mission Needs for 2012
Mission Trip to Haiti in February (Feb. 24-March 2nd) to Mirebalais and to the
St. Blase Orphanage, and the clinic and schools there. They're in need of the
following items to help make the trip a success:
* Baby Formula, (Powder
Form Only)
* Pedialyte (Powder Form Only)
* Children's Vitamins (No Gummies-
they melt in the heat)
* Cold Syrup/tablets (Triaminic, Dimetapp, store brands
etc.)
*Adult Cold Meds (pills Preferred) |
 | Attention
St. Blase Parishoners & K of C Blood Donors Our semi-annual Blood
Drive is only five weeks away and is scheduled on Monday, March 5 in the Social
Center. Start Eating Healthy and Look for sign-up sheets in the Gather
Space. |
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& Catechist Faith Formation Topics: "Echoes of Faith PLUS" Workbooks
are $5 each.
Approximately 2 hours of watching CD Rom in workbook required
prior to each session.
Contact: Alice Doppel alice.doppel@stblase.org
586-268-2244 |
Calling
all Catholics There are brochures in the lobby and I would
be glad to take inquires, by phone, in person or at joe.wilseck@stblase.org
Joe
Wilseck
Coordinator of RCIA
| Rite
of Christian Initiation
of Adults
Did
you know that probably someone you know is interested in learning more about being
Catholic but don’t know where to begin? Well, guess what, they can begin
with you. Just talk to them about what you believe and why you go to church and
get involved in the many things we do within this community. That may be just
the nudge they need to find out more and when they do, I am ready, willing and
able to help them.
Think for a moment about the many gifts you have given
to people in your life. Imagine giving someone the gift of faith by helping them
become Catholic. You don’t have to wrap it and it is a gift that just keeps
on giving.
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| Haiti
Outreach Mission(HOM) Newsletter Please Click on the Link
below to view the HOM Newsletter. Haiti
Outreach Mission - Issue 2 July 2011 |
Beginning
in Advent the Catholic Church in the USA will change some of the prayers we say
during mass. Hopefully you have been reading about this in the bulletin and have
seen the changes on the bulletin boards in the Gathering Space. Over 60 people
attended the four-part series last month that explained how we got to this point
in time.Didn't have time to come to the four-part series? Take a moment
to go to www.youtube.com/user/SaintBlaseChurch.
There you will find videos of the new setting of The Gloria as well as The Eucharistic
Prayer and more.
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Church Organization Chart of Network
Groups for the Unemployed Here
is a list of church network groups that can be used by the unemployed to help
with their job search. The church groups are located throughout the Detroit suburbs.
Most groups have speakers who address a job search topic such as resumes, cover
letters or networking - others are only networking. Some popular groups in the
area are St. Andrew Catholic Church, St. Michaels and St. Jane Frances de Chantal
Catholic Church. |
