Calling all Kids
Help us bring the Nativity to Life on Christmas Eve.
Dec. 24th: Program @ 4:30pm, Mass at 5:00pm
We are starting to prepare for the Children’s Christmas Program. We will have speaking parts, as well as others for those not wanting to learn lines. We would like the help of anyone 12th grade or younger. If you are interested in participating in this program, please contact Julie Gould in the office by November 27th. Call 231.937.5757 or email parishoffice@ctknsf.org.
We have Eucharistic Adoration on the first Thursday of every month from 9:30 am- 4:00 pm. Come spend some quiet time with the Lord.
An excerpt taken from http://www.therealpresence.org/eucharst/pea/whyadore.htm
This sacrament of the Holy Eucharist comes to us through the sacrifice of the Holy Eucharist, the sacrifice of the Mass. This is evident because the Mass is the renewal of Jesus’ death on the cross. In this sacrifice He gave up His human life, His physical body and blood, for our salvation. It was at the Last Supper that Jesus instituted the sacrament and sacrifice.
It was the night before He died. Jesus knew that He soon had to leave His friends. Friends He loved so much. He wanted to leave them something to remember Him by, but He did much better than that, He left Himself.
At the Last Supper, Jesus was looking ahead to the next day when He would die on the cross. This is why He said, “This is my body, which will be given up for you. This is my blood, which will be shed for you”. Then He commanded “Do this in memory of me”. We fulfill that command every day. As Jesus at the Last Supper was looking ahead to Calvary, so we in the sacrifice of the Mass, look back to Calvary.
This is why St. Paul could say: “When we eat this bread and drink this cup, we proclaim the death of the Lord”. It’s the same sacrifice on the cross and in the Mass – the same sacrifice.
Jesus chose this very special way to remain here with us. It was not just an empty promise when Jesus said, “I will be with you all days, even to the end of the world”. He meant that! Jesus remains here with us today in the Mass as our Savior, in Holy Communion, as our spiritual food and in our tabernacle as our friend. Jesus died on the cross to give us this sacrament of His presence among us. This is the sacrament of Jesus’ love for us.
I like the way Blessed Mother Teresa put it. She said, “When we look at the cross, we know how much Jesus loved us. When we look at the tabernacle, we know how much Jesus loves us now“.
Some Catholics think, that we can share in the Eucharist and gain grace from the Eucharist only in the Mass by receiving Holy Communion. This idea limits the power and the love of Jesus too much. Certainly participation in the sacrifice of the Mass and receiving Holy Communion is the most powerful source of grace for us, but it is not the only source of Eucharistic grace. After the sacrifice is completed, the sacrament continues on. Jesus, in His sacramental body and blood remains here with us as our friend, just as He promised. This is why Eucharistic Adoration is so important.
This is why we should visit our friend, Jesus, in the Blessed Sacrament, to return His love for us and to draw spiritual strength and nourishment and encouragement from that love.
Unfortunately, there are many in the Church today who do not see the need or the value of Eucharistic Adoration. Some even oppose it, claiming that adoration of Our Lord in the Holy Eucharist is out of date in today’s modern church
That’s why it is so important for us today to realize that Eucharistic Adoration is very much in accord with the teachings of the Church, and especially of Vatican II.
One of the main points of Vatican II was to emphasize the importance of the Eucharistic liturgy in the worship of God and in the development of our own personal spiritual life. The Vatican council strongly advised us that the sacrifice of the Holy Eucharist, the Mass, should be the principal expression of our faith, and that all other devotions should spring from the Mass and leads us back to the Mass. Eucharistic Adoration does exactly that.
All experience shows that private prayer and adoration of our Lord in the Eucharist causes more frequent and more intense participation in the Mass.
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The 2017 Cemetery Clean-Up is scheduled for Saturday, May 13, at 10:00 am. Please show up with rakes, gloves, and a wheelbarrow, if available.
Mass is scheduled to be said at the cemetery on Memorial Day. Please join us on Monday, May 29th, at 9:00 am to honor those who died during military service and our other beloved dead.
Christ the King – St. Francis de Sales Parish are the caretakers for our Catholic Cemetery. 1887 appears to be the beginnings of the humble cemetery. We welcome more information regarding the history. If you have information, we would appreciate hearing from you.
If anyone would like to purchase a cemetery plot or look over some of the information regarding our cemetery, you may come to or call the office (231) 937-5757.
St. Francis Yard Clean-Up– Saturday, May 6, 10:00 am– 1:00 pm at Lakeview; Potluck lunch
May Crowning & First Communion– Sunday, May 7, at both 9 am Mass in Lakeview and 11 am Mass in HC
Christian Service Meeting– Monday, May 8, 6 pm at Fellowship Hall, HC
Bible Study– Mondays in May, 7 pm at Lakeview
St. Apollonia Cemetery Clean-Up– Saturday, May 13, 10:00 am– 1:00 pm at Morley; Potluck lunch
Memorial Day Mass– Monday, May 29, 9:00 am at St. Apollonia Cemetery in Morley
Many years ago Bob Bott created an endowment fund for Christ the King – St. Francis de Sales Parish. He wanted to make a difference for years to come in our parish.
The Catholic Foundation of West Michigan
A Brief History
In 1995, the intention of establishing a Catholic foundation was centered around Catholic school education and the need to create a source of ongoing funding and long-term financial security for tuition assistance and school operating needs, with the vision that The Foundation would one day reach a point where there was tuition assistance scholarships available for every student and family in need.
Today
Foundation funds include funds supporting vocations, social services, faith formation, evangelization and special funds for the greatest need presented during the year. We have broadened our reach and expanded our impact while remaining true to The Foundation’s original ideologies established by Most Rev. Robert Rose and the founding board of The Catholic Foundation of West Michigan.
As Bishop Rose reminds each of us, “What we have is not our own, it’s just on loan to us, the Lord is going to ask us in the end what we did with what he loaned us.” Thank you for supporting the many educational, worship and outreach ministries of the Diocese of Grand Rapids through The Catholic Foundation of West Michigan! The Catholic Foundation of West Michigan is a Diocese of Grand Rapids foundation that was incorporated in 1995 under the leadership of the ninth bishop of Grand Rapids, Most Reverend Robert Rose.
For more current information Contact Mark Morrow, at (616-475-1251 or mmorrow@catholicfoundationwm.org
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