Announcements
1st SUNDAY OF ADVENT
November 29-30, 2025
St. Vincent de Paul Collection
November 29-30
Advent Begins
November 29-30
Adoration / Benediction
Wednesday December 3
12 PM- 7 PM
followed by social
sponsored by Knights of Columbus
The Knights of Columbus invite you
to kick off the Advent season with treats and fellowship
after the Benediction on Wednesday December 3rd.
We will have coffee, tea, and hot cocoa along with treats to enjoy as we visit with our fellow parishioners.
TO-GO cups will be available so you can take a warm drink with you even if you can't stay.
A special Holy Family Statue will be given out to attendees
(one per family, limited quantity).
Join us Dec 3rd at 7:00 pm for Benediction
and then follow us to the church hall for Fellowship and treats!
Family of Parishes Penance Service
Saturday, December 6 - 10AM
Divine Providence
25335 W Nine Mile
Immaculate Conception
Monday, December 8
12 PM (Noon) Mass, Transfiguration
7 PM Mass, La Salette
What's happening in our community?
SMALL FAITH SHARING GROUPS
Would you be interested in joining
with a small group of people of your choosing
(5-6) who would gather on some regular basis
(weekly, bi-weekly, monthly)
in a member's home (or here at church if you wish)
to reflect on the coming Sunday's reading.
We can provide a guide.
You would gather with your group
How about beginning with the season of Advent?
Let Fr. Jeff know ASAP.
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Henry Ford Providence Hospital Southfield
HF is looking for volunteers to bring communion to Catholic patients, especially on weekdays.
They will train you.
Contact Chaplain Jeff Kendall
at 248 514-1675
info@jeffkendall.org
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New Opportunity for Southfield Residents:
Turn food scraps into something useful!
Food scraps don’t belong in the trash.
Southfield is making it easier
to turn them into something useful.
Be part of the new Food Scrap Drop Off program.
Sign up today:
Week Highlights
Send us a photo of your home Christmas Nativity
and we will share them!
(In Fr. Jeff's bedroom!)
Franciscan Outreach Thanksgiving food distribution well underway! Well planned and running smoothly!
Dive Deep into Your Faith!
November Family of Parishes Prayer
November: A Month of Sacred Remembrance
"It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins." — 2 Maccabees 12:46
As the leaves fall and the liturgical year draws toward its close, the Church invites us into November’s quiet beauty: the Month of All Souls. It is a time to remember, to pray, and to hope. We hold close those who have gone before us—parents, friends, parishioners, and all the faithful departed—entrusting them to the mercy of God.
This is not a season of sorrow, but of communion. In the words of St. Ambrose, “We have loved them during life; let us not forget them in death.” Our prayers, acts of charity, and celebration of the Eucharist become bridges of love between earth and heaven.
In this sacred month, we echo the longing of Psalm 130: “Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice.” And we trust in the promise of Jesus: “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, even though they die, will live.” — John 11:25
Petition: For all who have gone before us in faith—family, friends, parishioners, and those whose names are known only to God—may they be embraced by the warmth of God’s mercy and welcomed into the joy of eternal life. May our remembrance be a bridge of love, and our prayers a sign of hope. We pray to the Lord.
