Sunday Mass from from one of our Trinity Family (St Raymond-Our Lady of Good Counsel, Our Lady Queen of Heaven-Good Shepherd & St Jude) will be live streamed on the OLQH-GS Facebook page. Thanks to Bill Walton.

Mass this Sunday will be streamed from OLQH-GS starting at 10:00am

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Congratulations and Blessings to everyone for a wonderful Apple Harvest Festival on September 23.
 

Thanks to the Class of 1961 for their reunion on this special day.

Sept 23 Apple Harvest Festival Mass

Apple Harvest Festival Prize winners :

Early Bird Winners           $20.00
Paul Lesnau
Maria Locaora
Eileen Horbal
Mary Kay Touissant
Grace Papa
Tim Dore

Raffle Winners
$2000.00    Dolores Larkins
$1000.00    Mary McCloskey
$500.00      Michele Grant

Quilt Winner:       Rose Thrush
Scooter Winner:  John Karski       
Tower of Games: Ray Pfister
50/50 Winner:     Dean Schwartz

Links to recent Special Bulletins
Apple Harvest Festival
Families of Parishes Commissioning 

2021 C.S.A

Congratulations! St Raymond Our Lady of Good Counsel has made our C.S.A. goal. All contributions made to C.S.A. from this point will be returned to the parish at 100%. If you have not made your contribution or would like to make an additional C.S.A. contribution. you still have time.


November Millennium Raffle Winners
$250 Kathleen Wecksesser #1067
$50 Diane Riva #3262
$50 Stevan Skorupski #0405
$25 Anna Gruca #3499
$25 Karen Littlefield #4831
$25 Donna Marshall #3442
$25 Mark Thomas #3045

Congratulations to the winners this month. You still have 7 more chances to win. If you want a ticket contact: carol_bissa@yahoo.com


Thrift Store



Who is my neighbor??? Know someone struggling??? See a Vincentian and take them some food.....
 
Need Help?  Want to Help?
 
PLEASE CALL 313-372-0437
 St. Vincent de Paul Conference

(St. Raymond-Our Lady of Good Counsel )
Community Center , 20055 Joann Ave.
Tues. 9:30-11 am;        Thurs. 4:30-5:30 pm .  

St Raymond-Our Lady of Good Counsel has resumed in-person public mass. Social distancing and AOD guidelines will be observed. 

Any questions about St Raymond-Our Lady of Good Counsel please call 313-527-0525. Leave a message as office hours are limited until further notice or email:
infosaintraymond@gmail.com

St Vincent de Paul Emergency Services are still available (Tues 9:30-11am Thurs 4:30-5:30pm)
Call 313-527-0437

Bulletins are produced First Sunday of the month 


Please Note: If you are dropping off donation envelopes please use the mailbox outside the rectory. Thank you.
 

The Archdiocese of Detroit Office of Priestly Vocations offers resources for any young men
discerning the priesthood. Our new website has information on applying to seminary, frequently asked questions, and how to get in touch with the vocation director.
Learn more at www.detroitpriestlyvocations.com

"Our Trinity Family Moves On!"

For those who have closely followed the three most recent events in our Trinity Family on August 8, September 26, and October 24, one thing has been unmistakable, namely, the Trinity Family is moving   steadily along. Each time something was done to bring the parishioners of each of the three parishes togethers, it should be seen as a step forward in        collaborative ministry, and in unleashing the Gospel, one step at a time.
      Seen from this faith angle, we express deep thanks to all who helped to make our three joint celebrations in the past three months a success. We also commend everyone who participated actively at these memorable celebrations for being part of a rich and diverse cultural and liturgical gathering. Whether we are talking about the Commissioning Mass on   August 8, or the Apple Festival on September 26, or the St. Jude annual feast day which was celebrated this year on October 24, one thing was clear, Trinity Family is a rich diverse group that has much to celebrate and thank God for.
     Every member of the Trinity Family should be filled with admiration for what the diverse Family has. It has people of different races and     cultural background, talented people as well as average folks. Indeed, these arrays of people should be a source and pride and admiration to us all. As someone remarked recently, "We are a sort of a united nation"!
     But do we truly appreciate and admire what we have as a Family? I have my doubts. This is because if we all truly appreciate and admire the gifts and blessings we have in our young Trinity Family, no one would force us to join our brothers and sisters to celebrate our oneness in Christ Jesus under one roof. Indeed, if we regard one another as members of one   family, attending the functions of one another, and helping to lift one    another up wouldn't be such a big deal which it has become for some folks. At the root of the matter is the question, what do we admire in life?

My fellow reflectors and friends, as our Gospel reading shows us this 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, year B, one of the things we admire about Jesus is the kinds of people he admired. To say the least, they were not our kind of "heroes." In fact, most of the people Jesus admired were folks that were either ignored or even disdained.
 
       We meet one of such people in today's Gospel reading (Mark 12:38-44) She was a poor widow, and not one of the "movers and shakers" in the community. She was one of the persons that almost no one would notice. She and all her kind were       considered a liability because they have no money or influence. But Jesus noticed her and even extolled her, not because she gave millions in the treasury, but rather because she sacrificed a lot in the little she gave. What a lesson for us!
 
      This not often referenced Gospel story reminds us that Christ Jesus admired  people who would sacrifice for the sake of the common good, even from the little they have. But, what about us? What sacrifices are we making, for instance, to move our faith-family forward? Are we prepared to admire and appreciate those who leave their cherished church building to worship in another family-parish just to show    support and solidarity, or do we choose to stay at home and criticize those are       sacrificing their time and talents to make a difference?
 
    Simply put, what are you contributing to help your faith-community move         forward? Specifically, what sort of people do you admire in the Trinity Family, folks who are quietly making a difference regularly, or the "movers and shakers" who     occasionally show up and throw in a large and surplus donation and then disappear most of the time? Of course, both are needed, but from our Gospel story this Sunday, we know who Jesus would admire.
 
    Think about it and have a great and wonderful month of November. And be safe!       

 FR. MICHAEL CHIDI  NKACHUKWU

As we temporarily participate at Mass in this different way, each of us and our families are encouraged to make a daily Spiritual Communion by praying the following prayer:

My JESUS,

I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament.
 
I love You above all things and I desire to receive You in my soul.
 
Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally,
Come at least spiritually into my heart.
 
I embrace You as I know You are already here with me,
and I unite myself wholly to You
 
Never permit me to be separated from You.
 
LORD, JESUS CHRIST, You are Alive
and we trust in Your unfailing love, grace, mercy, and care!
 
Amen

 

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