Holiday Worship Schedule
Holiday Mass/Adoration Schedule
Adoration beginning Tuesday December 3rd 6:30-7:30 pm St. James
Immaculate Conception Monday December 9th 9:00 am Sts. C&C and 7:00 pm St. James
Communal Penance Service Thursday December 19th 7:00 pm St. James
Vigil of Christmas Tuesday December 24th Sing-a-long ½ hour prior to every Mass 4:00 pm St. James, 7:00 pm Sts.C&C, 10:00 pm St. James
Christmas Day Wednesday December 25th Sing-a-long ½ hour prior to Mass 10:00 am St. James
Vigil of the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Tuesday December 31st 7:00 pm St. James
Advent Project 2019
ADVENT PROJECT 2019
My dear friends,
As we prepare for the celebration of our Lord’s birth, please consider participating in our Advent Project – Cross Catholic Outreach’s “Homes for Christmas”. When you get involved, you’ll join other Catholic parishes across the United States as they bless poor Haitian families with the gift of safe housing – a blessing that renews dignity and uplifts families for generations.
Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere, with most of the population surviving on less than $2 per day. Many of these poor families live in dilapidated shacks, cobbled together with mud and sticks, and they are desperate for relief.
The cost to build one house is $6,981. By participating in this effort, you will be blessed by the opportunity to participate in the Church’s work among Haiti’s poor while celebrating the true spirit of the season.
If you’re writing a check, please make it to Sts. James, Cornelius & Cyprian and on the memo line write Advent Project 2019. You many also donate online on our website. Remember when we care for the homeless poor and needy, we are not simply doing good; it is opening a pathway for people to encounter God’s amazing grace.
Have a blessed Advent!
~Fr Kusi
Prayer for the Homeless
Christmas Prayer for the Homeless
Christmas is a time to be filled with joy. Not only because God took on our flesh and dwelt among us, but because of the birth of Christ in our hearts. It has been said. “If Christ is not born in our hearts today, then his birth 2,000 years ago is not complete.” He hungers to be born in us. And we hunger for fullness of life by giving him life today.
The reality today has not changed from 2,000 years ago. Christ is still in need of food and shelter. He said to us, “I was hungry, and you fed me; I was homeless, and you gave me shelter.” We don’t need to ask when. He told us, “Whenever you did it to the least of my sisters and brothers.”
We are blessed in many ways, not the least of which is that when we get up in the morning, we can turn on the light, go to the bathroom and turn on the faucet to brush our teeth, shower, shave, etc. Most of our sisters and brothers don’t have that luxury. They live in shacks of poles, a tin roof, and a dirt floor. They have no electricity. They have no water, not only to wash but to drink. They are not just “poor people.” They are Christ in our sisters and brothers. Christ still says to us, “I hunger. I thirst. I need shelter.”
May we not simply pray words for peace and joy this Christmas. May we pray through our actions to give food and shelter to our Lord. Let us pray for open hearts, to give birth to him in us, and to us. Now that’s a real Christmas present.
~Fr. Francesco Iacona
Ministry Schedules
Faith Formation Registration Now Available!
Faith Formation Registration
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Login to ParishSoft My Own Church and choose "My Education" and then "Online Registration".
If your family is not yet registered with our parish, please do that first and them proceed to register your children for Faith Formation classes.
To complete your registration, please proceed to the payment page.
Questions? Contact Director of Faith Formation Maureen Stockwell.
Regular Mass Times
SATURDAY
4:00 PM at St. James Mason
SUNDAY
8:30 AM at Sts. Cornelius & Cyprian – Leslie
10:30 AM St. James – Mason
WEEKDAY MASSES
12:10 PM Tuesdays St. James - Mason
12:10 PM Wednesdays St. James - Mason
11:00 AM Thursdays at Sts. Cornelius & Cyprian - Leslie
(1st Thursday 11 AM Mass Green Acres)
9:00 AM Fridays at St. James - Mason
RECONCILIATION
Saturdays from 3:00 – 3:30 PM at St. James - Mason or by Appointment
Sundays 7:45 AM at Sts. Cornelius & Cyprian - Leslie
4:00 PM at St. James Mason
SUNDAY
8:30 AM at Sts. Cornelius & Cyprian – Leslie
10:30 AM St. James – Mason
WEEKDAY MASSES
12:10 PM Tuesdays St. James - Mason
12:10 PM Wednesdays St. James - Mason
11:00 AM Thursdays at Sts. Cornelius & Cyprian - Leslie
(1st Thursday 11 AM Mass Green Acres)
9:00 AM Fridays at St. James - Mason
RECONCILIATION
Saturdays from 3:00 – 3:30 PM at St. James - Mason or by Appointment
Sundays 7:45 AM at Sts. Cornelius & Cyprian - Leslie
Staff
- Fr Kusi Cobona, Pastor
- Tom Feiten, Deacon (Retired)
- Dcn. Al Turkovich, Deacon
- Alison Burch, Business Manager
- Bonnie Sweet, Office Administrator/Bulletin
- Gina Orlando, P/T Administrative Assistant
- Maureen Stockwell, Director of Faith Formation
- Heather Dunivon, Director of Youth Ministry/Evangelization
- Antoinette LaCinski, Director of Music
Publications
Tue, Dec 3rd
Mon, Dec 2nd
Online Giving
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Office Hours
MONDAY - THURSDAY
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
FRIDAY
8:00 AM - noon
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
FRIDAY
8:00 AM - noon
Addresses
Mason: 1010 S Lansing St. Mason, MI 48854
Leslie: 1320 Catholic Church Rd. Leslie, MI 49251
Weekly reading
Weekly reading
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Readings for the week of December 8, 2019
- Sunday: Is 11:1-10 / Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 19 [cf. 7] / Rom 15:4-9 / Mt 3:1-12
- Monday: Gn 3:9-15, 20 / Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4 [1] / Eph 1:3-6, 11-12 / Lk 1:26-38
- Tuesday: Is 40:1-11 / Ps 96:1-2, 3 and 10ac, 11-12, 13 / Mt 18:12-14
- Wednesday: Is 40:25-31 / Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 8 and 10 / Mt 11:28-30
- Thursday: Jgs 13:2-7, 24-25a / Ps 71:3-4a, 5-6ab, 16-17 [cf. 8] / Lk 1:5-25
- Friday: Is 48:17-19 / Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6 / Mt 11:16-19
- Saturday: Sir 48:1-4, 9-11 / Ps 80:2ac and 3b, 15-16, 18-19 / Mt 17:9a, 10-13
- Next Sunday: Is 35:1-6a, 10 / Ps 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10 [Is 35:4] / Jas 5:7-10 / Mt 11:2-11