Thank you from the Society of St. Vincent de Paul - January 26, 2025
The St. Vincent de Paul Society at St. Alphonsus-St. Clement parish would like to express its sincere appreciation for the overwhelming response to our 2024 Christmas Giving Program. Our goal was to give a $50 gift card to every child 16 and under on our list. Because of the generosity of those who purchased gift cards or made monetary contributions, including donations from the St. Kateri Giving Tree, we were able to surpass this goal! We distributed gift cards to 66 youngsters in our area, along with food and food certificates to their families. Surplus gift cards were sent to the Justice Initiative, St. Vincent de Paul's prison ministry that helps ex-convicts effectively transition into society. Many thanks to the St Alphonsus-St. Clement and the St. Kateri communities for your outpouring of love and compassion during this Christmas season!
As we close the books on the 2023-2024 fiscal period, we want to acknowledge the tremendous support we have received throughout the entire year. Through your generous donations in parish envelopes, poor box offerings, the Friends Walk fundraiser, and Giving Tree funds, we were able to provide significant aid to those struggling to navigate their paths out of poverty. Our conference spent nearly $13,000 on food, clothing, utilities, and furniture, plus another $10,600 on rent and temporary housing. We performed 330 service hours and traveled over 400 miles to minister to 465 individuals in our area. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for helping us help those most in need.
Fr. Greg Retires
We are sorry to announce the retirement of Reverend Gregory Deters, member of the In Solidum team of priests of St. Alphonsus-St. Clement, St. Barbara, St. Kateri Tekakwitha and St. Maria Goretti, effective January 1, 2025. Many of you may know Fr. Greg’s health has been declining over the past year. He has been a priest for over 37 years, serving in nine parishes, throughout the Archdiocese of Detroit. Fr. Greg’s greatest joy has been ministering to children and building faith-based relationships with countless parishioners and their families. We are immensely grateful for his dedicated service, leadership and inspiring counsel.
Fr. Greg will be moving to Marycrest-Trinity Health Senior Community in Livonia.
May God’s grace be with him always.
Thank you Fr. Greg for all you have done for St. Alphonsus-St. Clement Parish and for Allegria Village.
Click HERE to view photos of the reception held for Fr. Greg on Saturday, January 4th after the 4 pm Mass in Fr. Yagley Hall.
Online Mass from St. Alphonsus – St. Clement
We are thankful that so many parishioners are returning to mass. For those who are unable to attend mass in person we are continuing to livestream mass every weekend so you can remain connected with our parish family by participating in the mass online.
The 4:00 PM Saturday and 10:00 AM Sunday masses can be seen on our YouTube channel. To view the current week’s masses or previously recorded masses click below for links to the livestream mass:
Online Giving
Catholic Services Appeal 2024 - With Eyes Fixed On Jesus
Target $37,164
Pledged $85,230
Refund Amount $48,066
229% of the Target has been met with
36% Participation (91 out of 252 solicited)
(As of 1/5/2025)
Thank you for your generosity, especially to those who have increased their CSA donations. Gifts to the CSA are not assessed; the amount above the target is returned to the parish; and next year’s target amount is not increased. If you have not pledged to CSA, please prayerfully consider your pledge amount. CSA pledges can be made until 4/18/2025. If you have any questions or need help with your pledge form, please contact the Parish office.
Thank you for your generosity!
Through CSA, more than one hundred services, programs and ministries are supported in our community. Any amount received above the target is returned to the Parish, is not assessed and does not increase next year’s target.
For more information click below:
Rosary
Where We’re At by Fr. Terry Kerner, Administrator/Moderator - February 16, 2025
I hope that everyone is praying for a replacement for Fr. Greg. The vacancy has been announced twice in the clergy newsletter over the last six weeks with no response. The priest shortage is not felt by Catholics because every time you attend Mass you have a priest. it has been a challenge to obtain priests for our Masses at St. Alphonsus - St. Clement. If you have the opportunity thank the celebrants at Mass for their time and service. A word of encouragement and gratitude can go a long way to help our parish be seen as a desirable place to serve. Many Capuchin Fathers have requests for saying Mass in several other parishes. We should be grateful for the priority they have given to our parish while they have many requests to serve elsewhere. Be nice to priests!
Our Rouge Family of Parishes (St. Alphonsus - St. Clement, St. Barbara, St. Kateri, and St. Maria Goretti) currently has three very dedicated Deacons who assist our priests and parishioners in our parishes. Sadly, we learned over the last couple of weeks that their health has many serious challenges. Deacon Tom Leonard of St. Kateri and Deacon Regis Buckley of St. Maria Goretti have both been diagnosed with cancer. Our third and most veteran Deacon, Larry Girard who is 106 years old, and who is the oldest serving deacon in the United States, has been hospitalized and struggling with many ailments. Please keep these good men and true servants of the Lord in your prayers.
Currently our Family of Parishes through the Order of Christian Initiation for Adults (OCIA) held at St. Kateri is preparing twenty people for the celebration of the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist this coming Holy Saturday. Most of these catechumens and candidates are in their twenties and are from three of our parishes. Our Deacon Tom Leonard has directed the efforts since September and deserves our gratitude. All the folks entering the Church and confirming their Faith will celebrate Holy Saturday at St. Kateri. There will not be Masses celebrated on Holy Thursday and Holy Saturday at St. Alphonsus - St. Clement this year.
The promised statue of Our Lady of Fatima and the outdoor Way of the Cross has been ordered and expected to be installed this coming Spring. We are asking Knights of Columbus to underwrite the costs of both projects. There will be additional opportunities to donate landscaping, benches and walkway materials. If you would like to help, give the parish office a call. Also, this Spring we will be designing and creating a garden on the high school site. The plan is to honor alumni and parishioners and family members who have served in our Armed Forces through the years. Midge Savage has graciously agreed to chair the garden project with her skill set and green thumb. Think about how you can get involved in the project. (St. Fiacre, a sixth century priest, is the patron saint of gardeners and of Paris cab drivers. Maybe we can invoke his name and patronage for our efforts!)
God bless us all and get ready for Lent and the start of Spring Baseball.
Click HERE to read previous articles.
St. Alphonsus Heritage Garden - Preliminary concept - July 2023 - By Fr. Terry Kerner
Click HERE for the latest update.
Events
- Feb 15 2025 3:00 pm - Reconciliation/Confession
- Feb 15 2025 4:00 pm - Saturday Evening Mass (Church)
- Feb 16 2025 10:00 am - Sunday Mass
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Office Hours
Parish Office: 7469 Calhoun St., Dearborn, MI 48126
Phone: (313) 581-5218 ~ 581-7495
Fax: (313) 581-4233
Email: info@sta-stc.comcastbiz.net
OFFICE HOURS:
Monday – Thursday
9:00AM - 3:00 PM
Friday
9:00 AM – 12:00 Noon
Church address: 13540 Gould St., Dearborn, MI 48126
ALLEGRIA VILLAGE CHAPEL (formerly Henry Ford Village):
15101 Ford Rd., Dearborn, MI 48126
Phone: (313) 846-7712 ext. 1121
Mass Times
St. Alphonsus ~ St. Clement
Saturday 4:00 pm (Confessions @ 3pm)
Sunday 10:00 am
Allegria Village Chapel:
Saturday 4:00 pm
WEEKDAY MASS TIMES
Tuesday 9:00 am
Wednesday 9:00 am
Allegria Village: Part of our Family in Faith
Our Priests
Parish Photo Gallery
Fr. Aaron with "Deacon Duffy"
Mass at the Henry Ford Village chapel
Mass at the Henry Ford Village chapel
Mass at the Henry Ford Village chapel
Mass at the Henry Ford Village chapel
The Rosary Group
Vatican International Exhibit of Eucharistic Miracles, December 12 -15, 2019
Vatican International Exhibit of Eucharistic Miracles, December 12 -15, 2019
Vatican International Exhibit of Eucharistic Miracles, December 12 -15, 2019
Vatican International Exhibit of Eucharistic Miracles, December 12 -15, 2019
Vatican International Exhibit of Eucharistic Miracles, December 12 -15, 2019
The Rosary Group
Choir, Christmas 2017
St Alphonsus at night Easter 2016
Closing Mass at St. Clement
Lighting the candle, Easter 2017
St. Alphonsus Library
000- The St. Alphonsus High School Library as it appeared when it opened in 1966. The library was housed in an addition on the south side of the high school building.
027- Thank you to the volunteers from the parish, Knights of Columbus and friends of Fr. Anthony after loading the second truck.
024- Thank you to the volunteers from the parish, Knights of Columbus and friends of Fr. Anthony after loading the first truck.
001- The storage room in the activities building where the books were found, after half of the boxes of books were removed.
003- Volunteers moving the boxes out of the storage room in the activities building.
002- Library books and textbooks in the storage room in the activities building.
The boxes of books were loaded onto carts to move to the door.
005- The carts for the school folding chairs were used to move the boxes of books.
006- The carts of books were moved from the front of the building down the back hall behind the stage for loading into pickup trucks.
007- On a cold November day it took three trucks and a small trailer making about five round trips each to move all the boxes to Fr. Yagley Hall.
008- Half of the boxes filled a storage room in Fr. Yagley Hall. The rest of the boxes were stored in two other rooms in the hall.
009- Fr. Anthony preparing to wrap a box. He wanted each box wrapped in plastic to protect it form water damage in the shipping container to Nigeria.
010- The boxes were wrapped in several sessions over two months.
011- Boxes staged for wrapping with finished boxes stacked behind.
012- Fr. Anthony inspects the day's work of wrapped boxes.
Volunteers from the parish and friends of Fr. Anthony wrapping boxes.
013- Volunteers from the parish and friends of Fr. Anthony wrapping boxes.
Volunteers from the parish and friends of Fr. Anthony wrapping boxes.
016- Volunteers from the parish and friends of Fr. Anthony wrapping boxes.
017- Fr. Anthony inspects the day's work of wrapped boxes.
018- Volunteers from the parish, Knights of Columbus and friends of Fr. Anthony loading the first truck.
022- Volunteers from the parish, Knights of Columbus and friends of Fr. Anthony loading the first truck.
020- Volunteers from the parish, Knights of Columbus and friends of Fr. Anthony loading the first truck.
023- Volunteers from the parish, Knights of Columbus and friends of Fr. Anthony loading the first truck.
019- Volunteers from the parish, Knights of Columbus and friends of Fr. Anthony loading the first truck.
021- Volunteers from the parish, Knights of Columbus and friends of Fr. Anthony loading the first truck.
025- Volunteers from the parish, Knights of Columbus and friends of Fr. Anthony loading the second truck.
026- Fr. Anthony.
028- Fr. Anthony prepares to take the truck to Chicago to the shipping facility.
029- Update Aug. 20, the books loaded into the shipping container in Chicago, ready to go.
The Scriptures
Weekly Readings
Weekly reading
Readings for the week of February 9, 2025
- Sunday: Is 6:1-2a, 3-8 / Ps 138:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 7-8 (1c) / 1 Cor 15:1-11 or 15:3-8, 11 / Lk 5:1-11
- Monday: Gn 1:1-19 / Ps 104:1-2a, 5-6, 10 and 12, 24 and 35c / / Mk 6:53-56
- Tuesday: Gn 1:20—2:4a / Ps 8:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 / Mk 7:1-13
- Wednesday: Gn 2:4b-9, 15-17 / Ps 104:1-2a, 27-28, 29bc-30 / Mk 7:14-23
- Thursday: Gn 2:18-25 / Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5 / Mk 7:24-30
- Friday: Gn 3:1-8 / Ps 32:1-2, 5, 6, 7 / Mk 7:31-37
- Saturday: Gn 3:9-24 / Ps 90:2, 3-4abc, 5-6, 12-13 / Mk 8:1-10
- Next Sunday: Jer 17:5-8 / Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4, 6, (40:5a) / 1 Cor 15:12, 16-20 / Lk 6:17, 20-26
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