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December 22 and December 25, 2019 Page 1 Combined Edition
December 22 & 25, 2019
Page 2 Fourth Sunday of Advent and The Nativity of Our Lord
It is my fervent desire that you are able to experience the gifts that the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords offers you, not just at Christmas, but throughout the year. On behalf of the entire staff of St. Thomas More Parish, we are grateful for your presence here by joining us in worship and prayer; by giving “Glory to God in the Highest.” You are always welcome in this church, this parish, this community of faith. We invite you to experience the Light of Christ, which nothing can douse or snuff out. It is that Light which brings us comfort so that we never have to fear the darkness. It is that Light of Christ that we are called to share with others.
A blessed and merry Christmas to you.
Msgr. Tom Rice
A Note From Our Pastor
CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
One of my favorite things about Christmas is the lights. My enjoyment of Christmas lights is that it serves as an antidote for what we face around this time of year. It gets dark so early here in Michigan. Sunset is less than 6 minutes after 5:00pm in late December. Winter in these parts can be a gloomy and desolate time. That is why it is so enjoyable to drive down streets that are bathed in Christmas lights. The glow of Christmas lights transforms a dark night into something warm and magical. It is no coincidence that we celebrate Christmas just a few days after the winter solstice—the shortest day of the year in terms of daylight. In fact, the darker the night, the more radiant is the light which shines through the darkness.
The prophet Isaiah wrote that “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light” (Isaiah 9:2). When the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, St. John writes that He is the “True light coming into the world. The light shines in the darkness and the darkness cannot overcome it” (John 1:5). In Chapter 8 of John’s Gospel, Jesus tells all who will listen that “I AM the light of the world” (John 8:12). Jesus. Light. Dispelling Darkness. Making things bright. Brighter than Christmas tree lights. A light so bright it destroys the shadows and darkness of even sin, despair, and death.
What we celebrate on Christmas is that into the darkness, angels appeared over Bethlehem. The Son of God shows humanity, His face from a manger. Into the darkness, God places a star to guide the magi. Into that darkness Jesus walks head on. To hear, to reconcile, to lift up the poor, the marginalized, the destitute, the overlooked, and those who were reviled and loathed. Even the darkness of Good Friday could not extinguish the Light which came into the world on Christmas.
Jesus enters into our own darkness as well—whatever that darkness may be. Despair. Doubt. Unbelieve. Sin in you. Sin around you. A family falling apart. Death stealing you loved one. Into all of this the light of Christ shines through. The Lord offers to us what we long for the most. Peace. Light. Forgiveness. Strength. Consolation. Hope. No shadows. No darkness. Jesus is the light of the world. His birth rescues us from every type of darkness imaginable.
St. Thomas More Christmas Mass Schedule
Christmas Eve Masses Tuesday, December 24
4:00pm in the Church with Children’s Christmas Pageant
4:00pm in the Social Hall 7:00pm and 10:00pm in the Church
Christmas Day Masses Wednesday, December 25
9:30am and 11:30am
Feast of the Holy Family Saturday, December 28, 4:30pm
Sunday, December 29 7:30am, 9:30am, 11:30am
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God New Year’s Eve
Tuesday, December 31, 4:00pm 2
New Year’s Day Wednesday, January 1, 2020, 10:00am
Christmas Mass Celebrants Christmas Eve: 4:00pm (Church) - Msgr. Tom Rice 4:00pm (Social Hall) - Fr. Joseph Grimaldi 7:00 pm—Fr. Michael Lenz 10:00 pm—Fr. Bob Spezia
Christmas Day: 9:30am—Msgr. Tom Rice 11:30am—Msgr. Tom Rice
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PRAY FOR THE SICK
PRAY FOR THE DECEASED
Our deepest sympathy and prayers to the family of:
† James Galvin—brother of Rosemary Etue
† Felicia Oviedo
“Blessed are those who have died in the Lord; let them rest from their labors for their good deeds go with them.”
Rosanne Bishop Maurine Brennan
Chris Crocker Pat Domka Collin Jones Carl Miller
Leonard Noppenberger Jim and Joan Olson
Karson Otto Cindy Byrne Reschke
Elaine Rosen Carol Simmons
Karen Smith Helen Walczak
Mary B. Whiting Mark Widawski
Prayer Requests
EUCHARIST MASS INTENTIONS
Fourth Sunday of Advent
Saturday December 21 4:30p Patricia Firlik
Sunday December 22 7:30a Diana Borg—Birthday Remembrance Jim Galvin The Hemak Family—Special Intention Bernardo and Maddalena Volante
9:30a Nellie Calice—16th Anniversary Christopher Vidosh—In Memory Of
11:30a Jim Dunleavy Fr. Dave F. West—Birthday Remembrance
The Feast of the Holy Family
Saturday December 28 Eugene Cichanowicz
Sunday December 29 7:30a Patrick McDonald
9:30a Ann Henning
11:30a Jim Dunleavy
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God New Year’s Eve
Tuesday December 31 4:00p Bill and Theresa Champion
New Year’s Day
Wednesday January 1 10:00a Joann Curley
CHRISTMAS EUCHARIST INTENTIONS
Christmas Eve
Tuesday December 24 4:00p Irene Bennick Marion, James, and Christopher Debolski Deceased Members of the Jakinovich Family John Kelly Deceased Members of the Lynn Family Lillian Marsack Thomas Waller Carol Zapoli Ellis and Doris Zink
7:00p Helen Cass Joann Curley Eric Goltz Eric John Kraft Michelle Kraft
10:00p Teresa Imbrunone Gary Mishark Frank Olivieri Orsolina and Vincent Vigliotti Mary and Frank Wilson Robert and Frances Zablocki
Christmas Day
Wednesday December 25 9:30a Joseph, Veronica, and Diane Chick Edward and Frances Kufel John Mills Leonard and Veronica Wesolowski
11:30a Eugene Dytyniak Jim Dunleavy John E. Kraft Ann O’Connor Jerome Walczak Joseph Walczak Fr. David F. West
Major Matthew Altomari SSgt. Cory Borders Lt. Andrew Boschert Major Phil Brule Sgt. Maj. Patrick Corcoran Capt. Joel Cortright ENS Michael Dwyer Capt. Chip Evans Spc. Evan K. Fowler 2nd Lt. Theresa Corsentino SSgt. Daniel F. Jamison M1st Class Megan Jamison
Lt. Christopher Mitek OS2 Emily Muhlenbeck Airman 1st Class Calen Nido Senior Airman Grant Pensa LTjg. Bradley Pienta Capt. Nick Pollock Pfc. Jack Steinhauer Sgt. Kyle Stout Capt. Ben VanHorrick Spc. Carl Voag LTJG. Adam Weisgerber
PRAY FOR THE MILITARY
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MINISTERS FOR MASS—FEAST OF THE HOLY FAMILY—DECEMBER 28 & 29
MASS TIME 4:30 PM Saturday 7:30 AM Sunday 9:30 AM Sunday 11:30 AM Sunday
CELEBRANT DEACON
Fr. Michael Lenz Michael Stach
Fr. Dennet Jung Michael Stach
Msgr. Tom Rice Don Baross
Msgr. Tom Rice Don Baross
COMMENTATOR Grace Seroka Jack Withrow Dan Parente Chuck Moss
LECTOR George Seroka Joe Widina John Hannigan Sue Kator
SERVERS Jake Foley Samantha Foley NOT FILLED
Jim Schultz Pat Schultz
Rory Knauss Noah Tanguay NOT FILLED
Anna Schultz Keara Schultz NOT FILLED
USHERS Carol Glowacki Jim Hager Don McKay Cary Sheremet Ernesto Tuazon
John Gielniak Dan Hayden Tom Hemak Mike Morrison Frank Sikorski Ron Wlosinski
Norm Cicone Jim Duhart Gerry Gostomski George Halter Andy Olson Jim Ward Greg Wise
Zach Azzam Ted Craig Marvin Olane Mark Parent Mike Tauscher
MASS COORD. Carol Glowacki Larry Jeziorski Melinda Prucha Tom Calnen
RECEPTIONIST Nancy Frawley NOT FILLED Donna Halter Lynn Eschrich
Worship
Our Choir will be singing at the following Masses:
Christmas Eve Youth Choir, 4:00pm Adult Choir, 10:00pm
Prelude Begins at 9:30pm
Christmas Day Adult Choir, 9:30am
Antiphons
December 21 O Radiant Dawn, splendor of eternal light, sun of justice:
come and shine on those who dwell in darkness and In the shadow of death.
December 22 O King of all nations and keystone of the Church: come
and save man, whom you formed from the dust!
December 23 O Emmanuel, our King and Giver of Law: come to save us,
Lord our God!
Each moment that you spend in His Eucharistic Presence
will increase His divine life within you and deepen your personal relationship and friendship with Him.
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament will be on Thursday, January 9
beginning after the 9:00 am Mass
and ending with Benediction at 12 Noon.
Christmas Season Daily Mass Schedule Changes
There is no 9:00 am Daily Morning Mass on: December 24, 25, 26, 31, January 1
The 9:00 am Daily Morning Mass will resume on Thursday, January 2
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Christmas Flower Honorariums and Memorials
Robert & Christen Ziemke Francis & Joan Murphy
Drobek Family Edward, Elenor, Richard, Geri
Catherine & Toni Aylward Thomas & Theresa Aylward Bevery Barlow Jack Barlow Linda Stager
Shirle Ketola Bets Ryan Kris Lerbauer
Agnes Stesney Leonard Stesney Donald Eland Marie Webster Gordon Webster
Nicholas Surowka John Laibinus Helen Laibinus Sylvester Surowka Regina Surowka
Alfred Titran Bernard Danan Cindy Marion
Annemarie Martz Llyod A. Martz Marie J. Martz
George Hawke, Jr.
Sally Anna Ottenhoff
Dan Byrne
Paul Vercammen
Nino & Chris Como Jenna Kast
Shirley Kucharski Edward Polomski Anna Polomski
William H. Weisgerber Glorai J. Weisgerber
M/M Thomas Nowak
Raymond McAtee
Edward Milewski
Frank & Jeffrey Kwolik Walter & Pauline Kwolik John & Helen Sanko Steve & Theresa Sanko Mike Sanko Dan Coppens Elemer & Lottie Deaner William Schdmit
Gail Steinhalier (Jensen)
Gregg Glowacki Betty & Lorne McPhail Mary & Stanley Evinski
Hanley Joseph Mack, Jr. Nancy Lynn Grubaugh June Grubaugh Zinsser Dorland Dean Grubaugh
Art Antonelli Edith & Claude Casey
Sy Orlowski
Michael S. Jarosz
Margaret Anne McNally John James McNally Michael Joseph McNally Katherine & Joseph Naughton
Nicholas & Mary Chapley
J. & J. Gostomski & Families Z & J Miller & Families A & M Birkholz & Families G & E Watt Families
Jodi Miettinen
Chester & Bernice Hemak Max & Jennie Dombrowski Beverly & Stan Lachowicz
Mascari Family Bliss Family Pett Family
Robert James Jermstad, Jr.
Nancy Fountas Joseph Beshara
My mother, Alice Johnson
Brother, Bill Johnson
Art, Stella & Walter Koby Jessie, Ted & Theodore Jaraczewski Friends & Relatives of the Koby & Jaraczewski Family
Leo Palchesko Louise Palchesko Gerard Cullen
Alex & Sam Cococcetta
Joanne Rosenbert Shenza Thomas Nala Thomas
Joseph Caramagno Dorothy Caramagno
Robert Court Horace Spiteri
Chuck Hern Louis Drazich
Allan & Lena Casinelli Robert & Barbara Kelly
Beatrice Gosine
Donald Knipper
Denise Little
Gill & Fischer Family
Emmett & Jackie Mills John & Frank Mills Kathleen Aubuchon Mary Jane Aubuchon
James F. Judge, Jr.
Gary Mishark
Len & Rita Hall Nick Capelli
Carl T. Cook
Alba Balderi Nick Balderi Marion Saitczynski
Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Egerer Mr. & Mrs. James Turner
Nellie Krochmal Stanley Krochmal Sonny Krochmal continues on page 7
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Faith Formation
ST. THOMAS MORE YOUTH GROUP INVITING ALL
9TH THROUGH 12TH GRADERS
12/22-1/5/20: Christmas Break (NO MEETING) 1/12/20: Regular Session 7:00-8:15 pm in the Social
Hall 1/19/20: Break MLK Day Weekend 1/26/20: Regular Session 7:00-8:15 pm in the Social
Hall Sign up via email at [email protected]
STM
FAITH FORMATION SCHEDULE
December 22, 29, January 6 and 7—No Classes January 12 and 13—Classes resume January 19 and 20—No Classes for MLK (Office will be
closed Jan 16-19)
The Faith Formation Office will be closed December 24-29, December 31 - January 1,
and January 16-19
Upcoming 8th Grade Confirmation Events
January 12—Sponsor/Student meeting in the Social Hall from 7:00—8:30pm Please turn in completed service project forms to the Faith Formation office after completing service.
CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS EVE PAGEANT
Please join us for The Christmas
Pageant on Tuesday during the 4:00
pm Christmas Eve Mass. Thank you to
the Christmas pageant cast of 2019 for
their hard work and dedication as they
put on a wonderful Christmas Pageant
on December 24. A special thank you to Shauna Haras,
Sharon McManus and Leslie Ward, for their dedication
coordinating the children. Thank you to the wonderful
volunteers and parents who help make it a success every
year. Great job everyone!
Cast
Lily Aul Lily Belanger
Nolan Belanger Andrew Borschke Nathan Borschke William Borschke
Avery Curcuru Marco Fleming Johnny Green Blake Gould Holly Haras
Hannah Jackson Heidi Jackson
Hudson McClain Skye McClain
Weston McClain Adam McManus Daniel McManus
Lexi Osiecki Ava Pittman
Sophia Pollack Amy Surowiec Novana Talia
Charlotte Thornbury Isabella Woodley
Ava Fleming Adam McManus
Anna McManus Natalie Haras
Student Liturgical Volunteers
Thank you to all the students who submitted a poster for the Knights of Columbus “Keep Christ in Christmas” poster contest. Winners will be announced on December 24th at the Christmas Pageant.
Please pray for our RCIA candidates as they go through the process of becoming fully initiated into the Catholic Church.
Prayer cards are available for each candidate on the information counter in the gathering space.
Houda Bazzi Andrew Luginbill
Sam Youssef
Do you know anyone interested in learning more about their faith or wanting to belong to a faith community?
Please have them contact Josylin Mateus at [email protected] or 248-647-4680.
Faith Formation classes are on Christmas break until January 12th. Wishing you and your family a very Merry and Blessed Christmas!
Exploring Catholicism
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John & Mary Balascik Joseph & Eileen Moroski Julianne & Robert Ackles Mary Anne Manturuk Mari Ellen Moroski
Raymond DeSantis Susan DeSantis
George Funds, Jr. Julia Funds Sam Carroll Mary Ann Carroll
Carol Cahalan Vee Whiting Robert E. Whiting
Shelby Brown David Marx John Walker
Ronald Lepri Frank, Miriam, & Richard Lepri
Helen & Edward Cass
Piejak Families Schuster Families
Edward Wloszek Sophia Wloszek Della Rose Sturwold
Bob Zade
Thomas Waller
Robert & Jean Meacham Clarence & Irma VanLoon Dylan Carter
Stan & Mary Evinski Lorne & Betty McPhail
Frank Winay Bill Burda Wanda Burda
Dolores Schroeder Mildred Cprek Mary Cprek Julie Campbell Michael Sliman
Gloria Schelki Eugene Block
Balaz, Hannigan, Moynihan & Santoro Families
Herb Shell John & Mary Kopera
Dyza Family
Ginette M. Peck
Bullon Family Kade Family
Gino Giocondi Norman Zawislak
Vincent Brozoski Helen Duda John Duda Anna Brozoski William Brozoski
Eileen Blessing Joseph Walczak Jerome Michael Walczak Fr. Dave F. West Deceased Members of the Sass & Walczak Family
Tony & Neli Calice John Mills Susan Gierak Doris Powers Ruth LeBay Devin Figaniak Candace Seizert
Nancy Ann Feeney Dewitt Dennis E Sheridan
Harry & Helen Kwitt Catherine & Bernice Barc Helen & Harry Barc Edward & Helen Jeziorski Dennis & Jerome Jeziorski John & Stella Kwitt & Family Caroline & Joe Jeziorski & Family The Paul Kwiatkowski Family
Christmas Flower Honorariums and Memorials
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Stewardship TIME, TALENT AND TREASURE
Evangelization UNLEASH THE GOSPEL
Christmas, a Eucharistic Feast Day, is upon us! by John Hannigan
The Nativity of the Lord is a great feast for the world, the Church, and each person ever created. As in all feasts, there is eating! Families and friends gather to share fine meals. Holiday fare is presented on banquet tables amid “Ooo’s” and “Aahh’s.” Christmas stories often culminate in meals. Tiny Tim and the Cratchits feasted on the goose given to them by Mr. Scrooge, now “filled with Christmas spirit.” Even the Grinch, also now saved, came down from his mountain and “he himself … carved the roast beast!”
At Christmas – “Christ’s Mass” – we celebrate not only the coming down of Our Lord who presides at the eternal heavenly banquet in which we partake at Mass, we also celebrate the food! Christ Himself.
Throughout salvation history, God provides His people with real food. Adam and Eve in the Garden had their fill from every tree, but one! The Israelites in Egypt ate the Passover Lamb whose blood saved them. God sent manna from heaven to feed His people in the desert and save them. And “God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but have eternal life … that the world might be saved” (John 3:16-17). Yes, Christ the child born to us this day, upon Whom dominion rests, is “Wonder-Counselor” and “Prince of Peace” (Is 9:5). But Jesus is also the Word of God “made flesh” (John 1:1-14). In His incarnation, the Christ child comes to us to be food. That is why He is placed in a manger, a feeding trough for animals, amid the glorious “Ooo’s” and “Aahh’s” of choirs of angels!
Christmas celebrates the coming of the only food that fully satisfies and saves. John the Baptist pointed to Jesus proclaiming “Behold the Lamb of God!” (John 1:29), our Passover meal. “Jesus said, ‘I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger’” and “‘whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day’” (John 6:35;54;58). Jesus gives us the great gift of Christmas at every Eucharist, real food, His Body and Blood: “‘This is my body, which will be given for you … ‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood’” (Luke 22:19-20). This is Christ’s culminating meal, “‘For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink’” (John 6:55). Presented such fare on the altar table, we cannot keep from joining our prayers and songs of praise, our “Ooo’s” and “Aahh’s”, our “Glory to God in the Highest,” with those of the angels who attend at the heavenly banquet table. This is what makes for a MERRY CHRISTMAS!
STEWARDSHIP REFLECTION
As our Advent preparations draw to a close and Christmas fast approaches, it is fitting that today’s readings demonstrate the intensity of the Father’s perfect and passionate love for each us, culminating in the gift of His own Son, Jesus Christ, on Christmas Day. In response to such an overwhelming gift, what can we do except offer our lives as gift in return, embracing a stewardship way of life with all the love and strength we have to give?
In our Gospel passage from Matthew, we find an unparalleled example of one who embraced this way of life in St. Joseph, as he obeys God’s call to him through the message of an angel. We never hear St. Joseph speak, but the Scriptures tell us he was always listening, attentive to the leading of the Holy Spirit for his family. It was Joseph who found the stable where the baby Jesus would be born. No doubt it was Joseph who cleaned it up and prepared it for Mary and Jesus since we know that Mary was about to give birth. Joseph protected the family, guarded them, tended to their safety, their comfort, and their well-being at the expense of his own plans and preferences. Though we do not hear any words from St. Joseph his actions clearly show that he offered himself, his whole life, as a gift to his family through his strong guidance, protection and service.
Let us imitate St. Joseph then as good stewards, giving our very lives to those around us in love and gratitude to God who has given us everything we have, especially His own Son, Jesus Christ.
PARISH MISSION STATEMENT
We the Christian Community of St. Thomas More, in an atmosphere of hospitality, are dedicated to
proclaiming the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ through excellence in worship,
education, and service to others.
We believe that the nurturing of the community Around the Eucharistic Table is extended.
Through gatherings which further strengthen and support us. We shall pursue this mission faithfully through the power of the Holy Spirit and the gifts
and talents of our members.
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Readings for the Week of December 22, 2019
Sunday Fourth Sunday of Advent Is 7:10-14; Ps 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6; Rom 1:1-7; Mt 1:18-24
Monday Saint John of Kanty, Priest Mal 3:1-4, 23-24; Ps 25:4-5ab, 8-9, 10 and 14; Lk 1:57-66
Tuesday 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16; Ps 89:2-3, 4-5, 27 and 29; Lk 1:67-79 Vigil: Is 62:1-5; Ps 89:4-5, 16-17, 27, 29; Acts 13:16-17, 22-25; Mt 1:1-25 or Mt 1:18-25
Wednesday Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord Night: Is 9:1-6; Ps 96:1-2, 2-3, 11-12, 13; Ti 2:11-14; Lk 2:1-14 Dawn: Is 62:11-12; Ps 97:1, 6, 11-12; Ti 3:4-7; Lk 2:15-20 Day: Is 52:7-10; Ps 98:1, 2-3, 3-4, 5-6; Heb 1:1:6; Jn 1:1-18 or Jn 1:1-5, 9-14
Thursday Feast of Saint Stephen, First Martyr Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59; Ps 31:3cd-4, 6 and 8ab, 16bc and 17; Mt 10:17-22
Friday Feast of Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist 1 Jn 1:1-4; Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12; Jn 20:1a and 2-8
Saturday Feast of the Holy Innocents, Martyrs 1 Jn 1:5—2:2; Ps 124:2-3, 4-5, 7cd-8; Mt 2:13-18
Sunday Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph Sir 3:2-6, 12-14; Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5; Col 3:12-21 or Col 3:12-17; Mt 2:13-15, 19-23
THE FIRST OF THE MONTH COLLECTION St. Vincent de Paul—January 4 & 5
We are asking for specially needed items. Some suggestions include—Kleenex, toilet paper, paper towel, cleaning supplies, bath soap, deodorant, dish soap, laundry detergent, shampoo, toothpaste, etc. These items are not covered in the Bridge Card programs that many of the needy use for purchases.
Thank you for your generosity and support!
In our Parish
Christmas Message
The Christ-child lay on Mary's lap, His hair was like a light. (O weary, weary were the world, But here is all aright.)
The Christ-child lay on Mary's breast His hair was like a star. (O stern and cunning are the kings, But here the true hearts are.)
The Christ-child lay on Mary's Heart, His hair was like a fire. (O weary, weary is the world, But here the world's desire.)
The Christ-child stood on Mary's knee, His hair was like a crown, And all the flowers looked up at Him, And all the stars looked down. GK Chesterton
Conversation with Catholic men… Join the discussion!
Monday, January 6 @ 7:00pm Church Conference Room
(Sacristy Hallway as you enter the Sanctuary)
Christmas Season Parish Office Schedule
December 24 through 26: CLOSED Offices reopen Friday, 12/27
December 27 & 30: Office Hours, 9:00a-3:00p
December 31 & January 1 : CLOSED
Offices reopen Thursday, 1/2
2019 GIVING STATEMENT
If you would like your donations to be posted to your 2019 Giving Statement, donations must be received by December 30, 2019. Donations received after December 30, 2019 will be posted to the 2020 contribution record.
Donations may be dropped off at the Parish Office during regular office hours. Please check our office hours during the Christmas Season holidays.
Thank You for your support of St. Thomas More Parish
PASTORAL STAFF Monsignor Thomas G. Rice, Pastor
248-647-2222 x. 1111
Weekend Mass Assistance Fr. Robert Spezia
Deacon Don Baross 248-647-2222 x. 8888 [email protected]
WORSHIP and CHRISTIAN SERVICE
Deacon Michael Stach, Pastoral Associate 248-647-2222 x. 5555
MUSIC MINISTRY Brian Foos, Director
248 -647-2222 x. 4444 [email protected]
PARISH OFFICE
Lois Sokolowski, Business Manager 248-647-2222 x. 7777 [email protected]
Kathy Strong, Parish Secretary/Bulletin
248-647-2222 x. 3311
Eva Ashor, Bookkeeper 248-647-2222 x. 3333
FAITH FORMATION Josylin Mateus, Director
248-647-4680 [email protected]
Angela Seba, Secretary 248-647-4680
Sandi Gardner, Section Head 248-647-4680
Patrick O’Brien, Youth Minister [email protected]
SOCIAL MEDIA
Debbie Knauss, Website and Facebook [email protected]
MAINTENANCE
Ben Olar Pete Whiting
248 -647-2222 x. 4422
St. Thomas More Parish Directory 4580 Adams Rd., Troy, MI 48098
PARISH OFFICES: 248-647-2222
FAX: 248-647-8192 FAITH FORMATION: 248-647-4680
Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Closed for lunch 12:30 to 1:00 pm
[email protected] www.stthomasmoretroy.org
MASS SCHEDULE Saturday at 4:30 p.m.
Sunday at 7:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday at 9:00 a.m. - Rosary before Mass
Holy Days: 9:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday at 3:00 p.m.