> 5-24-12: Pentecost Weekend Events

> 5-24-12: Watch the Pentecost Vigil Mass online!

> 5-21-12: Michigan Catholic Conference files lawsuit against Federal government over HHS Mandate

> 5-4-12: Listen to and learn the new Glory to God!

> 4-9-12: Bishop Earl Boyea releases pastoral letter on Evangelization

> 3-9-12: CTK Catholic Worldview Web site now available!

Pentecost Weekend Events

• Pentecost Prayer Meeting, Friday, May 25, 7:30-9:00 p.m. Join us for great praise and worship, as well as a talk by our pastor, Fr. Ed Fride. Come launch Pentecost Weekend by giving the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit the praise and worship that is Their due!
  
  
• Pentecost Vigil Mass, Saturday, May 26, 7:00 p.m. The celebration will be about 3 hours. If you have never been to a Pentecost Vigil Mass at Christ the King, you won't want to miss it! (If you can't make it to the Vigil Mass, then see the next announcement for how to view the Mass online.) There will be no 4:30 p.m. Mass on May 26.
  
  
• Pentecost Sunday Mass, Sunday, May 27, 8:45 a.m.
  
  
• Pentecost Sunday Mass/Mass of Thanksgiving for Fr. Tom Held, Sunday, May 27, 11:30 a.m. Fr. Tom was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Saginaw on Friday, May 18. Fr. Tom will be the main celebrant at the 11:30 Mass, with Fr. Ed as the homilist. A reception for Fr. Tom will follow the 11:30 Mass.

Watch the Pentecost Vigil Mass online! The wonderful volunteers who enabled us to broadcast the Easter Vigil Mass on the Web are coming together again to help us broadcast the Pentecost Vigil Mass this Saturday, May 26. The Pentecost Vigil Mass starts at 7:00 p.m. EDT. You will need to download Microsoft Silverlight to watch the Vigil Mass on the player shown below. If you don't already have it, you can download it at the Microsoft Web site by clicking here. If you have trouble with Microsoft Silverlight, you may click here to view the broadcast using Windows Media Player. You may see some delays with either method of viewing, depending on the speed of your connection, as the system "buffers" the broadcast.

Please pray that everything goes smoothly, as well as a prayer of thanks for the volunteers who are again making this broadcast possible. Come, Holy Spirit!



Michigan Catholic Conference files lawsuit against Federal government over HHS Mandate On May 21, 2012, the Michigan Catholic Conference (MCC) filed documents in U.S. District Court as a plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging the mandate established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that requires many faith-based employers to provide in their health benefit plans abortion-inducing drugs, sterilization and artificial contraception, all of which the Catholic Church finds morally objectionable. Since 1970, the MCC has provided employees of the state’s seven arch/dioceses and their institutions with a medical insurance benefit. Today, over 10,000 Catholic institution employees and their dependents receive the medical benefit from MCC. The MCC was one of 43 different Catholic organizations filing a total of 12 lawsuits in Federal court on May 21.

For more information about the MCC lawsuit, go to the MCC Web site. For the latest updates on the battle to protect our First Amendment rights, go to the Diocese of Lansing Web site or the Conscience Protection site for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.


Listen to and learn the new Glory to God! Our Music Director, Roger Holtz, has been teaching us a new setting to the "Glory to God" that we will be singing at Mass. Now to help you learn it, you can listen to the music online! Just click on this link to go to the ILP Music Web site. On the page that will appear, find the player with all the Mass parts for the Mass of Christ the King listed. The first item, the Kyrie, will start playing. Click on the "Glory to God" to listen to the music and join in praising God!

Bishop Earl Boyea releases pastoral letter on Evangelization As Fr. Ed mentioned in his Easter Vigil homily, on Holy Thursday Bishop Earl Boyea of the Diocese of Lansing released his first pastoral letter, "Go and announce the Gospel of the Lord." In it, Bishop Boyea addresses the urgent need for evangelization and calls all of the lay faithful to go forth as witnesses for Christ and to welcome back our brothers and sisters who are no longer active in our parish communities. To read the pastoral letter, click here.

Prayer meeting schedule Come join us at one of our charismatic prayer meetings as we praise and worship the King of Kings!

• Life Teen Prayer Meetings Most Tuesdays, year-round. Praise and worship in the Church 8:15-9:30 p.m. Optional discussion groups and social time, including basketball in the gym, is available before the prayer meeting from 7:00-8:15 p.m. We also offer Adoration every Tuesday from 7:45 - 8:15. It is a GREAT time to meet new people and to hang out with fun and good Christian teens! Come on down!!
• Fuel Middle School Prayer Meetings Second and fourth Mondays of the month, 7:30-8:30 p.m. in Church. Come fuel the fire of God in your life!
• All-Parish Prayer Meetings Every Friday, 7:30-9:00 p.m., in the Church Worship space. Come join us; He is worthy of our praise!
• Fellowship of the Burning Bush (FBB) Intercessory Prayer Meetings Wednesdays, 10-11:30 a.m. in the Cry Room in the Church. All are welcome!

Scheduling Forms for 2012-13 To schedule space in the parish facilities, please download the scheduling information and room request form by clicking on the links below. These are pdf forms with fillable fields. Please save and email the completed form(s) to the office at scheduling@ctkcc.net. For more information, please contact Dorothy at 734-929-0974. Thank you!

• Scheduling Packet

• Room Request Form

• Liturgical Use Form

Looking for creative ways to support the parish financially? We've gathered some resources all in one place in the finance section of our Stewardship page or contact Business Manager Theresa Hofer (734-929-0971 or thofer@ctkcc.net).

Songs In His Presence publishes music from Christ the King! Order CDs and songbooks at SongsInHisPresence.com.