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Traveling mercies to all who will be on the road for Thanksgiving. (At St. Thomas, there will only be a 9:00 a.m. Mass that day.)<br><br> In Christ,<br> Paul Schultz <br><br> <font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif"><strong><font size="4">News in Brief</strong></font><br> <span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"><b> November 20:</b> Every Friday Adoration<br><b> November 22:</b> Robert Delonis Center<br><b> November 24:</b> Fr. McGivney Dinner<br><b> November 25:</b> Wednesday Night social hours moves to Full Moon<br><b> November 28:</b> Work day / Bonfire Night @ KofC Picnic Ground<br><b> December 1:</b> Parish Advent chant lesson<br><b> December 5:</b> Parish Advent chant lesson<br><b> December 13:</b> Parish Christmas Concert: The Winter Rose <br><br><b> GenChrist notes:</b> March for Life Scholarships; Jason Evert fundraising shortfall<br><br><br> <font face="georgia,times new roman,times,serif" size="3">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</font><br> <font size="4">News</font><br> <b>"Whatever you did for the least of my brothers, you did for me."</b><br><br> Join us this weekend at the Robert J. Delonis Center to help cook, serve and clean up following the Sunday meal. Five hours in the kitchen helps to serve over 200 hungry adults and children. We will be there from noon-5pm, and you can join us for a single shift (12-2:30 to cook or 2:30-5 to serve and clean up) or for the entire afternoon. Please let me know if you are interested. Thank you! ~Mark Meinhart - meinhart at gmail dot com <br><br> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br> <b>McGivney House Dinner</b><br><br> Tuesday, November 24, is the fourth Tuesday of the month, which means the <b>Father McGivney House Fellowship Dinner</b> will be held at the St. Thomas rectory. Please join us at 5:30 p.m. (Evening prayer will begin at 6:00 p.m.) Men who have not fully discerned a call to marriage and are not closed to a vocation to religious life or the priesthood are welcome to attend. Please contact Tony - tony at zick dot ws - by Monday morning, if you are interested in attending. Dinner will be followed by a talk, and will end around 8 p.m.<br><br> (Recent KofC <a href="http://www.genchrist.net/info/fmh.html">Columbia article</a> on FMH)<br><br> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br> <b>Wednesday Night Social Hour</b><br><br> By popular request, our Wednesday night social hour will be moving to Full Moon, for our weekly gathering from 8:30-10:00 p.m.<br><br> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br> <b>Thanksgiving Saturday: Work Day + Bonfire Night</b><br><br> The men of Generation Christ are invited burn-off some of those turkey calories next Saturday, 11/28 - cutting, hauling and processing timber and cleaning up the KofC picnic grounds to raise money for GenChrist and other ministries at St. Thomas. Good weather permitting, we aim to start around 10:00 a.m and to work as long as light allows. Tools will be provided to those who RSVP.<br><br> In the evening, we hope to have a large bonfire and to be joined by the ladies of GenChrist and any alums who are in town.<br><br> Guys - let us know if you can make it. Gals - let us know if you can help out with food or other celebratory preparations.<br><br> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br> <b>Parish Chant Lessons</b><br><br> All members of the parish are invited to two upcoming Advent chant lessons - where Organist Timothy Tikker and members of the music program will re-introduce chants and hymns from the Church's treasury of sacred music. We will all be singing these in the seasons ahead, particularly at the 12:30 Mass on Sundays, which regularly features English and Gregorian chant.<br><br> The lessons will be:<br> Tuesday, December 1st at 7 p.m.<br> and<br> Saturday, December 5th, at 12:30 p.m. <br><br> The lessons will be held in the parish hall. Both lessons will cover the same material. Free sheet music and handouts will be provided. Light refreshments will be served. A few copies of a new resource - <a href="http://www.aquinasandmore.com/catholic-books/Parish-Book-of-Chant/sku/1359">The Parish Book of Chant</a> - will be available for purchase.<br><br> The Vatican Kyriale (<a href="http://www.musicasacra.com/pdf/kyriale-solesmes.pdf">pdf</a>) is a songbook which is a collection of eighteen Masses. Each Mass consists of a Kyrie, a Gloria, a Sanctus and an Agnus Dei. The focus of the Advent lessons will be the Gloria from Mass XV (which Mass is known as "Dominator Deus"), as well as some Advent hymns.<br><br> <a href="http://www.fisheaters.com/customsadvent1.html">Advent</a>, like Lent, <a href="http://www.fisheaters.com/customsadvent1.html">is a penitential season</a>. Therefore, we don't sing the Gloria during Advent. The Gloria returns at Christmas Midnight Mass because we follow the example of the angels who, on that night so many centuries ago, gave glory to God in the highest. This <a href="http://www.fisheaters.com/customschristmas1.html">Christmastide</a>, we hope to utilize the Gloria from Dominator Deus for our celebration of Christ's birth!<br><br> Come to either of the lessons this Advent. No experience is required and everyone is invited. Sheet music and some mp3s are presently available at <a href="http://www.saintthomasmusic.org/">www.saintthomasmusic.org</a> - in case you would like to learn the music ahead of time or will not be able to attend either of the lessons.<br><br> No RSVP is required but, if possible, we would be appreciate if you could let us know how roughly how many plan on attending. Please direct all information and inquiries to Paul - (734) 646-0430 <br><br> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br> <b>Parish Christmas Concert</b><br><br> Save the Date: Sunday, December 13th, 3:00<br> The St. Thomas Choir will be presenting Joseph Martin's <i>The Winter Rose</i><br><br> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br> <b>GenChrist Notes</b><br><br> <u><b>Scholarship for the March for Life</b></u><br><br> The Respect Life Committee is offering two $100 scholarships for a bus trip to Washington, DC for the annual March for Life on January 22, 2010.<br><br> Members of the St. Thomas community who wish TO APPLY FOR A SCHOLARSHIP for the March for Life bus trip: Please write a brief essay describing the importance of the pro-life movement in your life and your reason for wishing to attend the March. Pleace you essay in the Respect Life mailbox in the parish office. The Application deadline is Sunday, December 6, 2009. High school and college students are eligible and are encouraged to apply!<br><br> Now is not too early to make plans for the trip. Right to Life of Michigan is CURRENTLY taking REGISTRATIONS for its charter bys trip that departs Thursday, Jan. 21 at 5:00 p.m., arriving in DC early on the morning of Jan. 22 (the day of the March), and arriving back in Michigan between 5 and 6 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 23. The cost is $90 for students and seniors, $95 for adults. For further bus trip info, call Karen at RTL of Michigan (734) 930-7474 <br><br><br> <u>Jason Evert follow-up</u> - from the Respect Life Committee<br><br> The Jason Evert event hosted by the Respect Life Committee on November 15th was a great success. We filled up the gym to overflowing for both talks and attracted Catholic youth from throughout the diocese.<br><br> Unfortunately, the contributions lagged and the committee did not recover enough to cover costs. In order to ensure our ability to host such events in the future, we are asking that all who attended who may not have already contributed toward the cost please make a contribution of not less than $10 at this time. Please identify your contribution to be applied to the Jason Evert event and pay by check or cash to the parish office.<br><br> Even if you did not attend, a free will offering is welcome and appreciated.<br><br> Thanks for supporting this event. From the feedback we have heard, the information was well received by the teens in attendance and we pray it will impact the choices they make in the future with regard to dating, sexuality and marriage. <script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? 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