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Papenhagen CONSTRUCTION

“Your Start-to-Finish Contractor” LICENSED • INSURED

Scott & Steve Papenhagen 8411 E. U.S. 223

Blissfield, MI 49228 (517) 486-4624 (517) 486-6312 FAX

214 E. Adrian St. • Blissfield 517-486-4385

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301 S. LANE ST., BLISSFIELD, MICH. 49228 •!TEL. (517) 486-2133

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Papenhagen CONSTRUCTION

“Your Start-to-Finish Contractor” LICENSED • INSURED

Scott & Steve Papenhagen 8411 E. U.S. 223

Blissfield, MI 49228 (517) 486-4624 (517) 486-6312 FAX

MAKE YOUR FAMILY PART OF OURS

Serving Since 1981

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS

(517)486-4661

Can You Smell The Coffee And Bacon? It’s All A Cook’en Ya all come on down fur a’spell

Jaw a little with Friends and enjoy a wonderful Breakfast with us.

Sundays 8 am - 8 pm Mon. - Sat. 7 am - 9 pm

214 E. Adrian St. • Blissfield 517-486-4385

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133 S. Lane Street Blissfield, Michigan

Kathleen Langmeyer-Valdez 517-486-2074

Cakes ’n Shakes

Mon.-Fri. 6:00 AM - 5:30 PM Sat. 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM

Linette VanCamp Associate Broker

Cell: 517-403-0869

Email - vancamp@tc3net.com

Fax: 517-486-5577 Lenawee and

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PETERSBURG 141 Saline St.

(734) 279-2111 800-468-8214

BLISSFIELD 9017 E. US-223 (517) 486-4381

800-468-8217

LAMBERTVILLE 7563 Secor Rd. (734) 854-4688

800-468-8216

T h e B o o k A b b e y

Over 40,000 Good Condition, Used Books at Low Prices.

Books starting at 10¢. Used Music and Movies.

Local Artwork.

The Book Abbey 130 E. Maumee St., Adrian (Across from the Croswell Opera House)

Monday - Saturday 10-6 • Closed Sundays 517-265-1939

SUNDAY BRUNCH 11 am - 2 pm

Main Street Stable

SUNDAY DINNER 12 - 8 pm

Hathaway House

US-223, Blissfield 486-2141

www.mainstreetstable.com www.hathawayhouse.com

208 Wilbur Street Blissfield, Michigan (517) 486-0136

Partnering with Parents, Teaching Children since 1970

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8687 E. U.S. 223 • Blissfield, MI 49228 517-486-4633 or 1-866-SHRADER

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MAKE YOUR FAMILYPART OF OURSServing Since 1981KNIGHTS OFCOLUMBUS(517) 486-5966

www.kofc.org

Parishioners“We Donʼt Cut Corners, We Clean Them!”Office: 517-424-7047 Cell: 734-368-4124

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Fresh·Local·DeliciousOpen April-November 3

NW Corner of Treat & US223 Wed. 9-1 • Sat. 8-2

60 CRAFT & PRODUCE VENDORS!

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Hathaway Antique Emporium

Multi Dealer Store Front &Estate Liquidation Services

109 W. Chicago Blvd., TecumsehMon.-Sat. 10-5:30517.301.4300

www.HathawayEmporium.com

Jeff & Sharon Simpson

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Wagley Funeral Home, Tagsold Chapel 301 S. Lane Street

Blissfield, Michigan 49228517.486.2133Doug Tagsold

Wagley Funeral Home1501 W. Maumee StreetAdrian, Michigan 49221

517.263.1400David W. Wagley

WHERE FAMILY VALUES MATTER

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(734) 279-1151

17655 Albain RoadPetersburg, MI 49270

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St.Alphonsus Church 222 Carey st., Deerfield, MI 49238 Ph: 517-447-3500St. Peter The Apostle Church 309 S. Lane st., Blissfield, MI 49228 Ph: 517-486-2156 Fax: 517-447-3210

www.lightofchristparish.com email: lightofchristparish@gmail.com

PARISH OFFICE HOURS

St. AlphonsusTuesday & Thursday: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PMSt. PeterMonday: 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM

WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULESt. AlphonsusSaturday: 5:30 PM - Sunday: 8:00 AMSt. PeterSaturday: 4:00 PM - Sunday: 11:00 AM

HOLY DAY SCHEDULESt. Peter: 9:00 AM - St. Alphonsus: 7:00 PM(this schedule rotates)

WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULESt. AlphonsusWednesday and Friday: 9:00 AMSt. PeterTuesday and Thursday: 9:00 AM

BAPTISM - Contact the parish office.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATIONSt. Peter: 2:30-3:30 PM 1st, 3rd & 5th Saturdays St. Alphonsus: 10:00-11:00 AM 2nd & 4th Saturdays

SACRAMENT OF THE SICKPlease call the office if someone is in the hospital, sick or homebound and would like to be visited and receive the Eucharist or the Sacrament of the Sick.

SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGEPlease contact the pastor 9-12 months before preferred date.

PRAYER CHAINContact Person - Millie Larson: 517-447-3636

Rose Forgiel: 517-447-3868

FOOD PANTRYOpen the 2nd Wednesday of the month from 1-3 PM at the Parish Center in Deerfield. (excluding November and December)

PARISH STAFF

PASTORRev. Jeff Poll

jeffreypoll44@gmail.com517-447-3766

DIRECTOR OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATIONDeanna Burke: deannabdre@gmail.com

LITURGISTMargaret O’Malley: margareto.lp@gmail.com

MUSIC DIRECTORKaren Nevins: karen@karennevins.com

734-730-0007

SECRETARIAL STAFFBookkeeper, Parish Data and

Sacramental RecordsNancie Van Black: lightofchristparish@gmail.com

Bulletin Editor and SchedulingLeanne Goodin: lgoodin@cass.net

Bulletin Deadline: Tuesday at noon. Please email material to: lgoodin@cass.net

MAINTENANCE STAFFKim Diver - Director

Ben Burke

PASTORAL COUNCILPlease call the parish office for contact info.

PARISH COMMISSIONSFinance CommissionWorship Commission

Education CommissionSocial Ministry Commission

New Evangelization Commission

PARISH ORGANIZATIONSMen’s Club

Altar Rosary SocietyKnights of ColumbusHeritage Garden Club

April 16, 2017Easter Sunday "The Resurrection of the Lord"

ALLELUIA!

Today's gospel reading is one that never grows old or boring, because it is a story of such sharp contrasts. Dark becomes light; weeping turns to joy; despair changes into hope. If you were to sum up Easter in one word, it would be "transformation."

Just think about the disciples. In the weeks and months after the resurrection, they found themselves doing things they could never have imagined. Take Peter in today's first reading: He was the one who a few days earlier had denied even knowing Jesus and was now fearlessly proclaiming his lordship. For all the disciples, life would never be the same again. Their encounter with the risen Christ had changed them forever.

Each time we gather to celebrate the Eucharist, Jesus is in our midst, just as surely as he was for Mary Magdalene and the disciples on that first Easter morning. Our faith in the real presence assures us of this. And just as their encounter with the risen Lord changed the disciples' lives forever, we too should never leave any celebration of the Eucharist unchanged. We receive his Body and Blood so that, nourished and transformed we can go forth to love and serve the Lord and one another. Alleluia! Alleluia!

KNIGHTS NEWS

HAPPY EASTER! Please pray for a generous increase in vocations to the priesthood and to the consecrated life.

All parishioners and their guests are invited to join us for the recitation of the 5TH Sunday Rosary at St. Peter Church about 15 minutes after the 4:00 PM Mass on Saturday, April 29 or at St. Alphonsus Church on Sunday, April 30 at 7:20 AM.

Thank You to all who contributed to last weekend's drive to help the Mentally Impaired. A special "Thank You" goes out to all Knights and their family members who helped collect the much needed donations for this worthy case. Bravo!

All Knights, past and present, and their family members, all members of the Music Ministry and Religious Ed teachers and all other friends are invited to a dinner and "going away" party for Ron and Karen on Sunday, April 30 after the 11:00 AM Mass.

We have a very important planning meeting on Thursday, April 20, 7:00 PM, and all Officers, Directors, and Knights are encouraged to attend. We will be setting our calendar of events for the 2017-2018 fraternal year and your input is needed. The upcoming April 30 party will be discussed, too. The April 22 Euchre Night is canceled. Thanks to all for a great year of euchre.

LET’S TALK LITURGYby Margaret O’Malley

Easter, the yearly celebration of the Resurrection of Christ is the oldest and most solemn Christian feast and it is the center of our liturgical or church year. Everything that we do on every other Sunday of the year has its roots in the celebration of the Triduum, the three days of Holy Thursday, Good Friday, the Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday.

The importance of Easter is emphasized by the long season of preparation of Lent, the ceremonies of Holy Week and the Easter Season which follows and runs all the way to Pentecost Sunday. The importance of the Easter Season is marked by the return of the Alleluia before the Gospel and in the hymns we sing. We have ‘fasted’ from Alleluias for the entire Lenten season! Make sure you are smiling while you are singing those Alleluias! We have much to be grateful for!

You may also notice that the Paschal or Easter Candle will remain for the entire season. During the rest of the year the candle is lit during baptisms and funerals as a reminder of baptism being our rebirth into the Life of the Church. During the Easter Season it burns as we recall the events of the early church – as we continue to remember our early ‘family history’!

This is the day the Lord has made – let us rejoice and be glad! Happy Easter!

THIS WEEK IN OUR PARISH

Sunday, April 16!No Religious Education!

Break

Tuesday, April 18!1st Communion Session!Blissfield, 6:30-7:30 PM

!Cantor Rehearsal!Deerfield, 6:30-7:00 PM

!Choir Rehearsal!Deerfield, 7:00-8:00 PM

Wednesday, April 19!ARS Meeting!

SALT Center, 1:00 PM

!Guitar Group Rehearsal!Blissfield, 7:00-8:00 PM

Sunday, April 23!Coffee & Donuts!

SALT Center, 9:00 AM

!Religious Education!Deerfield, 9:15-10:30 AMBlissfield, 9:30-10:45 AM

HS @ Blissfield, 6:00-8:00 PM

~READINGS FOR THE WEEK~

Easter SundayThe Resurrection of the Lord

April 16, 2017Acts 10:34a, 37-43

Colossians 3:1-4 OR1 Corinthians 5:6b-8

John 20:1-9

Second Sunday of EasterDivine Mercy Sunday

April 23, 2017Acts 2:42-471 Peter 1:3-9

John 20:19-31

LET US PRAY FOR OUR SICK AND SHUT-INS

Please call the parish office if you would like to receive the sacrament of Anointing of the Sick, which can be done before/after mass, at your home or in the hospital. Also, if you or someone you know is on the above list and no longer needs to be, please contact the office.

Becky BranscumBecky BrewerMartha BrownFinola CampbellIsabelle DeLaCruzAnn DeNudtWebb DrewCarmen GarciaMary GenchiKaty GoodmanMakenzie GreerBarbara HaddenJoan HamiltonCarrie HartleyAmy HenningKristie HorkeyMarilyn IottEd JacobsonSusan Johnson

Norma KellyMarie KieplinskiRose Ann LievensJoAnn McGovern Shelly MolaroCarol MuellerJoseph MuellerJohn MusielewiczBev PiferDon PozyPatty RankPat RileyJim SheldonLena SilvaVivian TackFlo WentworthCatherine WielfaertMark Willaert

SCHEDULED MASSES WITH INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK

Tuesday, April 18 - 9:00 AM - St. PeterIn memory of William Murbach

20 years

Wed., April 19 - 9:00 AM - St. AlphonsusFor Our Country’s Leaders

Thursday, April 20 - 9:00 AM - St. PeterIn memory of Barbara Prochaska

20 years

Friday, April 21 - 9:00 AM - St. AlphonsusIn memory of Vern Perry

40 years

Saturday, April 22Vigil

4:00 PM - St. PeterIn memory of Jerry Oprsal

by Georgina Oprsal & family

5:30 PM - St. AlphonsusIn memory of Alex Garza

by family

Sunday, April 23

8:00 AM - St. AlphonsusIn memory of Sue (Gainsley) Bersuder

by the Gainsley family

11:00 AM - St. Peter In memory of Deacon Jim Hashman

by Cindy Reau

Stewardship ReportApril 8/9, 2017

Total Sunday: $5,382.00Total Loose: $308.00

Easter: $25.00Easter Flowers: $95.00Mercy Fund: $135.00

Total Envelopes: 182

APRIL EUCHRE NIGHT CANCELED

Thanks to all players for another fun year! See you in the fall!

~PRAY THE 5TH SUNDAY ROSARY~with the Knights of Columbus

APRIL 29About 5:00pm at St. Peter

APRIL 30At 7:20am at St. Alphonsus

WELCOME NICOLAS!

Nicolas Martinez is celebrating the sacrament of Confirmation at our Easter Vigil. A Blissfield resident and BHS grad, he moved there in elementary school. He currently attends Eastern Michigan University and will graduate with a major in communications and minors in accounting, marketing, and computer science. In August Nicolas will be united in marriage with Sara Shields. We would like to recognize Brad Payne, Peg Goetz, Jennifer Staelgraeve, and Stefano and Cindy Zanger who teamed up with Doug Gillies to lead the RCIA sessions this year; and also Mark & Colette Studnicka and Margaret O’Malley who presented one topic each; and Leanne Payne who planned and coordinated the reception Saturday evening.

EASTER FLOWER DONATIONS“Thank You” to those who generously donated toward the Easter Flowers

In Honor Of:Bill and Barb Larson ~ Jason Woods Family: Emily, Isaac, Lauren

In Memory Of:

Robert AlcottRichard AndersonMildred BalunEmma, Otto, Terry BartaRenee BartaBausman FamilyJames BeardRobert Beard, Sr.Joseph and Christine BosuMary BrananLonnie BranscumJim BrownKenneth W. BrownJohn, Joseph, & Charles BurgermeisterVerlinda BurgermeisterCommet FamilyErnest & Nellie CousinoLa Vern CousinoMary Ann CousinoRaymond Cousino FamilyKaren CrequeCatherine & Gomar DeCockerBernard & Rita DiverCarl & Elanor DresselWilliam & Leanore DunnPete DurbanPeter & Rose Mary DurbanStanley DusseauEastwood FamilyVictor FarkasEd & Sophia FisherVickie FisherCarl ForcheForgiel FamilyJohn Gainsley FamilyRuth & Edward GajewskiGallardo FamilyDavid Gibson FamilyJoseph M. GoetzKahle R. GoetzEmeline (Dvorsky) GoodMr. & Mrs. Alfred Gurtzweiler FamilyMr. & Mrs. Elwood Hadden FamilyDaniel HaddixJack & Eleanore HaddixJames HaddixVic & Mary HainesCharles & Alice HearlAnthony & Katherine HorakBetty HorakEmil HorakJoseph HorakDorothy HuffNancy HuffWilliam HuffMerrill & Marjory IottJoy JasikHelen JendrzejewskiIrene & Cass JendrzejewskiStan Jendrzejewski

Gunnar JohnsonJuanita JonesRobert JonesMitchell & Irene KasperekFern KeiserVirginia KeiserCharles KnowlesMargaret KnowlesLenny & Maryann KoltoniakKomorowski FamilyJason KopkaRyan KopkaGloria KnerrVan KnerrAnna & Anthony KuceraJoseph Kucera, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Clifford LaberdeeKenneth LaberdeeRichard LaberdeePaul, Karleen, & Bernard LangmeyerCharles & Loretta LaPanDan LaPanMichael LaPanDavid LarsonLaskos FamilyGabriela & ALexander LewandowskiAlfred LidsterMargaret LidsterMarjorie LidsterMichael LidsterBill LongBob & Loretta LongJesse LongLarry LongLucille LongMarie McKayMargie McMahonP.J. McMahon & Grace McMahonFrances McWilliamBudd MeyerKevin MeyerMirelez FamilyLaurie MlcekMontalvo FamilyCarol & Ollie MuellerHenry & Amelia Mueller FamilyMarybelle NelsonRalph & Lydia NicelyAnna OprsalJerry OprsalMary Ann OprsalPeter OprsalRobert & Serena OsborneOur Deceased Family MembersBill & Alberta PayneVolney & Mary PayneBernard PerryClara & Vern PerryCorrine PerryTom Pirolli

Isadore & Mary PirkleBill & Marion PollMargaret PolukaPeter PolukaRosemary PrielippJames & June RainsTerry RaymondMr. & Mrs. Arnold ReauMr. & Mrs. Bernard Reau FamilyMr. & Mrs. Clifford Reau FamilyCrystal ReauLawrence & Eldenia ReauNorman & Nancy ReauSuzanne ReauWilfred ReauRodela FamilyAlvina RodriguezGuadalupe RodriguezJohn & Felix RodriguezSusie RodriguezDonald J. RoeGloyd & Bernice RoeHelen & Murl RoscoeIla SalenbienWilliam & Rhea SchadewaldScott SchollSharrock FamilyBetty ShupeckShirley A. ShustaSikora FamilyHelen & Louis SnyderDonald SortopMr. & Mrs. Lawrence Steger FamilyDaniel StudnickaJoe & Nancy StudnickaKimberly SvestkaLad & Mary SvestkaBen & Helen SwehlaFern ToomeyPatricia TownsendAnna Mae VanHaerentsNancy VanHaerentsKaye VergotePaul & Helen VergoteDennis WellsStanley & Irene WellsFred & Freda WilkinsLarry WilkinsVirginia WilcoxArdis & William WittBilly WittWitt FamilyHarry & Henry WoodburyWoods FamilyAndrew & Marie YurniklFrank & Claudia YurniklRaymond ZellnerGary ZibbellRobert W. Zimmerman