Mass Times

Weekend Masses

Saturday Confessions is from

3:00 to 3:30 pm.

Saturday: 4:00 pm
Sunday: 8:00 am, 10:00 am, 5:00 pm

Daily Masses

Tuesday- Wednesday : 8:00 am
No 8:00 am Mass on Fridays in June, July and August
Monday - Friday: 6:30 pm
First Friday: 11:15 am
First Saturday: 8:00 am

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Events

Wednesday, 09/26/2018 03:30 PM Altar Server Training Session
Saturday, 09/29/2018 12:00 PM Altar Server Training Session

Wednesday, 09/26/2018

03:30 PM
Altar Server Training Session

Saturday, 09/29/2018

12:00 PM
Altar Server Training Session

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Mission Statement

St. Sebastian Parish is a welcoming community of all ages, with special concern for Catholic education and religious formation. Sustained by a sacramental life rooted in the Eucharist, and devotion to our Blessed Mother, we are motivated to serve the needs of our parish and the broader community.

Church News

Altar Server Signup!

Training Sessions for new and returning altar servers will be held in the church on the following dates:

Monday, September 24^th from 7:15pm to 8:30pm
Wednesday, September 26^th from 3:30pm to 5:00pm
Saturday, September 29^th from 12:00pm to 1:30pm

New servers, 4th grade and up, should attend at least two, parents should try to attend. Those who cannot attend these training sessions should contact me if they would like to continue serving.

Signup sheets can be found in the sacristy.

God Bless!

Giovanni Vitale II (313)969-7750 or gvitaleii@gmail.com

Confirmation Sacramental Preparation

We are happy to announce the date for the Celebration of Confirmation will be on Sunday, October 14, 2018 at 5:00 pm Mass. Bishop Frances Reiss will be presiding. Parents and Candidates were notified on Monday, August 06, 2018 by email. A letter was mailed the next day with important information. Please contact the office if you have not received these communications

St. Sebastian Home Visitors

The members of the Christian Service Committee are excited to introduce our latest project: visiting the home-bound and bringing them Holy Communion. If you have a family member or know of someone in the parish who needs to have someone bring Communion to them at home and who would also enjoy a visit from one of our Home Visitor volunteers, please write their name on a piece of paper along with their address and phone number and place it in the Sunday collection basket. It will then be passed along to the office. Also if you are interested in becoming a St. Sebastian Home Visitor, please call the office or Roseann Gómez at 313.792.0617.

God Bless and Thank You
Roseann Gómez and the
Christian Service Committee.

Circle of Grace "Protecting All of God's People"

Safe Environment Program. "Respecting all God's People" Please see FaithFormation page or click on link for letter.

Circle of Grace Letter

St. Sebastian Inclement Weather Policy

It is the policy of St. Sebastian Parish that when

St. Sebastian Catholic School

is closed due to inclement weather,

ALL parish functions,

including daily Mass, Parish Office,

Faith Formation, RCIA, Choir, CYO, Scouts and ALL other

events and/or meetings are cancelled.

Thank You.

Daily Readings

Tuesday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Reading 1 Prv 21:1-6, 10-13

Like a stream is the king's heart in the hand of the LORD;
wherever it pleases him, he directs it.

All the ways of a man may be right in his own eyes,
but it is the LORD who proves hearts.

To do what is right and just
is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

Haughty eyes and a proud heart–
the tillage of the wicked is sin.

The plans of the diligent are sure of profit,
but all rash haste leads certainly to poverty.

Whoever makes a fortune by a lying tongue
is chasing a bubble over deadly snares.

The soul of the wicked man desires evil;
his neighbor finds no pity in his eyes.

When the arrogant man is punished, the simple are the wiser;
when the wise man is instructed, he gains knowledge.

The just man appraises the house of the wicked:
there is one who brings down the wicked to ruin.

He who shuts his ear to the cry of the poor
will himself also call and not be heard.

Responsorial Psalm Ps 119:1, 27, 30, 34, 35, 44

R. (35) Guide me, Lord, in the way of your commands.
Blessed are they whose way is blameless,
who walk in the law of the LORD.
R. Guide me, Lord, in the way of your commands.
Make me understand the way of your precepts,
and I will meditate on your wondrous deeds.
R. Guide me, Lord, in the way of your commands.
The way of truth I have chosen;
I have set your ordinances before me.
R. Guide me, Lord, in the way of your commands.
Give me discernment, that I may observe your law
and keep it with all my heart.
R. Guide me, Lord, in the way of your commands.
Lead me in the path of your commands,
for in it I delight.
R. Guide me, Lord, in the way of your commands.
And I will keep your law continually,
forever and ever.
R. Guide me, Lord, in the way of your commands.

Alleluia Lk 11:28

R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Blessed are those who hear the word of God
and observe it.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel Lk 8:19-21

The mother of Jesus and his brothers came to him
but were unable to join him because of the crowd.
He was told, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside
and they wish to see you."
He said to them in reply, "My mother and my brothers
are those who hear the word of God and act on it."

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