Our weekly bulletin is called The Harp. By exploring THIS link, you can read the current as well as many past editions!
 

Our Lenten Fish Dinners are back!

Due to current restrictions, dinners will be curbside carryout only.
Please pull-up in front of the activity center to place your order.
Your order will be brought out to you by one of our volunteers.

Thank you for your support! 

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Fridays during Lent:

• Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament at 6:00pm
• Benediction at 6:45pm
• Stations of the Cross at 7:00pm

 

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The 2021 Parish Raffle is here!

Parish raffle tickets are available (through March 9) in the parish office during business hours. Tickets may also be signed out to sell. Please call the parish office at 586-264-1230 to reserve tickets or for questions.

* Tickets are $25.00 each and the tickets are good for 52 weeks of drawings (156 chances to win!) The first drawing is on Wednesday, March 10.

* No need to remember your number… winners are automatically mailed a check and names will be printed in the Harp!

* Winners are based on the Daily 3 Wednesday Evening Michigan Lottery Drawing!

* Match the number, you win $100! Match the number preceding or following the number, you win $25!

* Tickets may be signed out and taken to be sold!

Thank you for your support of our parish through our annual raffle!
 

Our confession schedule has changed, effective
January 1, 2021. Our new confession schedule is as follows:

* Holy Mother Church in Her liturgical tradition has ascribed to different days of the week particular focal points for reflection. Wednesdays are ascribed to St. Joseph. To honor St. Joseph in this year dedicated to him, the Blessed Sacrament will be exposed at 8:00am on Wednesdays and confessions will be heard until Benediction at 8:45am, followed by final blessing before the 9:00am Mass. During adoration, devotions will be prayed, along with time for silent prayer. We will still pray the Our Mother of Perpetual Help devotion (Tuesday) and Divine Mercy Chaplet (Friday) after the 9:00am Mass.
 

Resumption of Public Masses
Mass is now on regular schedule!  

All Masses are currently first come* following
all guidelines from the Archdiocese of Detroit.
A mask or facecovering is required.

(*Exception: If a Baptism/special event is schedule at any weekend Mass,
a sign-up will be required. Prior notification will be published in the bulletin/on Facebook and an announcement will be made at Mass the weekend before.)
 

Parish office hours have resumed:
(Face covering or mask required)
Monday-Thursday: 8:30am-5:00pm
Friday: 8:30am-Noon
Closed Saturday and Sunday
 

Food Pantry remains open (by appointment only!)
To make an appointment, please call 586-264-1230 x1.
 

All non-liturgical activities have been cancelled through April 14, 2021.

With the exception of Religious Education and our food pantry,
this includes all church groups and support groups that meet at
St. Ephrem. Please contact the parish office with any questions.

FEBRUARY 9, 2021 UPDATE from Archbishop Vigneron

The general obligation to attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation (including the anticipatory Mass at 4:00pm or later on the previous day) is to be reinstated in the Archdiocese of Detroit effective Saturday, March 13, 2021.

Considering the grave obligation we have of being physically present with our brothers and sisters at Mass on Sunday and Holy Days of Obligation for the Eucharist, each of us is asked to make a good and sincere judgement as to whether these circumstances apply or not. Where doubt or confusion persists, consult any priest for clarity.

While the general dispensation is removed, there are specific instances where the dispensation will continue, as well as those circumstances where there is no obligation in the first place. One does not have an obligation to attend Mass on Sunday in the following circumstances:

1. You are ill or your health condition would be significantly compromised if you were to contract a communicable illness (i.e., you have underlying conditions or are in a high-risk category). Please use the dispensation and do not attend Mass.
2. You exhibit flu-like symptoms. Please use the dispensation and do not attend Mass.
3. You have good reason to think you might be asymptomatic of a contagious illness (e.g., you were in recent contact with someone who tested positive for a contagious illness such as COVID or influenza). Please use the dispensation and do not attend Mass.
4. You care for the sick, homebound, or infirmed.
5. You are pregnant.
6. Those 65 years of age or older (per the CDC’s recommendation of high-risk individuals).
7. You cannot attend Mass through no fault of your own (e.g., no Mass is offered, you are infirmed, or, while wanting to go, you are prevented for some reason you cannot control (e.g., your ride did not show up, the church was at capacity).
8. If you have significant fear or anxiety of becoming ill by being at Mass.

For questions about the application of any of these, please contact your pastor.

These categories will be reviewed in due course and revised as needed.

Those within categories #1-8 above must still observe the Lord’s Day and are encouraged to spend time in prayer on Sunday, meditating on the Lord’s passion, death and resurrection; an excellent way to do this is through participating in a broadcast of the Sunday Mass.

UPDATED FEBRUARY 8, 2021 - https://www.aod.org/comehometohope-dispensation

We are grateful for the many ways that parish members and visitors support St. Ephrem parish, giving their time, talent and treasure to help this parish live out its mission and ministry in
the name of Jesus Christ.

To Support St. Ephrem
Click Here to Give Online
 

Click Here for resources and online Mass times in the Archdiocese of Detroit

Click Here for recorded devotions
and links on our Facebook page