ST. MARY MAGDALEN Page 1 BRIGHTON, MICHIGAN ALL THINGS CONSIDERED A DIOCESAN FUND DRIVE! This fall we will partner with all 81 parishes of the Diocese of Lansing in an 18-month campaign to raise $65 million for a variety of good works. Some of the funds raised will create endowments for Catholic Charities, Catholic education, the formation of seminarians, candidates for the diaconate and pastoral ministry. Some of the funds will shore up the priests pension fund. Five million dollars will fund DSA for 2017 (there will be no DSA next spring). Some of the money will go to other programs including evangelization and outreach. Finally, there are funds that will go to the capital needs of our five Catholic Charities Agencies across the diocese. HOW WE WILL BENEFIT? Because this fund drive is a joint effort beginning with the first dollar pledged, we will receive a percentage and as we reach our goals, our percentage will increase. Most of the funds we raise will pay down our debt (which stands at just over $3 million). We also have a couple of small projects that will be of service to our community. One is to install a brick plaza and landscaping around the bell tower. The second is to fix and improve the Video System in church. WILL YOU BE A PART OF IT? Besides asking folks to make a gift or a pledge, I would ask all of you to please consider being a part of the campaign! To be clear, I am not asking you to solicit funds in any way! What I am asking is that you serve on the campaign team in one of three ways: 1. As Prayer Partners, who will encourage and increase our parishioners prayer for the success of our phase of the campaign. 2. As Participation Advocates who will encourage people to participate in one of the meetings that will explain the campaign. 3. As Gathering Hosts who will serve as hospitality folks to the participants who will attend any of the small group meetings. The ALL IN meeting to explain the campaign and how you can help will be on Thursday, October 6, at 7 pm in the Community Room. If you are willing to serve, I ask you to sign up in the Gathering Area (at the Welcome Desk) or call Sandi Phillips, the campaign secretary, and let her know you can come (after hours leave a message at 810.229.8624 ext. 172). Or you can send an email to sect4@saintmarymagdalen.org BLESSING OF PETS Next Sunday, we will have the blessing of pets under the canopy at 2 pm. Hope you and your pet can join us for this brief prayer! Fr. Dave Howell THIS WEEK S LITURGIES September 26, Monday Jb 1:6-22/Lk 9:46-50 9:00 am Communion Service September 27, Saint Vincent de Paul Jb 3:1-3, 11-17, 20-23/Lk 9:51-56 9:00 am Communion Service September 28, Wednesday Jb 9:1-12, 14-16/Lk 9:57-62 7:00 pm Communion Service September 29, Thursday, Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels Dn 7:9-10, 13-14/Jn 1:47-51 9:00 am Communion Service September 30, Friday, Saint Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church Jb 38:1, 12-21; 40:3-5/Lk 10:13-16 9:00 am +Mary Jane Kelman October 1, Saturday, Saint Therese of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church Jb 42:1-3, 5-6, 12-17/Lk 10:17-24 October 2, Sunday Hb 1:2-3, 2:2-4/2 Tm 1:6-8,13-14/Lk 17:5-10 4:30 pm Vigil +Robert Howell 9:00 am St. Mary Magdalen Parishioners 11:00 am +Don Pellerito TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Habakkuk 1:2-3, 2: 2-4 The book of the prophet Habakkuk is one of the smaller books of the Bible. A contemporary of Jeremiah, he preached at a time when Babylon threatened to destroy Jerusalem. Today s passage is a dialogue between the prophet and the Lord. 2 Timothy 1: 6-8, 13-14 Although the author attributes second Timothy to St. Paul, it was probably written by someone else as much as 30 years after Paul s death. This was an acceptable practice at the time. One important theme of this letter is the need to be faithful to the Gospel and not to be swayed by false teachings. Luke 17: 5-10 The disciples ask for an increase of faith and Jesus responds by saying, in effect, Don t worry about how much faith you have. It is a powerful thing that even a tiny bit of it makes you miracle workers. You have faith, now nurture it and make it grow. Reflect: How am I growing in my faith? How can I nurture it more?
TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Page 2 SEPTEMBER 25, 2016 STEWARDSHIP REPORT Week of 9/18/2016 Approximately 1421 people participated Env/Cash $18,880 EFT $15,434 TOTAL $34,314 Children s Collection $75.83 Year of Mercy: FORGIVE OFFENSES WILLINGLY Please pray for the sick, especially: Ron Abramovich Emma Aiello Sally Bixler Eli Boulanger Steve Boulanger Taylor Brake Bubba Breach Eugene Buel Jeanne Buel Larry Buslepp Kellie Campbell Marilyn Chevalier Hugh Conahan Joyce Egerer John Hammang Ben Hemker Barb Hemmi MaryAnna Horkan Greg Hrbal Teresa Kaminsky Walter Kovacs Sherry Kunkel Pat Ludke Gwen Maes Roy Mantay Hogan McCuan Theresa McDaniels Tom McSweeney John Mekjian Donna Miller Larrry Minton Delaney Mitchell Meg Parduhn Eric Parker Pam Parker Christine Paweski Maggie Pence-Piche Jim Potrykus Dee Prom Michelle Schmid Jean Schultz Frank Sharpy Stacie Sherman Linda Smotherman John Sullivan Andrew Tokarczyk Marylyn Trader Elizabeth Wisniewski Tom Zremski Annette Jacqueline Maggie BANNS OF MARRIAGE I. Katherine Reaume and Ralph Bidwell II Katherine Slater and Michael Spelman THE WEEK AHEAD Monday, September 26 5:30 pm Play Rehearsal Kids Against Hunger 6:00 pm Magdalen s Kitchen 6:30 pm New Hospitality Training 7:00 pm RCIA Inquiry Tuesday, September 27 6:30 pm Boy Scouts 7:00 pm Theology of the Body Wednesday, September 28 9:15 am Moms Group 9:45 am Prayer Shawl Ministry 7:30 pm Time & Talent Thursday, September 29 7:30 pm Music Ministry Friday, September 30 11:00 am 50+ Seniors Appreciation Mass Saturday, October 1 7:00 am Mom 2 Mom Sale Sunday, October 2 9:00 am Baptism 9:00 am Family Program Begins 10:10 am New Parishioner Meeting 11:00 am Kindergarten Formation Begins 2:00 pm Blessings of Pets 5:30 pm 10th Grade Formation 7:00 pm Youth Group All Weekend: Service Ministry Fair WELLNESS QUOTE True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment. William Penn Please remember in your prayers Heather Urban and Kathy Reichardt and family, in the death of Donny Urban, husband and son-in-law; Elizabeth Milatz, Debby Feger and Ann Marie Holthus and family, in the death of their cousin, Eddie Lipowski; Donald Batten and Mary Day and family, in the death of Marie Batten, wife and mother. Catholic Diocese of Lansing CALLED BY NAME A CONFERENCE FOR PARISHIONERS AND CLERGY October 21-22, 2016 Summit Sports Complex in Dimondale $75 per person Register at www.calledbyname2016.org
ST. MARY MAGDALEN Page 3 BRIGHTON, MICHIGAN Religious Formation News Roxanne at dre1@saintmarymagdalen.org Karen at sect2@saintmarymagdalen.org Religious Education Family Program Please attend the 9 am Liturgy, enjoy a coffee and donut and join the sixty plus families participating this year in the gym at 10:20 am next Sunday, October 2. First Eucharist Parent Meetings All parents of children receiving the sacrament of First Eucharist spring of 2017 are required to attend one of the three offered parent meetings: Wednesday, October 5 4:30, 6:30 and Thursday, October 6 at 5:30. Please mark your calendar. All meetings will be in the North Room. It is not too late to register Parents please do not skip years. It becomes difficult for your children to receive the sacraments with their peers. Our family program meets 2x a month, and most grades can be done as home study. Please contact myself or Karen for more information. Catholic School Youth: If you have a youth in a Catholic school needing to prepare for First Eucharist 2 nd grade, Solemn Penance 4 th grade or to begin preparation for the sacrament of confirmation 9 th grade, you need to register your child for preparation here at St. Mary Magdalen. Please do so right away. Youth News Margaret at yminister1@gmail.com Jillian at jilliankillian25@gmail.com Starting next week we will be begin discussing and planning our annual conversion of the church barn from a place of storage to a place where hauntingly good fun takes place! So, be sure to mark your calendars now for Saturday, October 29 as that is also the parish wide Trunk and Treat!! Also, mark your calendars for Sunday, November 6. We will be in Lansing for the 31 st Annual Youth Jamboree. We ll gather with over 800 teens and adults from the all over the diocese for great live music, awesome workshops, liturgy and a fun fest to end the day. The cost for the day is $60 due mid-october with the opportunity to order an event tee shirt. See Margaret Callaghan for all the registration details. Last weekend we met new freshman and newbies to YG. We played a couple games and had good discussion about looking to see God and the good in others. We challenged the group to participate in reconciliation and how being right with God and others they re in conflict with can really be a wonderful thing. Although we must look at our mistakes and reconcile our shortcomings, God is good and sees us as work in progress and grants us peace, grace and strength despite ourselves. 2016-2017 Formation Calendars in the gathering area or at www.saintmarymagdalen.org. Each grade level syllabus has been posted to the website as well. A Parent Promise When we brought our babies to the Church for baptism we promised to raise them Catholic. This not only means teaching the faith but bringing them to Mass every Sunday and Holy days of obligation. Many children in our religious formation program last year did not attend the Catholic Church weekly, some missed many Sundays not just a few. I ask all parents to please make a covenant with yourself and your family to attend every Sunday. Try very hard not to miss. Not only is it sinful to skip Sunday Liturgy intentionally, but it is hurtful to your brothers and sisters in faith. We need one another! When one family skips attending Sunday Liturgy they are not only cheating themselves but they are cheating their Christian brothers and sisters. How is this? Well when you or I are not there we are not giving our parish family the opportunity to worship with us, so they are being cheated the opportunity to praise the Lord in community with us. EDGE Note that we have adjusted the Monday September 26 th Open House. We will be in the youth room from 7-8 pm. At 7:15 we ll have a short parent meeting. Students will be with our high school leaders in the gym. This is an opportunity for the adult leaders to explain our EDGE Mission. You can sign up for snacks, pay for the Spicer Orchards EDGE night out, place an order for EDGE spirit wear and to meet the leaders who plan the EDGE meetings. We look forward to meeting you and getting started with a new year.
TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Page 4 Of Faith and Service Sr. Joyce at pastmin1@saintmarymagdalen.org Clergy Appreciation Day is October 9 School for Discipleship Brochures are available at the Adult Formation Table and online. Monday evenings is Church and the Theology of God, by Sr. Joyce and Thursday evenings is The Writings of St Paul, by Dcn. Dave Scharf. Child care is available if requested. Called By Name Diocesan Conference October 21 & 22, Summit Sports Center, 9140 Davis Highway, Dimondale When you think of evangelizing do you imagine going door-to-door, handing out leaflets to strangers and talking about the Catholic faith? That is not the evangelizing most of us are called to do. But it is likely you have many chances to share with a loved one your personal experiences of God s love in your life. If you re presented with an opening in a conversation, the way you listen and the things you say may help a family member or friend to rediscover their faith. That s the kind of evangelizing we all can do, especially with loved ones who have left the Church. The Diocese of Lansing is hosting a conference to help parishioners inspire others with the joy of their faith, and learn to invite others back to the Church. The conference is titled Called By Name because we are all called by name to have a personal relationship with Jesus, and because God is calling each of us in a special way to help him reach out to others. Friday is a work day for many. Take a vacation day from work? We take vacation days for other good things. What is the price of a soul? Are you willing to pay at least some price to add to the eternal impact of bringing someone back into communion with God and His Church? Visit: calledbyname2016.org for more information and to register. Mom to Mom Sale Saturday, October 1, 2016 9 am - 1 pm St. Mary Magdalen Church Contact - Rodney Simon brightonmomsale@gmail.com 810 447-0139 Hosted by K of C Council 12295 SEPTEMBER 25, 2016 Charity & Justice Magdalen s Kitchen Sign-Up Names of those interested in serving at Magdalen s Kitchen for the Mondays of October, and November 7th and 14th are being accepted. Assistant cooks, set-up/server/clean-up, dishwashing, dessert providers, and sub positions are needed. Sign-up sheets are organized by date and are on the Charity & Justice table in the Gathering Space. Reminder slips are available to remind you of your commitment. Please list the email address or phone number you can be contacted at; a reminder email or phone call will be made prior to the date you are volunteering. Volunteers must be middle school age or older to fill a server/dish washer position and 18 or older to fill an assistant cook position. Panera Bread Pick Up Names of those interested in picking up bread for Magdalen s Kitchen at Panera Bread (in Brighton, on Grand River) on Saturday evenings (at 10:00 pm) for October and November 5th and 12th are being accepted. The sign-up sheet is on the Charity & Justice table in the Gathering Space. A reminder email or phone call will be placed just prior to the date you are to serve. Kids Against Hunger One of our parishioners, Dylan Bilicki, would like to collect returnable bottles and cans to help raise money for Kids Against Hunger. Please bring your clean returnable bottles and cans and drop them off in the bin marked for Kids Against Hunger. No need for anyone to fuss with taking these returnables to the store, Dylan will do it and help the less fortunate at the same time. Thank you. Theology of the Body Series at St. Mary Magdalen Starting on Tuesday, September 27 and running for 5 weeks through October 25, St. Mary Magdalen will be serving as a local host site for a course on St. John Paul II s Theology of the Body that is being offered by the Diocese of Lansing. The classes will be live-streamed to St. Mary Magdalen from the Diocesan Center in Lansing. The Theology of the Body teaches us who we are as human persons created by God, and how that reality impacts marriage, relationships, and sexuality. The classes will run from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. Contact Deacon Devon at (deacon4@saintmarymagdalen.org) to register or for more information.
ST. MARY MAGDALEN Page 5 BRIGHTON, MICHIGAN Thinking about becoming Catholic? FAITH INQUIRY is a time to see what Catholic life is all about. It s a time to explore Catholic beliefs, and how Catholics live out those beliefs. Monday Evenings Adults (East Room) 7-8:30 pm Children (7 & older- Library) If you were baptized in another faith or you were never baptized at all If you were baptized Catholic but never received your First Communion or you were not Confirmed Come to Faith Inquiry It s where questions are asked and answers are found. For more information, call Erin Wolfe (810) 229-8624, ext. 176 baptisms@saintmarymagdalen.org LIVINGSTON YAM: YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY EVENTS & HAPPENINGS FOR THOSE 18-35 MASS & DINNER Sunday, September 25 5pm Mass @ St. Joseph, Howell 6:30pm Dinner @ Chinese Delight i.d. 9:16 LIVINGSTON DISCIPLES' NIGHT Back to Virtue - Growing as a Disciple with Sr. John Dominic, O.P. Thursday, October 6, St. Joseph Howell 6:30pm Adoration, followed by Dinner 7:40pm Livestream Talk & Discussion Please visit www.livingstonyam.com for more info or find us on facebook at "Livingston YAM" YA COUPLES' DATE NIGHT Sunday, October 16, 5:30-7:30pm Child Care Provided - Adult Conversation & Fellowship Guaranteed! RSVP to Shannon for location Questions? Contact Shannon 810-5887665 or livingstonyam@gmail.com WE C.A.R.E. 2 This program is designed for married couples who are interested in strengthening their communication skills in a faith-based setting. The program is designed to teach couples communication skills and techniques for handling conflict and promoting intimacy with the aim of preventing future marital problems and divorce. Perhaps you took the WE C.A.R.E. program during your engagement and would like a refresher to strengthen your communication skills. Or, perhaps you were not able to participate in this program during your marriage preparation and would like to take advantage of this opportunity now. The WE CARE Program teaches: How to communicate what you want out of your relationships. How to resolve conflict effectively and reduce arguments. How to solve problems as a team. How to keep friendship and intimacy a part of your relationship. How to develop skills to enhance understanding and maintain commitment. DATE: Saturday, October 15, 2016 TIME: 9:00 am 1:00 pm RESERVATIONS: Jaynee or Mark at 517-545-5944; or mark@livingstoncatholiccharities.org LOCATION: St. Patrick Parish, AFFC, Room A, 710 Rickett Road, Brighton, 48116. COST: $50 per couple, scholarships are available. CHILD CARE: Available at no cost. Space is limited and must be reserved by October 1 st. Snacks will be provided. MINISTERS OF PRAYER Sun Sep 25 Volunteer Mon Sep 26 Jan Iannuzzi, Bob & Pat Metz Tue Sep 27 Joyce Muchler Wed Sep 28 Sister Joyce Hoile Thu Sep 29 Jim Hynes Fri Sep 30 Pat & Steve Holden Sat Oct 1 Volunteer ACTIVITIES SCHEDULE Mon Sep 26 - Tue Sep 27 8:30 am Zumba 6:30 pm Boy Scouts Wed Sep 28 6:00 pm HAYAA Basketball Thu Sep 29 8:30 am Zumba 6:00 pm Special Olymics Fri Sep 30 5:00 pm Mom to Mom Setup Sat Oct 1 9:00 am Mom to Mom Sale Sun Oct 2 7:00 pm Youth Group
TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Page 6 SEPTEMBER 25, 2016 St. Patrick is hosting a program It s the Drugs 101 What Parents Want to Know October 26, 6:30 to 8:30 pm. The program comes from Saint Joseph Mercy. This program is intended to help adults parents, grandparents, teachers, coaches, etc. learn about the signs, symptoms and current trends of teen drug use. One of key parts of the program is, there will be a mock teenager s bedroom setup for adults to go through to attempt to identify the items in the room that can be used as drug paraphernalia. It will also include a segment about how to engage kids in conversations about drugs. St. Patrick Church McCann Hall, 711 Rickett Rd. Brighton, MI. This Program is FREE, ADULTS ONLY. Register online at stjoeshealth.org/classes. Walk-Ins accepted. For more information call 734.398.7518. Creating Confident Caregivers Be Our Guest Adult Day (a program of Livingston County Catholic Charities), is again hosting the Creating Confident Caregiver Series - a free 6 week educational series by AAA1-B and the Alzheimer's Association - Greater Michigan Chapter for caregivers who are caring for persons with dementia related illnesses. Location: Be Our Guest Adult Day, 2020 E. Grand River #103, Howell, MI 48843 Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Date: Thursdays, starting October 6, 2016 for 6 weeks R.S.V.P.: Area Agency on Aging 1-B at (800) 852-7795 Respite Care: On-site respite care for participants provided free. The Creating Confident Caregivers (CCC) training program has been proven to reduce caregiver stress by providing caregivers with useful tools and information. The CCC program is not a support group, but an opportunity to learn new information and strategies that will make the job of caregiving easier and more rewarding. Caregivers will learn about the progression of the disease, how it impacts their loved one, learn strategies to manage difficult behaviors and the importance of taking care of themselves.