October 23, 2016 St. Patrick Catholic Church 140 Church St., Portland, MI 48875 Phone: 517-647-6505 Fax: 517-647-7807 parishof#ice@portlandstpats.com www.stpatrickportland.com Rev. Larry J. King, Pastor Dcn. Don Sobolewski, Pastoral Associate The Mission of St. Patrick Parish is: To celebrate the Eucharist, To proclaim the Good News, To encourage Stewardship as a way of life and To grow in Faith, Justice, Love and Service to all. Mass Schedule: Reconciliaon: Eucharisc Adoraon: Saturday 4:30 pm Saturday 3:00 pm Monday, Noon 5:00 pm Sunday 7:30 am, 9:30 am, 11:30 am or by appointment Wednesday, Noon 7:00 pm & s: Tuesday 6:00 pm 9:00 pm-12:00 am Wednesday 7:30 am Parish Office Hours Thursday 9:30 am Mon.-Fri.: 8:00 am-4:30 pm Friday 7:30 am Closed 12:30 pm-1:00 pm for lunch Wed. evening: 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
ST. PATRICK CHURCH Page 2 PORTLAND, MICHIGAN THIS WEEK IN OUR PARISH October 23, 2016-October 30, 2016 SUN 8th Grade Faith Formation, 12:45 PM, CIA HQ HS Youth Ministry, 6:00 PM, CIA HQ Youth Ministry to PSIC in Ionia MON Church Cleaning,10:00 AM, Church Eucharistic Adoration, 12:00 PM, Chapel Adult Formation-Ignite, 6:30 PM, Parish Hall Children s Faith Formation Class 6:30 PM, St Patrick School TUE Small Prayer Group, 9:00 AM, LLCR Church Cleaning, 10:00 AM,Church Adoration for Mass Class 1:00 PM, Church School Mass Choir/Psalmist Group, 1:15 PM, Church Pastoral Council Meeting-all group, 6:45 PM, Parish Hall WED Eucharistic Adoration, 12:00 PM, Chapel Adult Formation-Ignite, 6:30 PM, Parish Hall Devotions to Our Mother of Perpetual Help, 7:00 PM, Church Room Reserved-LLCR, 7:00 PM, LLCR Adult Choir Practice, 7:30 PM, Church Basement Eucharistic Adoration, 9:00 PM, Chapel THUR Bridging Faith & Future Strategic Planning Forum, 5:00 PM, Parish Hall Handbell Choir, 6:30 PM, Music Room-304 Bridging Faith & Future Strategic Planning Forum, 5:00 PM, Parish Hall FRI Reconciliation for 9th Grade, 8:30 AM, Church Church Cleaning, 10:00 AM 7th & 8th Grade Youth Ministry, 2:45 PM, CIA HQ SAT Men s Faith Support Group, 6:30 AM, LLCR Rosary, 7:30 AM, Chapel Reconciliation, 3:00 PM, Church SUN Bake Sale Following all Masses Confirmation, 3:00 PM, ST Andrew Cathedral, GR HS Youth Ministry, 6:00 PM, CIA HQ Masses for the Week of October 23, 2016 Mon. 10/24 Tue. 10/25 Wed. 10/26 Thu. 10/27 Sat. 10/29 Sun. 10/30 Eph 4:32 5:8; Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4, and 6; Lk 13:10-17 Eph 5:21-33 or 5:2a, 25-32; Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5; Lk 13:18-21 6:00 PM Tom Allen-1 year Anniv., Richard Strang, Mark Strang Eph 6:1-9; Ps 145:10-11, 12-13ab, 13cd-14; Lk 13:22-30 7:30 AM For the People Eph 6:10-20; Ps 144:1b, 2, 9-10; Lk 13:31-35 9:30 AM For the People Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles Eph 2:19-22; Ps 19:2-3, 4-5; Lk 6:12-16 7:30 AM Phil 1:18b-26; Ps 42:2,3,5cdef; Lk 14:1, 7-11 Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time Wis 11:22 12:2; Ps 145:1-2, 8-9, 10-11, 13-14; 2 Thes 1:11 2:2; Lk 19:1-10 For the People Bulletin deadline is 10:00 AM Monday for inclusion in Sunday Bulletin. Looking for volunteer snow removers. If interested contact Mike Johnson at 517.647.6505 Ext. 413 On Sunday, Oct. 30, TV Mass from the Cathedral of Saint Andrew will not be broadcast live due to previously scheduled sports programming on FOX 17. Parish Staff (517) 647-6505 Question: Does all the profit from Fall Festival go directly into the Athletic Association checking account? Answer: Yes, with the exception of Kidsfest which goes to PTO and the 5k/Half Marathon which goes to cross country & track.
ST. PATRICK CHURCH Page 3 PORTLAND, MICHIGAN Rumor Control 2 Thessalonians 1:11 2:2 Rumors are very hard to control. Once they are out they create their own truth. Even if they are not true, they create a suspicion that remains. It is not fair. With speedy communication, rumors can be challenged and falsified more quickly. But they also fly faster. And they can do a world of damage. In the days of St. Paul, rumors traveled more slowly, but so did clarifications. It was very hard to get the right message out. This was especially challenging for the nuances Paul was trying to make. For example, he believed that Jesus was coming back very soon, and people should behave accordingly. But Jesus had not yet come. Paul would have known about that. In his Second Letter to the Thessalonians, Paul tries to put down a rumor that Christ had come, while promoting the idea that he was still coming. We ask you, brothers and sisters, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our assembling with him, not to be shaken out of your minds suddenly, or to be alarmed either by a spirit, or by an oral statement, or by a letter allegedly from us to the effect that the day of the Lord is at hand. Some people will believe anything about the coming of Christ. We believe Paul. Christ may not have come today, but we live as if he will. Written by Paul Turner. Copyright 2009, Resource Publications, Inc., 888-273-7782, www.rpinet.com. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission from Lectionary Bulletin Inserts, Year C: First and Second Readings. All Quilters Districts 1 & 2 will be hosting a quilting bee on October 24th and 25th at 10873 Looking Glass Rd. Start time 9 AM. Any questions contact Joyce Curns at 647-4837 Family Perspective By Bud Ozar Listen to Jesus in today s gospel: who humbles himself will be exalted. It is not the occasional big events, but the daily humble routine of family life which creates bonds and relationships which last a lifetime STEWARDSHIP REFLECTIONS Fbe persistent whether it is convenient or inconvenient... 2 TIMOTHY 4:2 It is not always convenient to be a good steward, especially when all the temptations of our busy and materialistic world get in the way. Now add our own pride and ego into the equation and living a stewardship lifestyle may be downright uncomfortable! Remember, God didn t call us to be comfortable. He called us to be faithful. Prayer of the Faithful That we may kneel before God every day, humbly recognizing that everything we have is a gift and asking God to guide us in the ways we use and share His many gifts. ALTAR APPOINTMENTS October 29th & 30th 4:30 PM Connie Vallier Fr. Larry King 7:30 AM Dawn Fedewa Fr. Larry King Fr. Larry King 11:30 AM Ann Marie pung Fr. Larry King 4:30 PM John Schneider, Macey Schrauben, Mara Schrauben, Amy Shaw 7:30 AM Bryce Wendling, Elizabeth Pung 9:30 AM Amelia Schrauben, Maddyson Smith, Summer Russman, Joshua Snitgen Financial Activities Collection the week beginning 10/4 through 10/10 Sponsor of the Week: Westphalia Electric
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Page 4 October 23, 2016 Youth Corner Junior High: See you on Friday after school dress up as a religious person if you would like prize for the best one! HOLY FIRE RALLY in Chicago - High School: This Sunday, October 23 Service Sunday we will travel to Ionia to help at Positive Solutions/Informed Choices. Meet at the Youth Center at 6:00 pm. Bus leaves at 6:05! Sunday, October 30 Hallowed Eve Party come dressed as Saint or other religious figure and perhaps win the grand prize! Monday, October 31 Help hand out candy at the Youth Center 6-8 pm ichallenge: Is your life about you or others? In Memoriam Faith Formation New News Up Coming Dates October 31st- NO CLASSES (Halloween) Up Coming Events October 30th- Confirmation Celebration at St. Andrews Cathedral in Grand Rapids (Current 9th graders) November 14th Meals at First Congregational Church (2-4pm)(6-8 graders) Book Drive Books can be dropped off in the gathering area of the church. There is a basket underneath the Faith Formation bulletin board. This collection will last until October 24th. The class with the most donated will be rewarded. How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer. --St. Teresa of Avila Are you a Prayer Warrior or could you use a little basic training? Ignite welcome Sr. Barbara Cline, FSE, Director of Catechesis for the Diocese of Grand Rapids for: An Introduction to Prayer - Mon. October 24 th 6:30pm-8pm Coming Events: Wed. October 26 th : Love Logic and Jesus - Parenting (Part 1) Mon. October 31 st : No Ignite (Halloween) Spread the fire! Carolyn Kwiecinski Director of Evangelization and Adult Faith Formation carolynkwiecinski@portlandstpats.com THANK YOU The family of Gerald Fedewa would like to extend their heartfelt thanks to family, friends, neighbors for their kindness and support during dad s illness and passing. A special thank you to Father Mason for a beautiful funeral mass and the rosary services, to the choir for the beautiful music and all others who assisted in the funeral mass. Thank you to Janet & Steve Thurston and all helpers in the kitchen. Thank you to all who brought food in for the funeral luncheon and in to our homes. A special thank you to Clinton County Hospice and Caregivers. We are very blessed to belong to such a caring community. A Mass of Thanksgiving will be offered. Lucille Fedewa and Family
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Page 5 October 23, 2016 Join us for a Fall packed full of events Most people know and understand that the beginning of the school year is always busy. This year is no different and all of us at St. Patrick Catholic School have been very busy making it hard to believe it s the middle of October already. Looking ahead however, there is no immediate let up in the schedule with many upcoming activities scheduled between now and Christmas Break. Here are some of the activities taking place that we would like you to know about and join us. October 30: Confirmation members of the 8 th grade class at St. Patrick and those in our religious education program at the parish and their families will travel to the Cathedral of Saint Andrew in Grand Rapids to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation beginning at 3:00 p.m. Most Reverend David J. Walkowiak, bishop of Grand Rapids, will preside at the ceremony. October 31: Pay It Forward Day - Students will participate in our school s annual community service day known as Pay It Forward Day. Students will be out in the community helping local residents and local organizations with various projects. Say Hi if you see our kids around town. We would love to come help you! If you need your yard raked or a small service project completed and are within walking distance of the school, please contact the school office (647-7551) and let us know what we can do to help and the location of the project. October 31: Elementary students will have their annual Halloween parties and costume parade through the school gymnasium. November 1: Fr. Larry will preside at Mass to celebrate the Solemnity of All Saints. Please join our secondary students at 7:30 a.m. Mass and our elementary students at the 9:30 a.m. Mass in the church. November 4: A series of speakers will visit the school and present to students in grades 6-12 on the following topics: Social Media and Cyber Safety, The Dangers of Substance Abuse, Human Trafficking: What is it and How to Keep Yourself Safe, and Teenager Emotions and Mental Health. November 10: Please join our student body at 9:30 a.m. Mass as Fr. Ron Hutchinson, Director of Priestly Vocations for the Diocese of Grand Rapids presides as we celebrate Vocations Awareness Week. November 11: We will host our annual Veterans Day assembly in the school gymnasium beginning at 10:00 a.m. This is open to the public and all veterans are welcome and encouraged to attend. There will be a small reception to follow in the parish hall. November 29: We will host our annual college night which is open to students and families of all schools in the greater Portland area. There will be two keynote speakers. One from Lansing Community College and one from Aquinas College. We are hoping to have representatives from at least 10 colleges on hand for this evening. December 7: The high school classes will participate in our annual retreat day. Our seniors will travel to the Fr. Solanus Casey Center in Detroit and the 9 th grade will travel to Aquinas College for their respective retreats. The sophomore and junior retreat will take place on our school campus. In addition, it s sure to be a full Fall of sports teams competing in state tournaments and our annual fall sports banquet. Stay up to date with what s happening at St. Patrick by reading our school newsletter online (portlandstpats.com), following us on Twitter (@PortlandStPats) and liking our Facebook page (St. Patrick School Portland, Michigan). CONGRATULATIONS to Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Fox October 1, 2016 They are no longer two but one flesh. What God has joined together, let no man separate. Matt. 19:6 St. Patrick School Students Participate in Pay It Forward Day St. Patrick School will host our annual Pay It Forward community service day on Monday, October 31. If you need leaves raked or any other small service project(s) completed and live within walking distance of the school, please contact the school at (517)647-7551. If you prefer, feel free to email your request atrandyhodge@portlandstpats.com. Every effort will be made to accommodate your request. Bake Sale The Welcoming and Social Committee will be hosting a BAKE SALE after all Masses on the weekend of October 29 and 30. COFFEE AND DONUTS will also be served after all of the Sunday Masses. Please stop by the Parish Hall to buy your homemade treats, and to socialize with your friends and fellow parishioners. The proceeds of our bakesales help to fund various parish social events, such as the Senior Citizen Appreciation Dinner, the Parish Picnic, and the Ethnic Dinner. If you would like to donate baked goods, please drop them off in the Parish Hall. We will be there before and after all of the Masses.
ST. PATRICK CHURCH Page 6 PORTLAND, MICHIGAN Celebrating Sunday Your own Sunday By Gertrude Mueller Nelson T ake a quick look at your personal and familial Sunday experience. Does it offer that something more we long for? Or has it just degenerated into a jumble of high expectations, unconscious longings, catching up chores, arguments, a boring hour at church, family feuds. Perhaps Mondays are blue, not so much because the weekend is over, but because Sunday didn t really happen. Ritual and ceremony What do we want and how can we approach this desire for restoration in the holy? Ritual/ceremony is a way for us to name and engage the inner mystery we seek. Ritual action is the creative, poetic act that speaks directly to the heart. When we give for to what is formless and order to what is chaotic, when we give shape and name and meaning to what is fundamental to our humanness, we lift our vague and muddled desires into mindfulness and we have the stuff of ceremony. Rituals can give Friday a different flavor from Saturday, and Sunday s conclusion can point us, with a simple ritual, in the direction of Sunday. Simple, mindful acts help us to set forth the container within which we can safely catch something of the Uncontainable. A good Bad Friday Every Sunday needs to be preceded by a Friday, just as Good Friday was necessary to the resurrection on Easter. We need a little Good Friday in our week which means: a Bad Friday have a bad day. We have to die a little. We need to create for ourselves a consciously BAD DAY. How? We might finish up the tasks we have shunted to the corner of our desk all week. We scrub the bathroom or balance the check book. We risk a non-defensive reconciliation with our co-workers or our family members. If you have something against your brother {or your sister], leave your gift and first be reconciled. Then offer your gift on the altar. (Matthew 5:24). Friday night, after we have died a little, then allows us to celebrate a little. I know a family who has, come hell or high water a family night on Friday evening. They have a lovely family dinner followed by a family meeting which heals and resolves and makes everyone equals once more before God and family. In the Jewish Sabbath ritual, it is the Jewish mother who lights the Sabbath candles at sunset to invite and usher in the Sabbath bride, as this holy time is called. Even before the Sabbath is there, she sets the ceremonies in motion. She prepares to prepare. With such an act the woman sets the tone and literally illuminates the goals and purposes of our gathering in prayerful preparation. It is, indeed, that poetic value that brings to light our purpose and reminds us to be clear and conscious. The gesture says that this week is at an end. A new beginning dawns and with it we look backward and forward and see our place in the scheme of things. In that light, we proceed with the rituals that prepare us to prepare, so that Sunday will be a day like no other day in the week. Herewith, in our hearts, in our households, the gathering rites of Sunday worship have begun. The Saturday catch up work that you vaguely felt compelled to do is now behind you. The laundry is done. Or the grass is mowed. Maybe you do something special in preparation for Sunday s feast: Bake a cake or make brunch muffins or pick a fresh bouquet of flowers. Then at five o clock you stop everything and clean up: Take a leisurely bath. Renew yourself. Plan your Sunday so that it is a true recreation of soul and self and family. Read the Lectionary Readings. (What would you say if it were your job to give a homily on these readings?) Then plan a mitzvah evening with your spouse or friends. This article is the fourth in a series for the month of October. Next week: Separating Sunday into Worship and Recreation. Gertrude Mueller Nelson is an artist, speaker, and author, a Montessori Educator, studied at the C.J. Jung Institute in Geneva, Switzerland, noted speaker at Lutheran, Episcopal, and Catholic venues. Reprinted with permission from Celebration Resources, September 2001. Thank You The family of Kay Klein would like to say Thank You to all the people who have shown us support, helped to feed us, shared a special memory or given a simple hug. Her sudden passing has left us all hurting. The overwhelming show of support from so many people has done much to help. Thank you to Pewamo first responders, the staffs of Sparrow Emergency Department and Neuro ICU, Lehman Funeral Home, Father Charlon Mason, and the Joint choirs of St. Joseph and St. John the Baptist Churches. Here s to keeping her memory alive. Single Mothers Group Our next meeting will be Sunday, October 23 from 2 to 3:30 pm at the United Methodist church. Childcare will be provided so please bring your children. For more information, contact Mary Bresnahan at 517.526.7571 or Sally Cranson at 517.285.0755. Knights News Upcoming events at the Knights Hall -. 10/23/16 Bingo at Knights Hall at 2:00 P.M. 10/26/16 Euchre Party at Knights Hall at 1:00 P.M. 11/2/16 Euchre Party at Knights Hall at 1:00 P.M. 11/3/16 Memorial Mass for the deceased members of the Knights of Columbus at the Knights Hall.Mass at 7:00 P.M. with a luncheon to follow. 11/6/16 Bingo at Knights Hall at 2:00 P.M. 11/7/16 Business Meeting at Knights Hall at 8:00 P.M. Time for fall clean-up in the house and garage! Wed.-Thurs. 10/19-20 Rummage Sale Contact Bill Vallier 517-526-2956
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Page 7 October 23, 2016 New Ways to Give: Through Text Messaging: Text your donation amount to 1-517-641-2226, follow the instructions sent back and complete a one time registration Through Your Computer: Go to www.stpatrickportland.com and follow the New Online Giving link to schedule a recurring donation or a one time donation. Traditional Envelopes Traditional envelopes received quarterly through the mail. If you are not receiving envelopes and would like to, please contact the parish office.