St. Patrick Catholic Church

September 11, 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 & Weekdays: Tuesday 6:00 pm 9:00 pm-12:00 am Wednesday 7:30 am Parish Office Hours Thursday 7:30 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 Masses for the Week of September 18, 2016 Mon. 09/19 Tue. 09/20 Wed. 09/21 Thu. 09/22 Sat. 09/24 Sun. 09/25 Weekday Prv 3:27-34; Ps 15:2-3a, 3bc-4ab, 5; Lk 8:16-18 Saints Andrew Kim Tae-gón, Priest, and Paul Chóng Ha-sang and Companions, Martyrs Prv 21:1-6, 10-13; Ps 119:1, 27, 30, 34, 35, 44; Lk 8:19-21 6:00 PM For the People Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist Eph 4:1-7, 11-13; Ps 19:2-3, 4-5; Mt 9:9-13 7:30 AM For the People Weekday Eccl 1:2-11; Ps 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14, and 17; Lk 9:7-9 9:30 AM For the People Saint Pius of Pietrelcina, Priest Eccl 3:1-11; Ps 144:1b, 2abc, 3-4; Lk 9:18-22 7:30 AM Bill King Weekday Eccl 11:9 12:8; Ps 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14, and 17; Lk 9:43b-45 Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Am 6:1a, 4-7; Ps 146:7, 8-9, 9-10; 1 Tm 6:11-16; Lk 16:19-31 Bulletin deadline is 10:00 AM Monday for inclusion in Sunday Bulletin. SUN MON TUE WED THUR FRI SAT SUN THIS WEEK IN OUR PARISH September 18, 2016-September 25, 2016 Catechetical Sunday-Commissioning of Catechists at 9:30 AM Mass High School Youth Ministry, 6:00 PM, CIA HQ 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 Small Prayer Group, 9:00 AM, LLCR NHS Blood Drive, 10:00 AM, Parish Hall Church Cleaning, 10:00 AM Pastoral Council Meeting, 6:45 PM, LLCR Eucharistic Adoration, 12:00 PM, Chapel Devotions to Our Mother of Perpetual Help, 7:00 PM, Church Estate and Financial Planning Presentation, 7:00 PM, Parish Hall Adult Choir Practice, 7:30 PM, Church Basement Eucharistic Adoration, 9:00 PM, Chapel Church Cleaning, 10:00 AM Men s Faith Support Group, 6:30 AM, LLCR Rosary, 7:30 AM, Chapel Women s Faith Sharing Group-Speaker, 8:00 AM, Parish Hall DOGR Catechetical Conference, 8:45 AM,GR Sponsor Couple Meeting, 10:00 AM, LLCR Reconciliation, 3:00 PM, Church 8th Grade Faith Formation, 12:45 PM, CIA HQ Protecting God s Children, 1:30 PM, Parish Hall High School Youth Ministry, 6:00 PM, CIA HQ Parish Staff (517) 647-6505 School Website: www.portlandstpats.com Ministries

ST. PATRICK CHURCH Page 3 PORTLAND, MICHIGAN Holy Day Burden Amos 8:4-7 To some people, religious holidays are a pain in the neck. Holy days interrupt the flow of business. They keep employees from work. The market s demand remains the same, but the rhythm of work is interrupted. If you run a business, holy days get in the way. To some people, religious values are a pain in the neck. If your goal in life is to make money, you do not want to hear about giving to the poor. You cannot keep money if you give it away. You will treat employees fairly only if it helps improve the bottom line. You will use human beings for fun or advancement, but not with respect for their lives and persons. At the time of Amos the prophet, the corrupt business world treated religion with impatience. When will the Sabbath be over, people wondered on that holy day, that we may display the wheat? Business leaders took advantage of the poor and cheated customers. They had no use for religion. They had use only for profits. We fall to the same sin when work takes precedence over prayer, and when profits take precedence over charity. Religion is designed to ease our pain, not to cause pain. It strives to lighten the burden of all, so that all can rejoice together in the love of God. 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. Family Perspective By Bud Ozar Despite all our time saving gadgets, we still have less leisure and family time. To solve this we created the Myth of Quality Time. Don t be fooled: Quality Time is Quantity Time. Jesus counsels us today, we cannot serve two masters and expect to be happy. Dedicate time to your family. No one in their final hours regretted not spending more time at work. STEWARDSHIP REFLECTIONS No servant can serve two masters. He will hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon (wealth). LUKE 16:13 Is money a god that you put before God? Giving money to support the Church and other charity is a pillar of our Faith, just like attending Mass every Sunday and participating in parish ministry. Giving money frees us from being a slave to money and increases our dependence on God and to trust that He will provide all that we need. Prayer of the Faithful That we recognize everything we have is a gift from God, including our money, and to generously share our wealth to support the mission of our Church, locally and around the world. ALTAR APPOINTMENTS September 24th & 25th Financial Activities Collection the week beginning 8/23 through 8/29 4:30 PM Lori Schrauben Fr. Larry King 7:30 AM Dawn Fedewa Fr. Larry King Fr. Larry King 11:30 AM Kim Schrauben Fr. Larry King 4:30 PM Graham Wohlscheid, Mara Schrauben, Kaitlyn Coyne, Tyler Coyne 7:30 AM Samantha Teachworth, Braxton Teachworth 9:30 AM Alex Kissane, Leah Kissane, Riley Kissane, Brett Price Sponsor of the Week: Travis Harshman, DDS

Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Page 4 September 11, 2016 Youth Corner Junior High Youth Group Friday from 2:45-4:00. High School Youth Group back 2 school party Sunday starting at 6 PM. September 25, Youth Night Ask the Deacon. No Question goes unaddressed! ichallenge: If you want things to be better, then make it that way. Faith Formation New News Catechists Needed The Faith Formation Ministry is looking for a 3rd grade Catechist to help share their faith with the children of our Parish. Classes meet on Monday evenings and all materials are provided. If interested, please contact the Faith Formation office. Registration is now open Registration Forms are now available in the gathering area of the church, Parish office, and on the Faith Formation website page under documents. ALL families (returning, new, and homeschooled) need to fill out both the Registration and Medical Release Forms. First Faith Formation class is Monday, September 19th at 6:30 pm beginning in the church with Prayer Service. Marriage Enrichment Join us for an evening of food and fun on October 1st at 6pm. Pig Roast and Toasting our marriages at Mike and Ann Kissane's home (8151 Carriage Lane)! This is a free event, but there are a limited number of tickets available. Tickets will be available in the Parish Office starting September 18th and at all weekend Masses the weekend of the 24th and 25th. Along with feasting and toasting, your marriage will be enriched when a select number of people will get to share the stories of how they met and how God has worked in their marriage. MASS FOR GOD S CHILDREN Friday, Nov. 4, 7:00 p.m. Cathedral of Saint Andrew 301 Sheldon SE, Grand Rapids A memorial rose and naming cards will be provided for families who have lost a child(ren). If you would like to reserve a rose and have your child(ren) remembered on a name card please contact Mary Pereira before Nov. 1 by calling 616-240-7896 or email: mperra@dioceseofgrandrapids.org. All are welcome to attend including parents, grandparents, siblings, relatives and friends. A reception will follow Mass. Miscellaneous Quotes by Pope Francis We want a peaceful world, we want to be men and women of peace. September 9, 2013 Volunteers needed- St. Patrick Church on the 2nd Monday of each month prepares the Monday Night Dinner at the First Congregational Church. We have been asked if we could also help by providing 2 servers on our night from about 4-6 PM. If you are interested in helping either serve or preparing the meal please contact Darlene Schrauben at 517-512-4058. Stay connected with our mobile app-download now at myparishapp.com

Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Page 5 September 11, 2016 Protecting God s Children Awareness Session Sunday September 25th 1:30pm to 4:30pm St. Patrick Parish will be hosting a Diocesan Protecting God s Children Awareness Session from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm Sunday, September 25, 2016 in the Parish Hall. Completion/attendance at an Awareness Session is required for all parish and school staff and for is also required for all volunteers/parents working with children and for chaperones accompanying children on field trips. If you have not already attended a session, here is your opportunity. Note: ALL Registrations MUST be completed over the Internet online. Pre-registration is required in order to insure that enough materials will be shipped to the parish for attendees. In order to register, go to www.virtus.org. * On the left side of the page, in the green column, click on the words First-Time Registrant * Click on View a list of sessions. * Click in the box stating Select your organization. * Scroll down to Grand Rapids. MI (Diocese) and click on it. * Click Select. * Scroll down the page to see the locations. * Go to top of page and click the Start Registration box. * Complete each step for the registration. You will be asked to create a username and password and to fill out additional information. NOTE: The national organization prints certificates exactly the way you register your first and last name. Please register by the end of the day, Wednesday Sept. 21, 2016. If you have any questions or have any difficulties registering, please Contact Lori Thelen at 517-647-6505 x419. VERY IMPORTANT: Because of the seriousness and importance of the video part of the session, there will be no admittance after the video portion has begun. Please arrive early. Right to Life Portland Right to Life meets Tuesday, September20, in the lower level conference room of the Portland District Library. We welcome people of all faiths to join us in our efforts to protect the rights of the unborn and most vulnerable members of our society. Donate Blood! The St. Patrick Catholic High School chapter of the National Honor Society is hosting an American Red Cross blood drive on September 20th from 10:00 am to 4:15 pm in the St. Patrick Parish Hall. To schedule an appointment to donate, please see an NHS member today or visitwww.redcrossblood.org. WalkIns accepted. Ap pointments honored. IT S KICK-OFF TIME!!! Adult Faith Formation Finally! After all the planning and preparing, Monday night is our first Ignite sessionmand it s going to answer the one question we have to get right: Who is Jesus? It is Jesus that you seek when you dream of happiness; He is waiting for you when nothing else you find satisfies you; He is the beauty to which you are so attracted; it is He who provokes you with that thirst for fullness that will not let you settle for compromise; it is He who urges you to shed the masks of a false life; it is He who reads in your heart your most genuine choices, the choices that others try to stifle. -Pope St. John Paul II Is that the Jesus you know? Do you want to? Theology Night: Who is Jesus? Monday September 19th, 6:30-8pm in the Parish hall. Upcoming Events Monday, Sept 26th: 6:30pm-8pm Spiritual Growth: Who are We? - Finding our identity in Christ Tuesday, Sept 27th: 6pm-7pm Parish-wide Prayer and Adoration Spread the fire! Carolyn Kwiecinski Director of Evangelization and Adult Faith Formation carolynkwiecinski@portlandstpats.com Quilting Bee September 19th and 20th at 9:00 AM at Kathy Spitzley's Barn, 10899 Frost Rd, Portland. Circles 7 & 8, All Quilters welcome. Please contact Kathy Spitzley in you have any questions at 517-647-6220. Speaker Sheri Wohlfert to Speak in Portland The Women s Faith Sharing Group of St. Patrick Parish in Portland is hosting speaker Sheri Wohlfert September 24 from 9:00-11:00 AM. Sheri s discussion, Living as a Woman of God, will be accompanied by a light breakfast. Sheri is a veteran motivational humorist who combines a huge sense of humor with a message rooted in the Gospel. Her presentations leave audiences laughing, thinking, praying and finding God's fingerprints in all corners of life! Sheri is a teacher at St. Mary's elementary school in Westphalia and has been involved in speaking and ministry for over 20 years with audiences of all ages and sizes. If you are interested in attending, please RSVP by Wed., Sept. 21 to 517-647-7959 (call) or 517-331-1276 (text or call).

ST. PATRICK CHURCH Page 6 PORTLAND, MICHIGAN Generous University Scholarship & Opportunity for a Free College Visit: Attention high school seniors! Ave Maria University (near Naples, FL) is offering a Michigan Scholarship to local Catholic students worth $28,000 over 4 years, making a Catholic education affordable plus additional institutional and federal aid available. You are also invited to participate in the AMU Michigan Fly-In 2016 which is a free college visit to AMU November 10-13 including airfare, lodging, food, etc. Limited spots available! For more information or to apply for the Fly-In, visit www.avemariafoundation.org. Single Mothers Group We are excited to announce the start of a group for single moms in our community. It is non-denominational and is open to all single moms. The purpose of this group is primarily to connect single moms through a Christian based program called Overwhelmed. Our first meeting will be Sunday, September 18 th from 2 to 3:30 pm at the United Methodist church in Portland. This first meeting will be informal to introduce ourselves. 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. Bell Ringers Needed The Bell Choir will begin practice for the Christmas season the last week in September. We will practice on Wednesdays or Thursdays from 6:30pm 8:00pm. The Bell Choir will do the music ministry for Masses during the Christmas season, but not on Christmas day. Anyone interested in joining the Bell Choir should call Karen Stevens at 517-627- 7699. No musical ability is needed. Portland Community Fund Association The Portland Community Fund Association will be having a coat drive from October 1st-October 21st. Adult and Children s clean, useable coats will be collected along with hats, mittens, gloves, boots and outerwear. A donation box will be located in the back of the church. A Stuff the Bus will be provided by the Portland Public Schools, Scott Teachout and Joel Vanslambrouck of G & B Pool Supplies and Ted Goodman of Goodman Dairy Farm to collect Coats, not regular clothing or garage sale items. The bus will be located near G & B Pool Supplies on Grand River Ave. On Saturday, October 22nd from 10 AM until 1 PM coats and outerwear will be available to anyone needing them at St Andrew Lutheran Church, located at 8867 Kent Street in Portland. St. Patrick School is off to a great start The 2016 17 school year is off to a great start at St. Patrick School. It has been approximately a month since the teaching staff returned for the start of the new school year and our sports teams started practicing for the fall sports season. Since that time, there has been a whirlwind of activity taking place around here: The teaching staff participated in several training and professional development sessions including Brain Gym, ADHD Awareness and Strategies, CPR, First Aid, and EPI Pen and Automated External Defibrillator training. The elementary staff attended a professional development session at the Van Andel Education Institute while the secondary staff attended a session at the Diocese of Grand Rapids. The school faculty attended the Diocesan Kick Off in Grand Rapids. We hosted our Back-to-School Open House on August 17. Our Back-to-School Tailgate Party was held at our first home football game. We celebrated our first school Mass on Thursday, September 1. The varsity volleyball team won the Silver Division in two invitational tournaments. Not to be outdone by the varsity, the JV volleyball team also won the Silver Division of their first two invitationals. The football team has started the season 3 0 and outscored their opponents 129 6. The Father Flohe Foundation hosted the annual 50-year class reunion for the Class of 1966. Ashton Walker broke the schools cross country record in his first high school invitational and has already broken his own school record at his third meet. We were informed that our varsity girls basketball coach Mr. Al Schrauben will be inducted into the Michigan High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame on September 18. The ceremony will take place at Central Michigan University. We're looking forward to even more events before the end of September: The testing window opens for the annual NWEA MAPS test in which our students participate. Picture Day will take place on September 13 and 14. The school faculty will attend the 9:30 a.m. Mass on Sunday, September 18 for Catechetical Sunday. The National Honor Society will host a Red Cross Blood Drive in the Parish Hall on September 20. Spirit Week officially kicks off on Monday, September 19 and culminates with our homecoming football game on Friday, September 23. If you want to stay abreast of activities taking place at St. Patrick School, go to our website at www.portlandstpats.com and go to the About Us icon and pull down our calendar. This lists all activities taking place at St. Patrick School. You can also sign up for email notification so that you can be contacted when important information is added to our website.

Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Page 7 September 11, 2016 My Own Church My Own Church is your online connection to your family and individual members Church records. In My Own Church you are able to keep your records updated (phone numbers, e-mail address, address changes), you are also able to review your contributions. The first step is to make sure the parish office has your e-mail address on file, the next step would be to register creating a user name and password. The My Own Church website is available from any web browser. Links are available from the St. Patrick Website, www.stpatrickportalnd.com or https://connectnow.parishsoft.com/grandrapids/. Click the new user button, complete the fields on the new user registration form. Read the terms and conditions and check the I Agree Box. Once you have submitted your registration, a St. Patrick Administrator will approve your registration and you will receive an e -mail. Please contact the parish office (517-647-6505 x 410) if you need assistance or have any questions.