Parish Mission Statement

The Parish of St. Mary, Cause of Our Joy, inspired by Mary’s “Yes” and led by the Holy Spirit,

strives to be a faith-filled community, joyfully welcoming all to witness and to celebrate the Gospel.

FEBRUARY 18, 2018 • FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT

CAUSE

OF St. Mary, Our Joy 8200 N. Wayne Road • Westland, MI 48185

734-425-4421 • stmarycooj.org

Joyful News

Every Friday during Lent, we invite you to join us for a delicious Lenten Meal sponsored by our different

groups within our parish. Stations of the Cross will follow in

the Church. There is no cost for the meal.

Please join us!

Friday, February 23

at 6pm

Small Social Hall

Tuna Noodle Casserole

and Rolls Sponsored by Joyful Women

& Holy Name Fraternity

Followed by

STATIONS

OF THE CROSS

at 7 pm in the

Church

Page 2 PARISH INFORMATION

Mass Schedule

MON, THURS & FRI

WED

SAT

SUN

8:30 am

12:00 Noon

4:30 pm

8:00 am 10:00 am 12:00 Noon

Baptisms Please call our Parish Office during regu-lar business hours. Parish membership and preparation class required.

Confession Saturdays: 3:30pm

Office Hours Monday to Thursday: 8:00am−4:00pm Friday: 8:00am-Noon

St. Mary, Cause of Our Joy

8200 N. Wayne Road, Westland, Michigan 48185 Phone: 734-425-4421 Email: office@stmarycooj.org Fax: 734-425-0650 Website: www.stmarycooj.org

St. Mary, Cause of Our Joy

Marriage Arrangements must be made by registered parishioner at least six months in advance to allow sufficient time for instructions and preparation.

Anointing of Sick and Ministry to Homebound Our pastor, deacon or lay ministers are available to visit upon request.

RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) For those interested in becoming a full member of the Catholic Church. Please call the office.

Parish Registration Please call the office at 734-425-4421 to register with our parish. Please notify our parish of any address or phone changes.

PASTOR

Fr. Ken Mazur, PIME Ext. 213 pastor@stmarycooj.org

PRIEST IN RESIDENCE

Fr. Joe Plawecki

DEACON John Burke deaconjohn@stmarycooj.org

DEACON Jim Hensel (Deacon Emeritus)

FAITH FORMATION (pre-K to year 8)

Sr. Gemma Legel, OSF Ext. 217 faithformation@stmarycooj.org

MUSIC AND WORSHIP

Steve Reyes Ext. 230 music@stmarycooj.org

PASTORAL ASSOCIATE/

CHRISTIAN SERVICE

Paul Zbytowski Ext. 221 paul@stmarycooj.org

YOUTH MINISTRY

Carol Nelius Ext. 215 youthministry@stmarycooj.org

SECRETARIES Peggy Fox Ext. 210 Sandy Young Ext. 211

office@stmarycooj.org

BULLETIN / MINISTRY SCHEDULING

Jennifer Newman Ext. 218 joyfulnews@stmarycooj.org

BOOKKEEPER

Carol Pates Ext. 214 bookkeeper@stmarycooj.org MAINTENANCE Shannon Galoch Ext. 220 Matt Andresen KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS

Bob Schoenborn Grand Knight GK15204@mikofc.org 734-812-8734

DIRECTORY

PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL

Victoria Angelosanto Jim Bonin

Boyington Family

Randy & Kristy Bracket Bob Cadotte

Antonia Casamatta

Tina Ciepley Charlie & Donna Conatser

Ilio DiMascio

Tom Dobrowolski Maria Dolunt

Therese Duffy

Ron & Paul Dugas Georgia Galeas

Alisa Gardner Maria Gomez

Richard Gora

Ray Grochowski Dee Jones

John Kaminsky

Marilyn Kashat Gloria Kenzie

Andy Kinunen

Bob Kluba Rita Kraft

Darlene LaFave

John Lardin Jim Mata

Irene Melady MaryAnn Magon

Alice Milliken

Kim Micallef Michael Mize

Selena Montes

Vivian Nyland Enrique Pardo

Edward Parisien Sr.

Ruth Parisien Jerry & Deb Pietszak

Rita Polent

MaryAnn Pryce Edward Rysztak

Grace Rysztak Emma Scaramella

Tom Shafer

Nancy & Jack Shea Dianne Shekell

Frank Sobota

Leocadia Stokes David Taillard

Roberta Troher

Louise Ventura David Wasil

Cathy West

Gary Woodruff Nova Zboyan

PRAY FOR OUR SICK

1st Reading: Genesis 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18 Resp. Psalm: I will walk before the Lord, in the land of the living.

2nd Reading: Romans 8:31b-34 Gospel: Mark 9:2-10

READINGS for February 25

Report Sexual Abuse for any child or adult: Call AOD victim assistance 1-866-343-8055 or

Call the Michigan Department of

Human Services at: 855-444-3911 any time

Hearing devices are available for

use during Mass. Please see our

music director in the choir area.

Bulletin Articles due by 9 am on Monday

(5 days prior to publication). Submitted

bulletin content is subject to approval.

OUR ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS

CMDR Theron R. Korsak, U.S. Navy; CPT Joey Saunders, U.S. Marines; Joseph David Onadia, U.S. Navy; SMSGT Terence Zelek, U.S. Air Force

If there are any names that can be removed from our Prayer List, please let us know by calling 734-425-4421

Chair: Art Regner Vice Chair: Ann Schroeder Secretary: Mike Francis

At-Large Members

Julie Callahan Doug Cyr Michael Gluth Suzanne Price

Gary Pieknik Pat Slusarz Nancy Smith Chris VanHoet

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We are OFF on Presidents Day for Winter Break. Sessions

resume on Feb. 26.

God calling… A Vocation Prayer: Gracious God, we praise

you for generously sowing your seed, nourishing protecting,

and strengthening us on our faith journey. By our Baptism you commission

us to sow your Word. Now we pray that your Church be enriched with

people who embrace the call to holiness and service. Let us also

encourage others in discerning and living their vocations, thereby

fostering a culture of vocation in which your seed will bear much fruit.

We ask this in the name of Jesus and in the power of eh Holy Spirit.

Amen.

The Bottom Line Notice in a Dry Cleaner’s Window: Anyone leaving

their garments here for more than 30 days will be disposed of. In a

Health Food Shop Window: Closed due to illness. Spotted in a Safari

Park: Elephants Please Stay in Your Car. On a Repair Shop Door: We can

repair anything (Please knock hard on the door – the bell doesn’t work.)

Sr. Gemma Legel, OSF

IN FORMATION

We thank Deacon John for his service to our parish for many years and assure him of our prayers. Deacon John will be preaching at all of the Masses on the weekend of February 24 and 25, his last weekend with us. There will be a reception for Deacon John after the 10 am Mass on Sunday, February 25. Please join us in wishing him well.

ZÉÉwuçx And Thank You

SAND What did you think when you got sand at Church

today? Were there times when you felt like life

was a desert filled with sand? Where did you turn?

How can Jesus help you with your struggles just

as He dealt with His?

This is the first weekend of Lent. Many of you attended Mass last Wednesday to receive ashes and begin publically your crossing from sinfulness to a life of grace. Just as we did last year, every Friday evening we will have a simple, non-meat dinner sponsored by one of the parish groups. It is a good opportunity for us to get to know each other better. These meals are free of charge, they will be sufficient to sustain us; after the meal, at 7:00

pm, we will pray together the Stations of the Cross, which will help to sustain our souls. Please join us.

Also this year the worship commission has come up with an idea that hopefully will assist you in living out Lent every day, not just on Sundays. Each Sunday (or Saturday evening) after Mass, you will receive a small token of something that will remind you of the Gospel for that weekend. We ask that you take it home and display it somewhere that you can see it throughout the week. If there are a number of you in your family, you may want to put them together. Each week, you will receive another item. Add it to the first one, and doing so week by week you will see the progression of the Gospels, and it’s always nice to get something to bring home from church, isn’t it? Throughout the week, you can get a glimpse, or even take a long look at what you received. There will also be a short reflection in the parish bulletin to help you. We will also have a display in the church and in the gathering space with the same items. All to assist in the journey that we make with Jesus towards Calvary, and then to Easter.

May you have a blessed Lent, filled with graces and blessings.

Fr. Ken

From the

Pastor’s Desk

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HOLY NAME

FRATERNITY

Sunday, February 18, Holy Name Frater-nity proudly presents our Pancake and French Toast breakfast, 8:30 until noon in the social hall. Come enjoy a good breakfast, served with generous portions of friendship! On Tuesday, February 20 at 6 pm, Holy Name Fraternity will meet in the small hall for our monthly meet-ing, members dinner, and Lenten reflec-tion provided by parish Pastoral Associ-ate, Paul Zbytowski. All men are wel-come. Happy Lent! Paul Markus

ALL YOU CAN EAT Pancake & French Toast

Breakfast

THIS SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18 8:30am to NOON

Saint Mary, Cause of Our Joy

Social Hall

COST: $3 Adults

$1.50 Children ages 2 to 10

MENU: Pancakes, French Toast, Ham, Sausage, Scrambled Eggs, Applesauce,

Tea, Coffee, Milk, & Juice Sponsored by

HOLY NAME FRATERNITY

Lenten Mission with

STEVE ANGRISANO

at St. Mary, Cause of Our Joy Beginning at 6:30pm each night

Sunday, March 11 “THAT MY JOY MIGHT BE IN YOU…..” “From God are you in Christ Jesus” (1 Corinthians 1:30) The reality of being “IN” Christ.

Monday, March 12 “….AND YOUR JOY MAY BE COMPLETE.” Experiencing Christ in our Everyday Life.

Tuesday, March 13 “SO GO, THEREFORE AND MAKE DISCIPLES…..” Living as missionary disciples.

Three nights of music and storytelling…

FREE-WILL OFFERING

JOYFUL WOMEN NEWS The next General Meeting

Of the Joyful Women is

Wed., February 21 at 7 p.m. Hosted by

Mary, Queen of Angels Circle In the small social hall

Mark your calendars for the following

BUNCO Night! Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Women’s Lenten Reflection Wednesday March 21, 2018 Further details to follow.

All women of the parish are invited to attend our Meetings and Events

FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT

FEATURING: SING SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24

St. Mary, Cause of Our Joy Parish Social Hall

Doors open: 6:00pm Movie Starts: 6:30pm

COST: FREE! SNACKS WILL BE PROVIDED

(Popcorn, fruit snacks, juice boxes, water and other great kid friendly snacks) . Bring the family of an evening of fun

and fellowship!

Questions: email:youthministry@stmarycooj.org or

contact the parish office

Heavenly Father, welcome Home

those whom you have called from this

world especially

Grace Dean

and all the souls of our faithful departed.

May they rest in peace.

Amen

Joyful Women Adult Movie Night – Pizza and a Movie!

Joyful Women is sponsoring a FREE adult movie night in the Social Hall on Thurs-day, February 22nd, 2018. Movie, popcorn and beverage provided FREE of charge, pizza available for $1.00 a slice.

The movie is Wonder Woman. An Amazon princess (Gal Gadot) finds her idyllic life interrupted when a pilot (Chris Pine) crash-lands nearby. After rescuing him, she learns that World War I is engulfing the planet, and vows to use her superpowers to restore peace. Rated PG-13.

Doors open at 5:30 pm, with movie starting at 6:00 pm. All ladies and men of the parish and their guests are welcome! Metal folding chairs provided … feel free to bring your own more comfortable chair and/or cushion!

Lenten Days of Reflection

St. Paul of the Cross Retreat Center 23333 Schoolcraft (Eastbound I-96 Service Drive) between Telegraph & Outer Drive

Wednesday, March 7 at 9am to 3pm Take a few hours out of your busy week to spend some time in a quiet place with the Lord. The day is led by our Passionist priests and includes a conference, personal time for quiet reflection, Sacrament of Reconciliation, Eucharist and a full hot lunch. Cost: $30 per person. Space is available for parish groups or individuals. Please call our parishioner: Marie DiDomizio at 734 522 4639 or Lynnette Marshall at St. Paul of the Cross Passionist Retreat Center (313 286 2800 to reserve your spot.

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HOMEPLATE 2018

Saturday, May 12 Program, Food Coupon, and Baseball Game Saturday, May 12, Comerica Park Each $34 ticket provides you with a $5 food coupon, pre-game program at 12:30PM and followed by the 4:10PM game between the Detroit Tigers and the Seattle Mariners.

Tickets for this event are limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. There are only 7,500 tickets available for this event and it sells out every year. To Make Reservations for the HOME PLATE 2018 program, $5 food coupon, and base-ball game, please provide a check made payable to St. Mary, Cause of our Joy for $34.00 per person or cash to the attention of Carol Nelius via the parish office or you can drop off during weekends after Mass. This event is open to all ages. Ticket dead-

line is Monday, February 26 (NEW EXTENDED DATE) Tickets will be distributed 2 weeks prior to the game date along with final details for the day of the event.

If you require handicap seating, please note this along with your payment. For more information about this event, please contact Carol Nelius, Coordinator of

Youth Ministry at youthministry@stmarycooj.org or call/text 734 765 5525 or 734 425 4421 ext. 215

2018 WAYMC Lock-In

Who: All High School Students - (grades 9-12) When: Feb. 23 at 9:00pm (drop off at St. John Neumann) —- Feb. 24 at 7:30am (pick up begins between 7:15 am—7:30 am from St. John Neumann) Where: St. John Neumann 44800 Warren Rd, Canton, MI 48187 Cost: $5.00 plus a snack & 2L bottle of pop or juice to share! Activities Include: Movies, Basketball, Board Games, Craft Station, Group Games, Eucharistic Adoration, Talent Show, Social Space, Dodgeball, Dance Party… and MORE! Advanced sign up required by Monday, February 19

A new school semester has started. Teenagers are busier than ever today. Maybe your fall schedule was action packed with sports, marching band, or a tough schedule of classes and you didn't have time to fit youth group meetings and events into your schedule. Well no problem. The door is always open for you for to come and join us when you can. Youth group meets every Monday from 7:15 pm - 9:00 p.m. in the youth group room located in the parish center. You can also sign up to receive text and or email high school ministry updates - Text COOJ to 84576 from your phone to subscribe to updates. - Select Youth Ministry High School or you can sign up on from the website. flocknote.com/stmarycooj and then select high school youth ministry .

Carol Nelius - Coordinator of Youth Ministry - email: youthministry@stmarycooj.org or 734 425 4421 ext. 215

Forever Young Seniors…

from the beach…..

Our next meeting will be Monday, March 5th at 10:00am in the large Social Hall. We still need volunteer chefs for our March lunch. If you can do a simple, light meal, please call Katie Bohr (734) 718-5974 and let her know. We are still working on our program for the March meeting, so watch for updates in this article.

Forever Young Seniors will also be helping out with the February 23rd Lenten Meal at 6:00pm in the Social Hall. Please let Katie Bohr (734) 718-5974 know if you can volunteer help with preparing or serving the meal Please keep all of our ill members in your prayers. We have some wonderful bus trips coming up:

Memory Lane Grand

River Ave. Wednesday, April 25th 8:15am – 5:30pm $73

due by April 11th

Holland Tulip Time Tues, May 8th ���7:15am – 8:00pm $89 due by April 24th

Rum Runners Wed, June 27th

9:00am – 4:00pm $99 Passport Required - call for Wait List,

for those already signed up, please pay ASAP

The bus trips are open to everyone. Please call Marie DiDomizio 734-522-4639 for reservations and more details. Copies of the flyers can also be obtained at the Parish Office during regular business hours.

Make checks payable

to Bianco and mail to

Marie DiDomizio at

34378 Fountain Blvd,

Westland, MI 48185.

Maryann Sligay

Eu c h a r i s t i c E x p o s i t i o n

FRIDAYS

9am to Noon in Church

What is Retrouvaille? The word Retrouvaille (pronounced retro-vi with a long i) is a French word meaning rediscovery. The program offer tools

needed to rediscover a long marriage relationship. Tens of thousands of couples headed for cold, unloving relationships or divorce have successfully overcome their marriage problems by attending the program. The Retrouvaille Program consists of a weekend experience combined with a series of twelve follow up sessions over the course of three months. It provides the tools to help put your marriage in order again. The main emphasis of the program is on communication in marriage between husband and wife. It will give you the opportunity to rediscover each other and examine your lives together in a new and positive way. Continued on pg. 6

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LITURGICAL SCHEDULE February 24/25

SATURDAY 4:30pm SUNDAY 8:00am SUNDAY 10:00am SUNDAY 12 Noon

Celebrant Fr. Ken Fr. Joe Fr. Ken Fr. Ken

Lector

Comm.

Karen Bennett Rose Rodriguez

Jerry Chwalek Katie Bohr

Diane Pietras Suzanne Price

Julie Callahan Jim McDonnell

Extraordinary

Ministers of

Holy

Communion

Deacon John Loretta Wood

Flo Bozek

Bob Chisholm

Yvonne Chisholm

Mary McKelvey Lou Stremich

Deacon John Olimpia DeToma

Josie Klocke

Cheryl Paputa

Janet Carrier Emmanuel Eze Diane Fredrickson

Deacon John

Kathy Andrus

Kathy Birchfield

John Lister

Theresa O’Bey Linda Dinsmore Karen Bulmanski

Deacon John

Annmarie Konrad

Ken Konrad Scott Ozga

Jennifer Gonzalez

Evelyn Bledsoe

Jennifer Schaefer

Altar Server Matt Mazaitis Frank Criscenti Natalie Francis Emery Johnson Angel Kimfon Esmeralda Gonzalez Joey Beahon

Sacristan Fran Gleason Alice André Jeff Vernon Ann Schroeder

Ushers Tony Collins

Peter Kowalski

Paul Markus

Tony Micallef

Don Niemiec

Steve Noonan

Frank Pelton

Emery Price

Jean Schmuck

Jack Rourke

Jim DeVitis Jim Fredrickson Don Koszegi

Ernie Lenard

Bill Lezotte

Paul Lukasik Dan Stachow

Robert Dropp Michael Gluth

Mark Goszinski

John Meconi

Kathy Sherry Ron Sherry

Andy Konstal

Annmarie Konrad

Ken Konrad

Barb Burke John Burke

Clare Masak Jim Siepierski Yonnie Underwood

Greeters Pat Slusarz Keith Kudron

Rose Rodriguez Marlene & Roman Kotrys Deanna Adams

Kathy Yokley Carol Cruz Geralyn Pawlaczyk Vinny Konstal

Guldner Family

Homebound Kathy Andrus Theresa O’Bey

Altar Care March 2 Janice Bearden James Bearden

MASS INTENTIONS

Mon.

Feb. 19

8:30am Joyce Miriani by Deslippe Family Fay Ann Gnacke by family Prayers for John Ularski by Evelyn Jaskot

Wed.

Feb. 21

12 Noon MaryBeth Beamish by Dominic & Victoria Angelosanto Lenore B. Schaefer by Dominic & Victoria Angelosanto Craig Gutowski by Margaret Walter

Thurs.

Feb. 22

8:30am George Hensel by Jim & Sue Hensel Ambrosia Paja by her daughter, Roberta

Sat.

Feb. 24

4:30pm Stephanie & Anthony Cedzidlo by Zofia Szymoniak Dennis Stevens by Mary Kujawa Diane Mercica by Carmen Pantalleresco Bob Bennett (5th Anniv.) by his wife, Karen

Sun.

Feb. 25

8:00am

10:00am

12 Noon

For our parish family

Tim Wycihowski by family Fr. Carlos Reyes-Medina by the Reyes family

Betty Schroeder by Lou Stremich

Fri.

Feb. 23

8:30am Rachel Hund by Alice André Grace Dean by Alice André

UPCOMING EVENTS Feb. 19—-Feb. 25

MON. Feb. 19 8:30am 10:30am

Mass Westland Convalescent

TUE. Feb. 20 7:00-9pm

7:00pm

Bible Study-History of the Catholic Church in room 107 in the parish center

Holy Name Fraternity

WED. Feb. 21 10:30am 11:00am

12 Noon

6:00pm 7:00pm

7:00pm

Doors open for cards & coffee Cards & Coffee in social hall

Mass

SVdP Meeting Joyful Women Meeting

Rosary in Church

THURS. Feb. 22 8:30am 9:00am

5:30pm 6:00pm

7:00-9pm

Mass Mother of Perpetual Help Devotions &

Rosary

Doors open for movie night Movie Night begins

Choir Rehearsal

FRI. Feb. 23 8:30am 9am-Noon

6:00pm

7:00pm

Mass Eucharistic Exposition

Lenten Meal—small social hall

Stations of the Cross in Church

SAT. Feb. 24 3:30pm 4:30pm

Reconciliation Mass

SUN. Feb. 25 8:00am 10:00am

11:00am

12 Noon

Mass Mass

Farewell reception for Deacon John in

social hall Mass

SUNDAY CONTRIBUTION REPORT

Sunday Offertory

No. Env

Weekly Actual

Weekly Budget

Weekly Variance

2/11/18 239 $ 9,614 $ 10,971 $ (1,357)

2/4/18 375 $ 20,293 $ 10,971 $ 9,323

1/28/18 363 $ 10,362 $ 10,971 $ (609)

1/21/18 366 $ 11,787 $ 10,971 $ 817

weekly actual includes online giving of $1,545.00 Church in Central/Eastern Europe: $1,048

FY 2017-18 YTD Actual

YTD Budget

YTD Variance

$ 379,983 $ 362,035 $ 17,947

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