St. Mary Catholic Parish –July 10, 2011

‘Everyone who acknowledges Me before others I will acknowledge before My heavenly Father.’

(Mt 10:32) Your words, O Lord, call me to live and speak the Gospel without fear. Help me, I pray; to respond to this challenge, in my home, my workplace, my neighborhood, my parish. Send the Holy Spirit into my heart, to fully convert me and inflame me with Your love. For You have said, ‘from the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks” (Mt 12:4). By Your grace may I live my Catholic faith with joy and firm resolve; may I take hold of the pearl of great price and never let go. Come, Holy Spirit, come! Amen.

CLOSED FOR

PAINTING!

The Chapel &

Sacristy will be closed

for painting Saturday,

July 9th

through

Sunday, July 19th

. We

will resume Adoration

after 11:30am Mass

on Sunday, July 19th

.

TRIP ORDERS! TRIP orders will be due on Monday, July 11

th NO LATER

than 10:00am in the church office. You may pick up your order on Friday, also in the church office. I will be placing an order for Schoolbelles certificates on this day, so if you are getting ready to purchase new school uniforms, let me know how many certificates you would like. You earn 5% back toward your tuition. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at cchristine98@aol.com or on my cell at 734-709-7165. Thank you.

TRIVIA NIGHT Save the date!

Saturday, November 5th! Where our very own Trivia Master-Fr. Bill- will host ten rounds of entertaining questions focusing on general trivia. Watch the bulletin for further details and be prepared to have fun!

SUMMER HELP: If you have time to spare over the summer, please consider a few hours volunteering at the parish. We have our summer cleaning projects just like you do at your own homes. Contact the office if interested. Volunteer to Paint: All bathrooms, locker room & locker room hallway, touch up of classrooms, staff lounge, etc. Assist in Classrooms: Cleaning, changing lights, set-up for students return.

St. Mary Catholic Parish –July 10, 2011

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC MISSION TRIP DINNER SATURDAY JULY 9 AFTER 5:00 MASS

Fr. Bill is hosting a Dominican-style dinner for a fundraiser for our Dominican Republic Mission Trip. We will begin after the 5:00 Mass on Saturday, July 9, 2011. Please join us for some fun at this free-will offering

dinner. Hungry Howies in Hamburg has agreed to do another fundraiser for us on July 20th. All you have to do is order pizza from them on July 20th, and a percentage of the sales on that day will be donated to our mission trip. Please tell your friends and family…the more orders the better! Thanks for supporting us. We would like to thank everyone who has shown such support either monetarily or with your prayer. We certainly appreciate your support. We are getting excited

about our upcoming trip. We leave on July 30th which will be here before we know it. Some of the things we will be doing are: accompanying the doctor & nurse into the mountain villages to help with medical clinics (which includes weighing children, taking temps, taking blood pressures, administering vitamins, recording information for Dr. Angel, etc); setting up the nutrition center & getting it ready for opening; and helping out at the center for the elderly. Again, thank you for all you have done to make this mission trip a success. We hope to see you Saturday

evening at the fundraiser dinner! God Bless,

The Dominican Republic Mission Trip Participants Susan Walton, Michael Walton, Elizabeth Pepper, Joan

Pepper, Lea Strickfaden, Alexis Weaver, & Debbie Coffelt

Join us for A Diaper Making Party for St. Mary’s Mission Trip to the Dominican Republic!

We’ll start with 9am Mass on Friday, July 15th

. Please bring your sewing machine or serger & of course your old t-shirts (any color)! If you’re unable to make the party we’ll take your donations of t-shirts. Please leave them with the parish office. If you have any questions please contact Julie Flaherty at 734-878-9547.

Congratulations to the following raffle ticket winners for Sunday, July 3, 2011:

$100 winner: Carol Fackler $25 winners-

Carol Fackler (seller of $100 ticket) Pat Gardner

Marilyn Mohane Catherine Hoard

Jim & Sharon Kangas Marty McDougall

Mark your calendars! American Red Cross

Blood Drive Thursday, July 21st 12pm – 5:45pm

*Note Time Change!

SUMMER CELEBRATION & PICNIC 50+ Livingston Vicariate Catholic Council on Aging

A TIME TO PRAY, EAT & SHARE

WHEN: Wednesday, July 20, 2011

WHERE: Holy Spirit Parish, Hamburg Township

TIME: Mass: 11:00am & Picnic Lunch: Noon

There is no cost for this activity, though all attendees are

asked to bring a dish to share. Bring your specialty picnic food,

whether vegetable, dessert, fruit or “SURPRISE!” The

Livingston Vicariate Catholic Council on Aging will provide

sloppy joe’s, paper products and beverages. To assure sufficient

food, please RSVP with your CCA Parish Representative (Fran

McLaughlin 734-878-9959) no later than July 15, 2011. Mass

will be celebrated by Father John Rocus, Pastor of Holy Spirit, at

11:00am.

*All community members over 50 years of age are welcome to

attend.

We have unique opportunities for you to honor or remember your loved ones.

Altar Flower Arrangements: There is a sign-up chart in the gathering space - choose the weekend

you will provide the arrangement and write your name and names of person/s to be remembered - we would like one arrangement each weekend. We have contracted Country Lane Flowers in Howell to make the arrangements and deliver! Orders must be made by Monday or Tuesday for delivery to the church by Friday. Please call Country Lane Flowers at 517-546-1111 and speak with Libby to place your order. The approximate cost is $45 and up plus $9.95 delivery fee. You may take the flowers home with you after the 11:30am Sunday Mass. Votive Candle Memorial: We are making available 7-day votive candles that will be lit in your loved one’s honor or for a special intention. The cost of this candle will be $15.00, since it will be burning for a full 7 days. Please give our parish office a call at 734-878-3161 for more details on this unique gift.

Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands.

-Deuteronomy 7:9

St. Mary Catholic Parish –July 10, 2011

Report for July 5, 2011

Parishioner Donations -Giving Back To The Lord

07/01/11 – 07/05/11

Weekly YTD

Offertory $ 13,553.28 $ 13,553.28

Debt Reduction/FaithQuest $ 2,391.89 $ 2,391.89

Collected

Thank you for your generous donations!

ST. JOSEPH ANNUAL SUMMER FESTIVAL St. Joseph Parish of Dexter is extending an invitation to

participate in our annual summer Festival. The event takes

place on the corner of Mast and North Territorial on the

weekend of July 16th and 17th Noon till 10 pm on Saturday

and noon till 6pm on Sunday. The festival will have

something for all ages, children’s games, adult activities, free

entertainment, food and beverages. Additionally, we are

inviting the entire community to a night of laughter on Friday

July 15th titled “Till Death Do Us Part “. Late Night

Catechism brings ‘Sister’ back in part 3 of the series. The

event is held in the air conditioned church starting at

7pm. Come relax and enjoy all the fun.

2nd Annual St. John Car Show

2099 N. Hacker Rd., Howell, MI July 23rd 9am – 3pm

(Silent Auction, Raffles, Lunch, Bake Sale, Judging of Cars & Presentation of Awards)

Proceeds to reduce building debt Rain date: July 30, 2011

CATHOLIC SINGLES PICNIC Lansing Catholic Singles is hosting a state-wide picnic for Catholic singles in their mid 30's-50's at noon on Saturday, July 16th at Burchfield Park's North Bluff shelter in Holt, just south of Lansing. The event will be held rain or shine. Bring your own beverage and a dish to pass. Cost is $7 plus park admittance. For more information or to RSVP, email LansingCatholicSingles@live.com or visit www.lansingcatholicsingles.com.

LeConcour de Livingston Art – Food – Cars

To Benefit Love, Inc.

Attend the event... We welcome you to spend the twilight hours from 4 PM-8 PM on July 30, 2011 at the beautiful estate of Steve and Patty Gronow. Enjoy the afternoon as you tour the Maritime Museum, wander the grounds to see the antique automobiles/vintage classic wooden boats while listening to live music, and treat yourself to wine tasting and appetizers. Before the evening ends, participate in a live art auction, including an opportunity for a ride in one of the fine cars on display, or bid on a tour of the renowned Lingenfelter Collection of autos. Please take a minute and take a tour of the grounds of Mr. & Mrs. Steve Gronow at http://www.chestnutdev.com/timberponds.mov Event cost: $75.00 per person PayPal to purchase tickets or donate online Or Send Your Check to: Love INC of the Greater Livingston Area P.O. Box 558 Howell, Michigan 48844 We are delighted to present two well known, professional local area artists who have agreed to demo live for the event: Mike "Chizzy" Chisholm http://www.thegalleryofthearts.com/MikeChisholm.html is slated to paint outside in his very lively and inimitable style. . . he's sure to be a crowd pleaser. And inside the Le Concours Art Exhibition Tent we are very honored to have accomplished plein air painter Heiner Hertling, author of "Your Brush with Nature" also demonstrating his masterful techniques. http://www.heinerhertling.com/hertling/bio.html

LOVE INC

Serving part of southeast Michigan, Love INC of the Greater Livingston Area is a local chapter of the nation-wide Love INC network. Bringing hope and light to the discouraged, we serve many communities, including Brighton, Fowlerville, Hartland, Howell, Pinckney, and more. More than 155 Love INC affiliates in 31 U.S. States help nearly one million people-in-need each year through 9,000 Christian churches, 5,000 community agencies, and 300,000 volunteers. Love INC. Transforming lives and communities for more than 33 years.

MAKING A DIFFERENCE

In 2010, more than 4,000 adults and more than 2,700 children were served by Love INC Partner Churches in Livingston County.

St. Mary Catholic Parish –July 10, 2011

Website: http://youth.stmarypinckney.org/

Date: Time: Event: 07/10 NO ADORATION - due to painting 07/13 7:00pm-9:00pm Youth Group 07/17 7:00pm-8:00pm Adoration “Here I am Lord!” 07/18-22 Franciscan Plunge-Detroit Mission Trip 07/24 7:00pm-8:00pm Adoration “Here I am Lord!” 07/27 7:00pm-9:00pm Youth Group-Crazy Olympic Games 07/31 12:45-3:00pm Kick Ball Classic If you have any questions please call 734-878-2217 ext. 203

or email rkeiser@stmarypinckney.org

Website: http://youth.stmarypinckney.org/

Date: Time: Event: 07/10 NO ADORATION – due to painting 07/11 Michigan Adventure Trip! 07/12 NO Regular Youth Group!

07/17 7:00pm-8:00pm Adoration “Here I am Lord!” 07/19 7:00pm-8:30pm Youth Group

07/24 7:00pm-8:00pm Adoration “Here I am Lord!” 07/26 7:00pm-8:30pm Youth Group-Crazy Olympic Games 07/31 12:45-3:00pm Kick Ball Classic If you have any questions please call 734-878-2217 ext. 203 or

email rkeiser@stmarypinckney.org

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

AND CLEAN OUT YOUR

CLOSETS!

The annual rummage is on its way! We will start collecting

your treasures August 8th

and 9th

from 9:30am – 7:00pm. The

sale runs Aug. 10th-12th. We cannot take the following items:

Large Furniture (please call), televisions, records/tapes,

curtain rods, trophies, hard cover books, and shoes/boots.

“God has no hands or feet or

voice except ours, and through

these, God works.”

-St. Teresa of Avila

Take the Franciscan Plunge into Detroit!

St. Mary Youth and Chaperones are headed to the Canticle

Café for a 5 day-3 night mission trip on July 18-22!

We will be tasked with many projects but one thing is for sure

we will be the hands and feet of Christ! JOIN us! Deposit of

$25.00 was due July 1st! Total cost of the trip is $100 plus a fast

food lunch and $10.00 in quarters.

For more information go to www.stmarypinckney.org and

follow the youth links. If you have any questions please call 734-878-2217 ext. 203 or

email rkeiser@stmarypinckney.org

ALL Youth

(members and non-members of youth group)

are welcome to join our Kickball Classic on

Sunday, July 31 after 11:30 Mass (12:45-3:00 at the St. Mary baseball

diamond).

Kickball, laughter, ice cream sundaes, laughter, oh, and & AGAPE (curious?).

There will be a most excellent prize for the individual who brings

the most friends. Who knows there may even be a little friendly middle

school vs. high school competition!

See you there, rain or shine!

Random Acts of Kindness It was one of those ice cream days of summer. The kind where it gets so hot that you are almost literally pulled down to the ice cream shoppe. When I found myself there this particularly steamy day, it was an ice cream zoo-people standing around the front eating ice cream, people wandering the street, ice cream in hand. After waiting patiently for what seemed like forever, I finally got my double scoop of strawberry. As I turned to leave, I came across a small boy standing in the doorway with an empty sugar cone in his hand and two scoops of strawberry melting away on the sidewalk. He had giant tears streaming down his cheeks and his mother was saying, “You should have been more careful.” I took one look at his double scoop of strawberry melting on the sidewalk and my double scoop still neatly packed into a cone, handed it to him, and walked away. It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Religious Education & Sacrament Registration

for 2011-2012 Fall and Sacraments Registration

is still going on!

Forms available online! Sign up in the parish office

or email Rebecca.

St. Mary Catholic Parish –July 10, 2011

MASS INTENTIONS- July 10- July 17

Sunday, July 10: 15th

Sunday in Ordinary Time

9:00am: In Memory of Jason Michael Pasciak by Family

11:30am: For Our Parish

Monday, July 11: St. Benedict

9:00am: Communion Service

Tuesday, July 12

9:00am: Communion Service

5:00pm: In Memory of Audrey Wallace

By Glenn & Fran Kinsey

Wednesday, July 13: St. Henry 9:00am: In Honor of Todd Mroka

By Tim and Karen Burke

Thursday, July 14: Bl. Kateri Tekakwitha

9:00am: In Honor of Claire Wardlow

By Tom & Kyle Ann Dycio

Friday, July 15: St. Bonaventure

9:00am: In Memory of Bob Bensinger

By George and Pat Karan

Saturday, July 16: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel

8:30am: In Memory of Barbara Gawronski by Perez Family

5:00pm: In Memory of Verna Covert by Bill & Marlene Beck

Sunday, July 17: 16th

Sunday in Ordinary Time

9:00am: For Our Parish

11:30am: In Memory of Kathleen Hribar

By Mark & Darlene Trestain

COMMUNION SERVICE LEADERS July 11: D. Hall, July 12: R. Boos

July 18: J. Wilson, July 19: T. Burke

WEEKLY READINGS July 10-16 Sunday: Is 55:10-11/Ps 65/Rom 8:18-23Mt 13:1-23

Monday: Ex 1:8-14, 22/Ps 124/Mt 10:34-11:1

Tuesday: Ex 2:1-15/Ps 69/Mt 11:20-24

Wednesday: Ex 3:1-6, 9-12/Ps 103/Mt 11:25-27

Thursday: Ex 3:13-20/Ps 105/Mt 11:28-30

Friday: Ex 11:10-12:14/Ps 116/Mt 12:1-8

Saturday: Ex 12:37-42/Ps 136/Mt 12:14-21

OUR PRAYER LIST May God’s healing hand reach out and hold you:

Roy Hoeft, Ellen Johnson, Glenn Kinsey, Dorothy Morys,

Adeline Penrod, Miley Pickell, Rita Stewart, William Ulman

STEWARDSHIP CORNER 15th Sunday of Lent

May our stewardship of time, talent, and treasure show us to be

among those who have heard the message of Christ and taken it in,

yielding a hundred-or sixty-thirty-fold.

Most Holy Trinity – Father, Son and Holy Spirit – guide our

family this summer and always so we may grow ever closer to

you. May we reflect your love more and more faithfully so that

family members, neighbors, relatives, friends, and even

strangers will see with greater clarity what a great and giving

God you are.

LAY MINISTERS – July 16-17

Eucharistic Ministers You have 3 self-scheduling sign-up options. The Lay Minister Sign-up Notebook has dated sign-up sheets and is located in Meeting Room A. 1) Sign-up to serve as you arrive to attend a weekend liturgy. 2) Sign-up for the liturgy you know you will be attending next weekend as you leave a weekend liturgy (the week before). 3) Sign-up 3 times a year when the Lay Minister Schedule comes out. Bring your personal calendar and sign-up for once or twice a month during the current 4 month period and put these self selected dates on your personal calendar.

Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist 5:00pm: Self-Scheduling by Sign-Up.

9:00am: Self-Scheduling by Sign-Up.

11:30am: Self-Scheduling by Sign-Up.

Altar Servers 5:00pm: S. Wack (Cross), K. Wack, D. Gonzalez

9:00am: S. Langford (Cross), J. Kolnitys, K. Nagy

11:30am: J. Kukalis (Cross), R. Kukalis,

R. Kukalis

Proclaimers of the Word 5:00pm: L. Wack, K. Wiley

9:00am: P. Candy, T. Barrett

11:30am: C. Bozek, A. Shmina

Greeters 5:00pm: T. Kenny, M. Ransom, B. Rost

9:00am: Bogin Family

11:30am: Olst Family

Ushers 5:00pm: Self-Scheduling by Attendance.

9:00am: Self-Scheduling by Attendance.

11:30am: Self-Scheduling by Attendance.

Offertory Gifts 5:00pm: Please sign up if you’re available.

9:00am: Please sign up if you’re available.

11:30am: The Gonos Family

Home Chalice Program Please sign up

Linens – July: R. Miller, M. Sheehan

Cleaning the Altar – July: N. Solomon

Collection Counters July 11: J. King, R. Miller, M. Sheehan, B. Zielinski

Please pray for those who are serving in the Armed Forces, especially: Nick Adam, William V. Backlund III, Lora Begley, Tim Begley, Christopher Bullion, Gabe Campbell, Jason Cecchetti, Robert Cox, Fred Dehn, Matt Ducummon, Bob Elia, Jeff Gabel, Michael Ganzak, Katie Glynn, Kenneth Hazel, Erik Hennigan, Tielur Allan Hoard, Mark Huck,

Cody Floyd, Eric Jacobs, Matthew Dennis Jacobs, Kevin Martin, Michael McInerney, Michael Miller, Sean Rooker, Anthony Sparks, Jonathon Stepp, Kenneth & Sherri Streu, Jesse Sutton, Kurt Whitlow, Steven Whoolery, Gavin Woody

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