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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.
JANUARY 21, 2018 • 3RD SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME
CAUSE
OF St. Mary, Our Joy 8200 N. Wayne Road • Westland, MI 48185
734-425-4421 • stmarycooj.org
Joyful News
Polka Mass
With the Kielbasa Kings
St. Mary, Cause of Our Joy
Saturday, February 3, 2018 at 4:30pm
Followed by:
Polish Dinner Doors Open 5:30pm -
(right after the 4:30pm Mass)
All tickets must be paid for in advance.
NO tickets will be sold at the door. Ticket Price:
Adult- $18
Children 7-14 $7
6 and under free
Dinner will include: Stuffed Cabbage, Kielbasa & Sauerkraut, City Chicken, potatoes, vegetables, salad, rolls, dessert, coffee, tea and soft drinks. Cash Bar: Beer & Wine
Entertainment: Dance and sing along with the Polish Band
THE KIELBASA KINGS
50/50 drawing
Ticket Sales: Will be available after Masses in the gathering space or at the parish office until sold out.
Tuesday, January 23 at 7:00pm
Our 4th Annual Ecumenical Prayer Service
This year it is held at:
Timothy Lutheran Church
8820 Wayne Rd. Livonia, MI (at the cross roads of Joy Rd. & Wayne)
This is a joint prayer service with St. Mary, Cause of Our Joy
Newburg United Methodist Church
Timothy Lutheran Church
The Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church
Please bring a non-perishable food item for the food depot
For more than 50 years, Sister Gemma Legal has dedicated her life to Catholic education and catechesis to young people. Now Sister has decided to move on to another ministry, and has informed me that she will be resigning her position here at St. Mary, Cause of Our
Joy at the end of this school year (June, 2018). We thank Sister Gemma for her dedication and wealth of experience in sharing the faith and preparing the next generations of young faithful. We will soon get a team together to find a worthy replacement for Sister, hopefully someone who has the same amount of dedication. In the next few months, I will let you know about plans for a send-off for Sister. Thank you, Sister Gemma!
Fr. Ken
From the
Desk of
Fr. Ken
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
Jim Bonin Boyington Family Randy & Kristy Bracket Bob Cadotte Tina Ciepley Charlie & Donna Conatser
Jim DeVitis
Tom Dobrowolski Therese Duffy Ron & Paul Dugas Georgia Galeas Alisa Gardner 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 Bernice Nowak Edward Parisien Sr. Ruth Parisien Jerry & Deb Pietszak Rita Polent Lynn Rodriguez 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 Tim Wycihowski Nova Zboyan
PRAY FOR OUR SICK
1st Reading: Deuteronomy 18:15-20 Resp. Psalm: If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
2nd Reading: 1 Corinthians 7:32-35 Gospel: Matthew 4:16
READINGS for January 28
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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Flu season is in full bloom. Try as we might to stay
well, many of us will succumb to the dastardly flu bug.
For the lucky ones who are up and about sessions
resume tomorrow and continue until winter break on
President’s Day.
I encourage you to attend the Ecumenical Prayer Service on
Tuesday at St. Timothy Lutheran just down the road from us. I’ve
never been disappointed. Next year we will host the prayer.
On February 12 all of our Faith Formation participants will prepare
for Lent and receive a “Little Book” to help them at home.
Ash Wednesday begins on St. Valentine’s Day.
On Friday, March 23 our Faith Formation families will once again
provide a Soup and Bread supper at 6:00 pm. Shadow Stations will
follow in the large hall with our Confirmation Candidates taking all
the parts.
God calling…On Sat. Jan 20 the Bernardine Franciscan Sisters will
host a Vocation Discernment for women between 14-35 from 9:30-
11:30 a.m. Please Sister Elena (248-476-4111) to reserve a spot.
The Bottom Line
Sister Deena had just returned home from the evening service when she was startled by a burglar. With great biblical authority
she yelled, ‘Stop! Acts2:38!” which implies ’”Turn from your sin.”
The thief stopped dead in his tracks. Then the woman calmly
called the police and explained what she had done. As the officer
cuffed the man, he asked the burglar, “Why did you stop your
burgling? All the lady did was yell a Bible verse at you. “ Bible
verse?” replied the crook. “She said she had an ax and two .38s!”
Sr. Gemma Legel, OSF
IN FORMATION
BAPTISM CLASS
Our next Baptism class is Monday, January 22 at 7pm
In the Parish Center Building.
Please make sure you register for one of our Baptism Classes by contacting our
Parish Office at 734 425 4421.
NON-FOOD PANTRY
New in 2018, we are beginning a new collaboration with St. Thomas the Apostle Parish in Garden City by assisting with stocking both their food and non-food pantry. Previously those seeking assistance were required to go to different locations to receive needed food and non-food items. The process will be simplified with our new partnership. Below is a list of suggested items needed for the non-food donations which can be dropped off in the gathering space:
Toilet paper, paper towel, Kleenex, bar soap, shampoo, conditioner, dish soap, all purpose cleaner, laundry soap, small bottle bleach, dryer sheets, garbage bags, hand soap and toothpaste.
ALL YOU CAN EAT Pancake & French Toast
Breakfast
THIS SUNDAY, JANUARY 21 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
HOLY NAME
FRATERNITY
Holy Name Fraternity is happy to offer for your enjoyment our Pancake and French Toast breakfast today, January 21 from 8:30 am until noon. Come on over to the social hall before or after Mass and enjoy a tasty breakfast, friendly service, and the opportunity to meet new friends and parishioners. We look forward to serving you!
Paul Markus
HOMELESS BREAKFAST AND DINNER Last week I mentioned a need for a few volunteers for preparing and serving meals to area homeless at the end of the month. This request brought in an overwhelming response, and not only did we find the people to help, but we also created a waiting list with backups. I am
very touched by the response and thank everyone who was interested in helping. For anyone who is not able to be there in person that day, I ask that you pray for us in a special way. Pray for our parishioners and those they will be serving. Pray for all those without food or shelter. In that way we can be united in our service to the poor. Paul Zbytowski
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Forever Young Seniors…
from the beach…..
Hello everyone, I am in sunny, warm Fort Myers Beach, FL, hope you are all doing well and staying warm! Marie DiDomizio will be handling the bus trips for me while I am gone, however I will still be writing the articles. Unfortunately we did not get to watch the movie at our January meeting. We will see it another time. Fr. Ken, Steve & Paul visited us with a very important message. “Destination Joy” is our Parish’s new mission. Let’s all think about this and have some ideas for our February meeting. What can we do for our Parish community and what can our Parish do for us? Our next meeting will be Monday, February 5th at 10:00am in the large Social Hall. Everyone is welcome to come and check us out. We will be playing Charity Bingo. Our volunteer chefs will be Violet Lash, Cathy Bumgarner & Genie Jez. Thanks ladies. Please keep all of our ill members in your prayers �We have some wonderful bus trips coming up:
Meadowbrook Theatre “Tenderly” Sunday, Feb 25th 9:30am – 5:30pm $97 due by Jan 26th
Solanus Casey Pilgrimage Wednesday, Mar 28th please pay ASAP, Bianco has added a 2nd bus, limit 50
8:45am – 5:30pm $58 due by Mar 14th
Memory Lane Grand Rive Ave. Wednesday, April 25th
8:15am – 5:30pm $73 due by April 11th
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
Michael & Christine Haftel
Cara Murphy
Larry Edick
And to all our newly registered members! If you have any questions about any of the Committees or Groups at our Parish, please call the Parish Office at 425-4421
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
Joyful Women Adult Movie
Night – Pizza and a Movie!
Joyful Women is sponsoring a FREE adult movie night in the Social Hall on Thursday, February 1st, 2018. Movie, popcorn and beverage provided FREE of charge, pizza available for $1.00 a slice.
The movie is Concussion. Based on the true story of Dr. Bennet Omalu (Will Smith) who discovered CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) in football players and the uphill battle he faced in bringing the information to the public. 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!
PALM BRANCHES
The Church's ob-servance of Ash
Wednesday will be celebrated this year on Wednesday, March 1. The ashes we receive on this day are from the burned palm branches blessed and received last year on Palm Sunday. A box is available in our gathering area for you to deposit your old palm branches by Sunday, February 11th. Thank you
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Heavenly Father, welcome Home
those whom you have called from this
world especially
Marge Tavedian
Fr. Edmund Borycz
Cecile Carrier
Loretta Stassick
and all the souls of our faithful departed.
May they rest in peace. Amen
SAVE THE DATE!
HOMEPLATE 2018
Saturday, May 12 Location: Comerica Park Program Time: 12:30 PM
Game Time 4:10 PM Tigers' Opponent: Seattle Mariners
Event has sold out for the last 10 years
Price: $34.00 per ticket (includes game ticket, program ticket, commemorative poster, souvenirs, $5.00 meal coupon, and access to photo day).
This annual event, called HOMEPLATE, began in 1987. It features current and for-mer Detroit Tigers (and other athletes) sharing about their careers in professional
sports and faith in Jesus Christ. Specific players from the Tigers and Mariners will be announced after January 1 as team rosters are filled out. Potential current and former Tigers include: James McCann, Matt Boyd, Daniel Norris, Michael Fulmer,
Jeimer Candelario, Alex Presley, Buck Farmer, Willie Horton, and Frank Tana-
na. Other players from the Tigers and Mariners will be added in the months ahead.
For more information about this event, please contact Carol Nelius, Coordinator of Youth Ministry at youthministry@stmarycooj.org or call/text 734 765 5525
SAVE THE DATE!
Lenten Parish Mission at St. Mary, Cause of Our Joy
with
Steve Angrisano Sunday, March 11; Monday, March 12 ; Tuesday, March 13
Each night begins at 6:30pm
Everyone welcome: Free-Will donation
Steve’s unique blend of humor, song, story and interaction engage audi-
ences of all ages. He is a veteran musician and composer and has been
featured at many national and international events.
2017 Church Donation Statements
If you have made a donation of $200 or more to our Parish, you will automatically
receive a Statement for your income tax filing before the end of January. If you need a statement sent to your home for a donation of less than $200, please call the Parish Office to request it.
Thank you for your continued donations to help support our Parish.
Roe v. Wade, a Deadly Decision
Do you know? On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court of the United States passed Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton. These decisions
legalized abortion in the USA for all
nine months of a pregnancy for any
reason. Prior to this decision,
Michigan voters had voted against
legalizing abortion in our state and thus began our fight for the lives of the pre-born. Since abortion has been legalized, 60 million babies have been
killed through abortion- -20% of our
population. Each year we honor the victims of this atrocity by lighting luminaries in the evening of the January 21st and placing them on our front porches and walkways to burn through the night, reminding all living people of the darkness of abortion that has enveloped our country for these 45 years. The Candle Kits are available in the Gathering Space today after all the Masses for a donation. Let’s light
up the night for babies, TONIGHT! More info: LIFESPAN
734.422.6230 ww.miLIFESPAN.org
CORRECTION! Mass for Pre-Born
& Rose Ceremony to honor victims of
abortion at Our Lady of Good Counsel:
Wed., Jan. 24th, 6PM; Rosary 5:30 - 47650
N. Territorial Rd. (W. of Beck Rd), Plymouth
Join LIFESPAN on Friday, February 2nd for a Night of Hockey: fundraiser and fun,
all in one!
THE HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
JANUARY 23, 30;
FEBRUARY 6, 13, 20 & 27; MARCH 6 & 20
7:00-9:00pm
Room 106-107 in the Parish Center Building at
St. Mary, Cause of Our Joy
Facilitator: Frank Briggs
Questions? Call the office at 734-425-4421
No registration required and no fee for classes
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LITURGICAL SCHEDULE January 27/28
SATURDAY 4:30pm SUNDAY 8:00am SUNDAY 10:00am SUNDAY 12 Noon
Celebrant Fr. Ken Fr. Ken Fr. Joe Fr. Ken
Lector
Comm.
Rose Abela Ralph Costyn
Henry VerVaecke Paul Kinnell
Karen Bennett Matt Schnapp
Evelyn Bledsoe Jennifer Schaefer
Extraordinary
Ministers of
Holy
Communion
Fran Gleason
Lou Stremich
Gloria Townsend Bob Chisholm
Yvonne Chisholm
Flo Bozek
Volunteer
Deacon John
Emmanuel Eze
Olimpia DeToma
Janet Carrier
Diane Fredrickson
Cheryl Paputa
Kathy Birchfield
Deacon John
Theresa O’Bey
Jeanne Sullivan
John Lister
Cathi Macko Nicole Macko Linda Dinsmore
Deacon John
Annmarie Konrad
Ken Konrad Scott Ozga
Jennifer Gonzalez
Jennifer Schaefer
Kevin Headrick
Altar Server Matt Mazaitis Frank Criscenti Natalie Francis Vinny Konstal Andy Konstal Esmeralda Gonzalez Brandon Winn
Sacristan Pat Storey Alice André Jeff Vernon Joy Moss
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
Barb Burke
John Burke
Clare Masak Jim Sapierski
Yonnie
Underwood
Annmarie Konrad
Ken Konrad
Robert Dropp Michael Gluth
Mark Goszinski Kathy Sherry Ron Sherry
Greeters Julie Callahan
Keith Kudron Marlene & Roman Kotrys Sharon Edwards
Marie DiDomizio Guldner Family Geralyn Pawlaczyk
Linda Sochack Darlene LaFave
Homebound Theresa O’Bey Jeanne Sullivan
Altar Care February 2 Clare Masak Rose Rodriguez
MASS INTENTIONS
Mon.
Jan. 22
8:30am Catherine West by daughter, Cathy West Joyce Miriani by Florence Bozek Giovanni Montebelli by Graziano Canini
Wed.
Jan. 24
12 Noon Fr. Jim O’Reilly,SJ by Marilyn Kashat Prayers for Susan Randall by the Kashat family Giovanni Montebelli by Graziano Canini
Sat.
Jan. 27
4:30pm
Rosemary Scianna by Amerlia Scianna Sam Scianna by wife Amelia and family Dennis Stevens by David & Christine Slater Joyce Miriani by Theo & Jane Lenart
Sun.
Jan. 28
8:00am
10:00am
12 Noon
Andrew Bergeski by Family Giovanni Montebelli by Graziano Canini Prayers for Hunter Johnson by the Francis Family
For our parish family Edward Janowski by family Zygmund Gubacz (14th Anniv.) by daughter, Marilyn
Betty Schroeder by the Joyful Women John Pongonis by daughter, Patricia
Thurs.
Jan. 25
8:30am Rev. Fr. Martin Umunnakwe by a friend Giovanni Montebelli by Graziano Canini
Fri
Jan. 26
8:30am Giovanni Montebelli by Graziano Canini Paul Barbarich by wife, Betty
UPCOMING EVENTS Jan. 22—-Jan. 28
MON. Jan. 22 8:30am 6-7:15pm 7:00pm 7:00pm
7:15-8pm
Mass Faith Formation High School Youth Group Baptism Class Children’s Choir Rehearsal
TUE. Jan. 23 7:00-9pm
7:00pm
Bible Study-History of the Catholic Church in room 107 in the parish center Ecumenical Prayer Service
WED. Jan. 24 10:30am 11:00am 12 Noon 6:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm
Doors open for cards & coffee Cards & Coffee in social hall Mass St. Vincent de Paul Meeting rm 107 Worship Commission Meeting Rosary
THURS. Jan. 25 8:30am 9:00am
7:00-9pm
Mass Mother of Perpetual Help Devotions & Rosary Choir Rehearsal
FRI. Jan. 26 8:30am 9am-Noon
Mass Eucharistic Exposition
SAT. Jan. 27 3:30pm 4:30pm
Reconciliation Mass
SUN. Jan. 28 8:00am 10:00am 12 Noon
Mass Mass Mass
SUNDAY CONTRIBUTION REPORT
Sunday Offertory
No. Env
Weekly Actual
Weekly Budget
Weekly Variance
1/14/18 321 $ 9,588 $ 10,971 $ (1,383)
1/7/18 350 $ 12,326 $ 10,971 $ 1,355
12/31/17 323 $ 9,444 $ 10,971 $ (1,527)
12/24/17 264 $ 9,033 $ 10,971 $ (1,938) weekly actual includes online giving of $503
Christmas Donations: $170,364
St Vincent dePaul donations: $3,546
FY 2017-18
YTD Actual
YTD Budget
YTD Variance
$ 327,483 $ 318,152 $ 9,331
Your Donations Are Needed
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul has been dedicated to the corporal works of mercy in the Archdiocese of Detroit for over 130 years. Your donations of furniture, household goods and clothing can be dropped off at the SVDP Thrift Store located at Wayne and Hunter.
Drop off is at the FRONT of the Store. The SVDP Thrift Store phone number is 734 629-8250 and they are open 7 days a week.
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