August 2, 2015

RCIA INVITATION “I have called you by name, you are mine.”

Isaiah 43:1 The invitation to respond to God’s call is extended to all who are interested in exploring the Catholic way of life. The RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) process is open to adults, teens, and children of catechetical age (7 years of age or older) who…

* Have never been baptized. * Have been baptized in another faith & would like to become Catholic. * Have been baptized Catholic and have had no further catechization. * Have been baptized Catholic but have not completed full initiation into the Church through Confirmation and/or Eucharist. * Would like to explore Roman Catholicism and make no commitment at this time.

Please contact Jan Bartek the Director of RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) at 734-878-3161

to discuss in further details.

Also, if you are already a fully initiated Catholic & would like to be part of our team, please contact

us!

Start saving your items

to donate to the

RUMMAGE

SALE!

The youth will be collecting items from 9am-7pm

on Monday, August 10th

and Tuesday, August 11th !

Sale will be held:

Wed-Thurs. Aug. 12-13th from 9am-7pm

and Friday, August 14th from 9am – 12pm.

To be included on the St. Mary

Email Prayer Chain

or to submit a prayer,

please send an email to:

PrayerRequest@stmarypinckney.org

KELLY MILLER CIRCUS

Saturday, August 15th

St. Mary Grounds Shows: 2pm & 7pm

TICKETS ON SALE AT PARISH OFFICE & BUSCH’S STORE

$12 Adults (12 years & older) $6 Children (11-3 years old)

FREE (Children 2 years of age & under) BUY your tickets EARLY & SAVE! Prices will increase the day of the show. $15 for adults & $8 for children.

August 2, 2015

AUGUST KNIGHTS KORNER Golf Outing--Aug 1 Lansing Lugnuts Baseball game--Aug 7 Installation of Council Officers--Aug 11 General Business Meeting--Aug 11 Kelly Miller Circus--Aug 15 Kans for Kids--Aug 15-16 Pasty Orders--All Month Poker Room 59 West--Aug 19-22 Officers Planning Meeting--Aug 26 Membership Drive--Aug 29-30 July Knight of the Month: John Korneder July Family of the Month: Brad Miller Visit us at www.pinckneyknights.org

SUMMER CELEBRATION & PICNIC

50+ Livingston Vicariate

Catholic Council on Aging WHEN: Thursday, August 13, 2015

WHERE: Holy Spirit Parish, Hamburg Township

9565 Musch Road, corner of Winans Lake

Brighton, MI 48161-8841

TIME: 11:00 am: Mass

Noon: Picnic Lunch & Music

50+ CCA PARISH REPRESENTATIVE: Lisa Stahl at

734-648-0445

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 no later than August 10, 2015. Mass will be

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

11:00am. We will be indoors if the weather is rainy or too

hot.

All community members over 50 years of age are welcome to

attend. For more information, contact Jaynee or Mark at

(517) 545-5944.

WORLDWIDE MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER Why not celebrate the Year of Marriage by making

your good marriage even better? Attend a Worldwide

Marriage Encounter to renew and enrich your marriage

and your faith! Upcoming weekends will be

held September 25-27 at the Holiday Inn - Troy,

and October 16-18 at the Saginaw Center for

Ministry. For more info or to apply,

visit www.wwme.org or call Harry & Karen Porter

at (888) 628-7433.

50+ Livingston Region

Catholic Council on Aging

CCA SENIOR APPRECIATION MASS

MAIN CELEBRANT: Bishop Earl Boyea

WHEN: Friday, September 11, 2015 WHERE: St. Agnes Parish, 855 E. Grand River Ave. Fowlerville, MI 48836 TIME: Mass: 11:00a.m. Luncheon & Fellowship: Noon COST: There is no cost, but donations will be accepted RESERVATIONS REQUIRED BY: September 2, 2015 TICKETS AVAILABLE: Lisa Stahl 734-648-0445 LIVINGSTON COUNTY CATHOLIC CHARITIES: (Jaynee or Mark) at 517-545-5944

All community members over 50 years of age are welcome to attend.

ATTENTION:

St. Mary Parish needs your help in finding members

of our parish that are no longer able to celebrate in

the Mass due to failing health or illness. Our Lay

Eucharistic Ministers are here to serve you and your

loved ones. Please notify the parish office at 734-

878-3161.

SAVE THE DATE Livingston County

Ultrasound Initiative Charity Golf Outing Sunday, September 13, 2015

Whispering Pines Golf Course, Pinckney, Michigan $280 per Foursome www.lcultrasound.org

The Annual July Blood Drive, sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, was a huge success due to the many people who sacrificed their time to donate blood, especially during the

summer, when there is a shortage. Thank you to all the donors and the various volunteers who helped at this event!

August 2, 2015

PRAYER SERIES

Lectio Divina

Praying with Icons

St. Francis Retreat Center 703 East Main St., DeWitt, MI 48872

www.spe-stfrancis.org 866-669-8321 x.22

Join us as we explore several forms of prayer. Each workshop will include two forms of prayer that will be

taught, reflected upon and practiced.

October 22, 2015 9am to 4pm

Lectio Divina with facilitator Mary Sue Kennedy Praying with Icons with facilitator Linda MacDonald

Cost: $50 if you register by September 10 $60 if you register after September 10 Registration deadline is October 15 (Full payment must accompany registration) Lunch included

Mary Sue Kennedy, OP, an Adrian Dominican Sister has served as Executive Director of the Dominican Sisters Conference, in leadership for the Adrian Dominicans and as Vicar for Religious for the Diocese of Toledo. She is currently a Spiritual Director, facilitator and a presenter of workshops and retreats. There are many different prayer forms of which Lectio Divina is one. It is intended to promote deeper union with God and to increase the knowledge of God’s Word. It treats Scripture as the Living Word. This session will explore the background and history of Lectio Divina as well as allow participants to experience prayer with Lectio Divina.

The Venerable Linda MacDonald, Archdeacon, Emerita the Episcopal Diocese of MI. Deacon for 21 years, served as an occupational therapist for 29 years. Ministries included working with prisoners, the sick and the needy. Began icon writing in 2007 and has used icons as part of her daily prayer since then. Discussion will include history of icons, canons, and how to interpret and pray with them.

Altar Candles $15 for an entire week of prayer!

Please contact the parish office to purchase.

SUNDAY “…all ate and were filled.”

Luke 9:17

O that day!

O our waiting To be gathered For Mass! Lord, we taste Your presence, Like good bread Placed in our hands. We gather Your love Like a sweet fruit Filled with the sun. O our feast To be with you, Lord! Your body and your blood, Your life surrendered, Your life poured out, These we sing. They are joy To the world. O our light To listen to your Word And to welcome it As food That strengthens the soul And the heart! O our Lord! To believe in you, That is happiness!

If you are going through a difficult time of “waiting on the Lord,” repeat to yourself the promises of your faith. Your Father is a kind and loving God who cares about you beyond all comprehension. He sent his Son

Jesus to suffer for you and redeem you. Jesus will never abandon you. He weeps with you in sorrows and rejoices with you in your victories. You will live with him forever in his glory. Let these promises sink into

the very core of your being so that they become the foundation of an unshakable faith.

Prayer: Lord, as I wait for you, teach me prayers of intercession so that my faith can move mountains. Help me to persevere as I pray for my family, your church, and the world.

August 2, 2015

www.stmarypinckney.org

IT’S TIME! Religious Education Fall Registration

It’s time to register for Religious Education! Please plan to register early so we can ensure a smooth process and proper materials are here on time!

Registration means that ALL paperwork is properly filled out and payment is made OR you have discussed arrangements with Rebecca. You can register in the Parish office, download forms from the website and drop them in the collection basket, or at the Parish Office. http://www.stmarypinckney.org/#/faith-formation/formation-prek-12-grade

CHECK OUT OUR NEW MONTHLY

NEWSLETTER (Paper copies in literature rack or available on the

website or facebook)

Middle School Youth Group Schedule Date: Time: Event: 08/02 7-8pm Adoration “Here I am Lord” 08/04 7-8:30pm Youth Night 08/09 7-8pm Adoration “Here I am Lord” 08/11 7-8:30pm Youth Night

High School Youth Group Schedule

Date: Time: Event: 08/02 7-8pm Adoration “Here I am Lord” 08/05 7-9pm Youth Night 08/09 7-8pm Adoration “Here I am Lord” 08/12 7-9pm Youth Night Website: http://www.stmarypinckney.org/#/youth/

St. Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor, Italy (1696-1787)—Feast, Aug. 1 “To cast fire upon the earth—that is my mission! And how I wish it were already blazing fiercely! Nothing in the world can set hearts ablaze with love for God like the Blessed Sacrament.” (St. Alphonsus Liguori)

St. John Vianney, Cure of Ars, Patron of Priests, France (1786-1859)—Feast, Aug. 4 “The many wonders of creation can only fill us with astonishment and admiration. But when we speak of the most holy Eucharist we can say that here is to be found the miracle of divine love for us.... Has there been, or will there ever be, a nobler or more magnanimous love than that which He has shown us in the sacrament of love?” (St. John Vianney)

The Transfiguration of the Lord—Feast, Aug. 6 “The heavens proclaim his justice and all peoples see his glory.” (Ps 97) At exposition of the Blessed Sacrament we recall the Transfiguration of Jesus. We behold Him face to face in the monstrance, which has rays like the sun. The candles recall the light of Christ’s glory and the incense the clouds that surround His presence. The stand the monstrance rests on is called “tabor.” “It is good for us to be here.” (Mt 17:4) “We all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory.” (2 Cor 3:18)

St. Dominic, Priest, Dominicans Founder, Spain (1170-1221)—Feast, Aug. 8 St. Dominic had a great love of the Holy Mass and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. He drew strength from the Holy Eucharist to convert souls who did not believe in the teachings of the Catholic Church.

Report for July 27, 2015 Parishioner Donations - Giving Back To The Lord

YTD 07/01/15 – 07/27/15 Weekly YTD Offertory $ 14,444.85 $ 60,063.25 Operating Budget Reqmnt. $ 15,620.00 $ 62,480.00 Variance $ (1,175.15) $ (2,416.75)

Debt Reduction/FaithQuest Collected $ 6,828.97 Ring the Bell Campaign $ 4,310.43 $112,146 needed to reach goal

Mortgage Payment Requirement $ 37,515.00 Mortgage Amount Paid $ 20,000.00 Shortfall $ (17,515.00)

August 2, 2015

MASS INTENTIONS

Sunday, August 2nd

9:00am: For Our Parish

11:30am: In Memory of Patricia Lichwala by Leonard

Lichwala

Monday, August 3rd

9:00am: Communion Service

Tuesday, August 4th

9:00am: Communion Service

5:00pm: In Memory of Carlo Lubiato by Michael & Mary

Benjamin

Wednesday, August 5th

9:00am: In Memory of Theresa Fulgenzi by Karen Reske

Thursday, August 6th

9:00am: In Memory of Thomas J. Reeber by Ron & Lisa

Abbott & family

Friday, August 7th

9:00am: In Memory of Joshua McKinney

Saturday, August 8th

5:00pm: In Honor of Jean Mayer by Mayer family

Sunday, August 9th

9:00am: In Memory Joe Pitrone by family

11:30am: For Our Parish

WEEKLY READINGS: August 2-8

Sunday:

Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Ex 16:2-4, 12-15;Eph 4:17, 20-24; Jn 6:24-35

Monday:

Weekday

Nm 11:4b-15; Mt 14:13-21

Tuesday:

St. John Vianney, Priest

Nm 12:1-13, Mt 14:22-36

Wednesday:

The Dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major

Nm 13:1-2, 25-14:1, 26-29a, 34-35; Mt 15:21-28

Thursday:

The Transfiguration of the Lord

Dn 7:9-10, 13-14; 2 Pt 1:16-19; Mk 9:2-10

Friday:

St. Sixtus II, Pope & Companions, Martyrs;

St. Cajetan, Priest

Dt 4:32-40; Mt 16:24-28

Saturday:

St. Dominic, Priest

Dt 6:4-13; Mt 17:14-20

We always keep our military family close

and far in our thoughts and prayers,

especially for Joshua Kolnitys.

(Please contact the church office to add your loved one

to our prayer list).

LAY MINISTERS: August 8th

-9th

Communion Service Leaders

Aug 3: J. Wilson Aug 4: G. Wizgrid

Aug 10: D. Hall Aug 11: T. Boos

Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist

5:00pm 9:00am 11:30am

*Self-Scheduling by Sign-Up.

*Sign-Up In Meeting Room A.

Altar Servers

5:00pm: M. Haynes, D. Haynes, G. Liddy

9:00am: B. Wittrup, A. Sanchez, L. Cross

11:30am: M. Tarske, B. O’Keefe, C. Capstick

Proclaimers of the Word

5:00pm: L. Wack, K. Wiley

9:00am: D. Hall, S. Kuschel

11:30am: L. Read, L. Lichwala

Greeters 5:00pm: T. Czubaj

9:00am: Kuczajda family

11:30am: R. Hall, L. Read

Ushers

*Please sign up if you’re available.

Offertory Gifts

*Please sign up if you’re available.

Home Chalice Program *Please sign up if you’re available.

Linens

August: K.Leonard, B. Olekas

Cleaning the Altar

V. Bensinger

Collection Counters:

Aug 3: J. King, R. Miller, B. Zielinski,

D. Backlund

Aug 10: D. Tryon, M. Ulman, L. Hazel

OUR PRAYER LIST

Denise Day, George Dudek, Agnes Dzombak, Judy

Grobbnagger, Michael Grossmeyer, Mike Kiernan,

Don Keiser, Sr. MaryKelly, RSM, Dylan Knightley,

Tom Kochan, Elaine LaMontagne, Jean Mayer, Joe

Miller Jr., Robert Nauroth, Tricia Outwater, Adeline

Penrod, Angela Raffensperger, Linda Schneider, Gerald

Staub, Ray Wingert, Mary Zeismer

“Father of goodness and love, hear our prayers for

the sick members of our community and

for all who are in need”.