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ST MARY OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH TENTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME 219 S. STATE ST, NILES, MICHIGAN 49120 269-683-5087 JUNE 5, 2016

Saturday, June 4 3:30 PM Confession 4:00 PM Rosary 4:30 PM In Loving Memory of Bob Leonard by Maureen Leonard Sunday, June 5 Tenth Sunday in Ordinary time 8:30 AM Ben Skalla (dec.) by Jay & Cece Skalla 11:30 AM 40th Wedding Anniversary of Gerry & Diana Orosz by their Daughters & Family 6:00 PM For the Hispanic Community at St. Mary’s Monday, June 6 (Chapel) 9:00 AM Mary Jo Deutscher (dec.) by John & Kathleen Doyle Tuesday, June 7 (Chapel) 8:00 AM Anne Strantz (dec.) by the Wieger Family Wednesday, June 8 (Chapel) 8:00 AM Wilbur J. & William Myers (dec.) by Florence Myers Thursday, June 9 NO MASS Friday, June 10 (Chapel) 8:00 AM Anna Finch (dec.) by the Knights of Columbus Saturday, June 11 3:30 PM Confession 4:00 PM Rosary 4:30 PM In Loving Memory of Chad and Stacy Mure by Michael, Judy and Alec Mure Sunday, June 12 Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time 8:30 AM Richard Born (dec.) by Victor & June Gutschenritter 11:30 AM Amalia Derda (dec.) by Jerry & Rosemary Hoffman 6:00 PM For the Hispanic Community at St. Mary’s

CANDLE OFFERINGS

Blessed Virgin Mary For Our High School Graduates St. Joseph For Our Young People Being Confirmed

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ Jesus, Greetings of peace to you from Fr. Alphonse. Time is running fast and with time, many changes are taking place in our Diocese with regard to the priestly assignments. This is the time for all of us to pray for the Bishop a nd for the priests of the Dio-cese. As I had mentioned in the previous bulletin messages, I am moving to Wayland, Michigan and Fr. Christian Johnston, the pastor there, is going to be the pastor here. He is well loved there and for certain he is going to be a blessing for our parish here at St. Mary’s. Please make sure Fr. Johnston feels at home with us. He says that he does not know anybody here in Niles and I don’t know anybody there at Wayland. It would be a very good begin-ning for both of us. Please keep us in your prayers. This week, eight young kids are going to receive their Confirmation. Please pray that the Holy Spirit may lead them in the right direction. This past week was also the last week for our school children, and they are now on summer vacation. Let us keep the school in our prayers, too. Wishing all of you a very happy weekend, let me wind up this message with prayerful wishes. God bless! Fraternally yours in Christ Jesus,

Fr. Alphonse, msfs

Congratulations to our Confirmandi

Lucas Bucha Jazmin Capula*

Esperanza Chavez* Jose Adolfo Magana, Jr.*

Naielly Sanchez* Brian Aron Soto

Jake Robert Stewart** Jose A. Velez, III

*From St. Gabriel Parish Mission, Berrien Springs **From Our Lady of the Lake, Edwardsburg

WELCOME BISHOP BRADLEY

Bishop Bradley will be celebrating the Sacrament of Con-firmation with us this Saturday at the 4:30 Mass! Welcome to St. Mary’s!

Congratulations to our High School Grads

Derek Brown Erin Butler

Hunter Janowiak Jesse Lochmondy

Payton Morris Tiffany Overmyer

Nelyda Palafox Alondra Ramirez

Kyle Rogers Braulio Sosa

Jessica Tompos Victoria Velez Connor Wilson

Elyse Zimmerman


June 4 thru June 12, 2016

Sat. 6/4 Confirmation Reception After 4:30 Mass, gym Sun. 6/5 Grads Reception After 8:30 Mass, gym Sun. 6/5 Summer Blood Drive 9:30am-1pm, pkg. lot Mon. 6/6 Boy Scouts 7pm, Gym Tues. 6/7 Cemetery Board Mtg. 9am, PC Tues. 6/7 PAC Meeting 6pm, School Tues. 6/7 Wine, Cheese & Hahn 7pm, PC Wed. 6/8 Parish Finance Budget Mtg. 5:30pm, PC Wed. 6/8 11:30 Choir 6:45pm, Church Wed. 6/8 8:30 Choir 7:30pm, Church Wed. 6/8 Angel Workshop 6-9pm, PC Thurs. 6/9 Angel Workshop 6-9pm, PC Thurs. 6/9 Sunday Scripture Study 7pm, Chpl. Door Fri. 6/10 Parish Office Summer Hrs. Closes at Noon 6/11-6/12 Anointing After all Masses

Sunday, May 29, 2016 Weekly Parish Budget $6,330.77 Offering $6,548.12 OVER $217.35 To Date Budget Variation $26,417.98

Capital Improvement $230.00 Votives $6.00 Catholic Relief Services $425.00

THANK YOU!

Please keep your parish in mind when you are away. We count on your contributions each week in order to pay our bills. Thank you for your support of St. Mary’s Parish!

St. Mary’s school has registration in progress for the 2016-2017 school year.

Offering a Catholic faith-based education, blended learning, and multi-age classrooms with limited openings available for enrollment. The school year begins August 24th—register early!

To learn more, please contact the School at 683-9191, email [email protected] or visit our

website at www.stmarysschoolniles.org. “Be part of the Pride”

DO YOU LIKE TO SING? We are looking for more singers to help lead the Sunday morning Masses. If you like to sing, come join us at rehearsal Wednesday evenings; 11:30 choir meets at 6:45 p.m. and the 8:30 choir meets at 7:30 p.m. Come make a joyful noise unto the Lord!

Bishop’s Annual Appeal Your gift does make a difference!

Thank you so much to the 130 parish fami-lies who have made a commitment to help grow God’s Kingdom in our parish, diocese, country and world. Our total commitment to

the Bishop’s Annual Appeal so far is $47,148. Your gift will bring Christ to people and people to Christ in count-less important ways. There are still many families we haven’t heard from—please make a commitment this week. We need you! Please place your Bishop’s Annual Appeal pledge card or pledge envelope in the collection basket, bring it or mail it to the parish office. Thank you for your generosity!

ANOINTING The weekend of June 11-12 Fr. Alphonse will offer anointing after the Mass to anyone in need of any type of healing: spiritual, physical, emotional, etc.

SUMMER OFFICE HOURS Monday – Thursday 9 am – 3:00 pm

Friday 9 am - 12 noon Ends Friday, September 2, 2016

Angel Workshop Learn how to connect with the Archangels and your Guardian Angels. Discover how to maximize your health through the guid-ance of God’s messengers.

The 2-part workshop begins this week June 8 & 9

6-9 PM St. Mary’s Parish Center

Niles, MI Presented by Marjorie Bowles RN MSW

Call 269-663-2133 or contact Betty Knoll @ 683-5412

Please call as space is limited Love Donation

Remembering Fathers Our Book of Remembrance for Fathers has been placed in the vestibule of the church. Please take a moment to write the names of any fathers, living or deceased, that you would like to have remem-bered on Father’s Day, June 19.

Summer Blood Drive St. Mary’s Church is hosting a blood drive today,

Sunday, June 5th, from 9:30 am—1:00pm Walk-ins are welcome.

Eat a healthy meal and drink plenty of water beforehand.

Sign up online at www.GiveBloodNow.com Sponsor code: StMary or call

Mary Ankrapp at 574-204-4132


Serenity Sisters will meet on Thursday, June 16th at 12:30 pm at the Ho Ping Restaurant in Niles. All ladies of the parish are welcome to join them!

RIDE TO MASS NEEDED We still have a mother with two daughters who would like to go to the 4:30 or 11:30 Mass and lives south of town in the Brandywine area. If

you would be willing to offer a ride to them, please call the Parish Office so we can put you in touch. Thank you to those who have called and offered rides to our other parishioners in need! God bless you!!

STEPPING UP TO THE CHALLENGE!!! Interested in an Automatic Handicapped Door System

Installed at the Church Entrances??? A “Step-Up to the Challenge Grant” is in place! A member of our Buildings and Grounds committee has proposed the installa-tion of automatic handicapped accessible door opener systems on the Church ramped doors. If interested in stepping up to the Chal-lenge with a donation, please make checks payable to St. Mary’s Church, notate in the memo “Challenge Grant” and drop in the Collection Basket or drop/send to the Parish Center. Total cost for this project is $5,600; so far we have received donations total-ing $2,450 towards this Challenge! Thank you to all who have so graciously donated to this project.

Prayer for Vocations

God our Father, we thank you for calling men and women to serve in your Son’s Kingdom as priests, deacons, religious, and consecrated persons. Send your Holy Spirit to help us respond generously and courageously to your call. May our community of faith support vocations of sacrificial love in our youth. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

THE CHRISTIAN SERVICE CENTER

It’s time to bid farewell to our Fir st Grader s and Miss Frucci who have brought over the food donations from church each week. They’ve had a good chance to build up their arm muscles this year and we thank them for making the trips over to CSC. They certainly bring joy and enthusiasm along with the groceries and we will miss their smiling faces. Thank you and Happy Sum-mer to our future second graders! So next, we need a volunteer to br ing the grocer ies each week from church to the CSC. If you might be able to help with this on Monday mornings during the summer, please call us and we will make arrangements.

Pantry Picks: The Center is requesting cans of green beans and corn, cans of soup, especially tomato, and cans of tomatoes and fruit. Thank you for your care of others.

MARRIAGE MOMENTS by Susan Vogt,

www.SusanVogt.net Married couples don’t often think of being widowed but no one lives forever. Lest this thought seem too morose, remember that one day one of you will be alone to help you appreciate your be-loved today. Honor or pray for a widow(er) you know today.

PARENTING POINTERS by Susan Vogt, www.SusanVogt.net

How many shoes does your child have? How many do you? How many can you wear at one time? The first week in June is Nation-al Barefoot Week. Have fun going barefoot for a day or an hour this week, but remember that some kids don’t have any shoes. Check out Soles4Souls to see how you can help. http://barefootweek.com/.

St. Vincent DePaul St. Vincent DePaul is looking for crafters to donate craft items for

the Christmas Bazaar’s St. Vincent DePaul booth.

PRAYER LINE If anyone would like to join our Prayer Chain, please

contact Jamie Peterson at [email protected]

CATHOLIC CHARITIES At Catholic Charities Diocese of Kalamazoo we are grateful to serve over 8,350 of your friends and neighbors in the nine county Dio-cese of Kalamazoo each year. We provide help

for today, create hope for tomorrow, and cultivate caring commu-nities that endure. Would you like to learn more about how we accomplish this—and how you might get involved? Please join us for a one-hour Mission Possible Tour. Visit www.ccdok.org or call 269-381-9800 .

A Family Perspective by Bud Ozar

The widow in today’s gospel was in deep trouble. Her husband and her only son were dead. In that male-dominated society wom-en owned nothing and were totally dependent on men for their livelihood. She would be reduced to begging. Restoring her son to life, Jesus also restored the woman to life.

Knitters and Crocheters Thank you to everyone who donated winter hats

and mittens during the month of May for the Giving

Tree. Now it is June and this month we will make

for children (age 4-12) mittens, or gloves for older

children. Patterns are available in the black filing box in the

religious goods room or Google free knitting/crochet patterns

from the internet. The collection box will be put out the first

weekend of May. Let’s keep our yarns unwinding!

The Kalamazoo Diocesan Council of Catholic Women (KDCCW)

The KDCCW cordially invite the women of our parish to their June event!

“OUR WORKS OF MERCY IN CAMEROON— PERSONAL UPDATE”

Presented by Brother Stephen Kpunza Tatum, Cameroon Wednesday—June 22, 2016

at St. Mary Catholic Church—Fr. Bart Hall 939 Charlotte

Kalamazoo, MI 49048 from 8:00 am—3:30 pm—Program & Mass

Cost: $20 per person (refreshments and lunch included). Register to: Sue Annis at mailto:[email protected]

or call (260) 629-5757 by June 19th


Making a Report of Sexual Misconduct

A report of sexual misconduct may be initiated at the Diocese of Kalamazoo’s Sexual Misconduct Question and Reporting Line: 1-877-802-0115. A caller will be requested to provide his or her name and telephone number. All calls regarding sexual miscon-duct will be returned, usually within one hour. This toll-free tele-phone number has been established as a part of the Diocese’s effort to protect children, young people and other vulnerable people in our schools, parishes and ministries. This line is for reporting suspected sexual misconduct or child abuse within Di-ocesan institutions and ministries only. If you have some other concern about Diocesan schools, parishes, or ministries, please contact the appropriate Diocesan school, parish, or office directly.

M I N I S T R Y S C H E D U L E S June 11 & June 12, 2016

GREETERS 4:30 pm: M. Dreher, S. Dreher 8:30 am: J. Jilek, J. Jilek 11:30 am: S. Persa, K. Persa

LECTORS 4:30 pm: S. Dreher 8:30 am: D. Schoner 11:30 am: W. Emral

EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION 4:30 pm: N. Coquillard CV, M. Casto, S. Huyvaert, A. Kolloff 8:30 am: J. Crocker CV, C. Durm, K. Bellinger, P. Hartman, J. Jilek, B. Knoll 11:30 am: P. Johnson CV, S. Johnson, M. Meehling, D. Rothwell

ALTAR SERVERS 4:30 pm: K. Coquillard, T. Coquillard 8:30 am: J. Podlin, N. Podlin, O. Podlin 11:30 am: L. Bucha, K. Gerdes, C. Staggs

USHERS K. Crouch, B. Daron, C. Deranek, T. Fron, E. Gutschenritter, N. Hawley, M. Johnson, B. Kessler, M. Kessler, F. Mercado, J. Mollison, A. O’Connor, C. Sabat, M. Scott, D. Shelton, T. Skalla, M. Smith, L. Sopczynski, J. Tay-lor , J. Vreden, R. Wurz, B. Wozniak

We have about 36 “Barn Style” light fixtures from the gym for sale. For more information or to make an offer, please contact Deacon Roger. Thanks!

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