ENSURING A LEGACY If you have not already received it, you soon will be receiving a letter from Bishop Mengeling, inviting you to make a pledge or gift to to build a new Fr. Gabriel Richard High School. This new Catholic high school will be built 25 minutes south of us on property located just off US 23. So while the address reads Ann Arbor, it will be the closest Catholic high school to us - making this regional high school our local Catholic high school.
For the last two weeks, there have been special inserts in the bulletin explaining the school and what it will offer to our Catholic families for years to come. I invite you to seriously consider making a pledge or gift to this fund drive. In an age when people talk about the importance of investing for the future, I can think of no better investment either you or I could make to the future of our youth and our Catholic community. Please consider joining me in making a gift or pledge to Fr. Gabriel Richard High School. This new regional facility will make it possible for many more high school students to receive a Catholic education. Our pledge or gift will truly be a wonderful investment in the future of our youth. HUG A DEACON Belatedly I received a notice that last Sunday was designated as a day to recognize the service of our deacons in the Church.
I am certainly grateful for the ministry of Dave Scharf and his commitment to our parish and the whole Church. His willingness to take on any task, his eagerness to serve and his generous spirit have certainly been a real gift to our community.
I would like to suggest that if you are also grateful for his ministry among us that you let him know - a few words, a note, a card... HUG THEM ALL! While you are at it, perhaps those of you who have been touched by the ministry of the Three M's (Marilyn, Margaret and Sr. Maryetta) could let them know of your appreciation as well.
I certainly have found my life to be enriched by the dedicated service
of these three
women on our pastoral staff. Sr. Maryetta, Marilyn and Margaret truly have
a "shepherd's heart"
(the literal meaning of pastor) in their care and concern for the little
ones, the lost and the
forgotten. I know that I have never worked with three more talented and
gifted women.
Fr. Dave Howell
Sunday, February 27
Hos 2:16b,17b,21-22/2 Cor 3:1b-6/Mk 2:18-22
Monday, February 28
1 Pt 1:3-9/Mk 10:17-27
9:00 a.m. Reno Borg
Tuesday, February 29
1 Pt 1:10-16/Mk 10:28-31
9:00 a.m. Kathleen Farmer
Wednesday, March 1
1 Pt 1:18-25/Mk 10:32-45
7:00 p.m. Catherine Schumont
Thursday, March 2
1 Pt 2:2-5,9-12/Mk 10:46-52 33
9:00 a.m. Nicholas Pasienza
Friday, March 3
1 Pt 4:7-13/Mk 11:11-26
9:00 a.m. Margaret Lickfold
Saturday, March 4
Jude 17:20b-25/Mk 11:27-33
Sunday, March 5
Dt 5:12-15/2 Cor 4:6-11/Mk 2:23 - 3
4:30 (Vigil) St. Mary Magdalen Parishioners
9:00 a.m. The Holden Triplets
11:00 a.m. John & Irene McElligatt
St. Valentine, priest, physician, martyr. On February 14 we celebrated the feast of Sts. Cyril and Methodius and not St. Valentine. This week we do not have a memorial or feast day to celebrate, so I thought St. Valentine would be a good one to fill in with. He was executed on February 14, during the reign of Emperor Claudius II, probably by beheading, and was buried on the Via Flaminia. In 350 a basilica was erected on the spot of his burial. Another Valentine (sharing the same feast day) was bishop of Terni. Considered possibly to be the same person, he was supposedly flogged, taken to Rome, and beheaded. On their feast day is celebrated the custom of sending "Valentines" to a loved one; the custom stems from the medieval belief that birds choose their mates on this day. Valentine is thus the patron saint of lovers.
Please pray that the sick will respond to God's healing will, especially: Scott Flowerday, Nick Twork, Katie Barazsu, Danielle Snowgold, Thomas Payne, John Morrison, Bishop Povish, Winnie, Bud Newberry, Evelyn, Louise Churches, John Pepa, Joanna Bloese, Cheryl Franks, Susan, Richard Sixbery, Raynald Raymond, Pete, Al & Ann Polcyn, Miriam Marker, Matt Even, Eileen Auld, Cornelius Smits, Ellen Colombo, Romaine & Chuck Colombo, Emerson Brown, Adeline Smith, Larry Cecil, Ken Carson, Norman Moon, Shirley Brake, Karen, Laurie Deirlein, Ron Schaar, Jeannette Wood, Merle, Keith Freel, Tom Cavanaugh, Edith Reagan, Donovan, Valerie Black, Russ Gardner, Maureen, Orville Pelfrey, Roe, Janice McHeish, Rose Kumler, Margaret Resconich, Rosalie Fradette, John Sweeney, Joan & John Becker.
Fiscal Year runs from July 1,1999-June 30,2000
Total income for the week of February 19/20,2000
Approximately 1236 people participated:
Using Stewardship envelopes..............$ 13,640
Loose Collection/other...................$ 758
Using Children envelopes.................$ 39
Stewardship Total........$ 14,437
Weekly Expenses/Including Mortgage.......$ 16,682
+/- for week without Building Pledges... (- 2,245)
Building Fund Pledge Payments............. 1,207
+/- for week........................ . (- 1,038)
+/- year to date without Building Pledges$(-52,902)
+/- year to date with Building Pledges..$ + 73,640
Thank you for your gifts
Monday, February 28
7:30 p.m. K of C lst Degree Installation
Tuesday, February 29
10:00 a.m. Parish Nurse Ministry (Adult Formation)
7:00 p.m. Recovery Group (Room 9)
7:00 p.m. BeFrienders (Rectory LL)
7:30 p.m. Inquiry/Catech.(Adult Form.)
7:30 p.m. Catholic Catech.(Social Hall)
Wednesday, March 1
9:30 a.m. M.O.M.S. Group (Adult Formation)
6:30 p.m. Religious Education
7:30 p.m. Worship (Conference Room)
Thursday, March 2
10:00 a.m. Scripture Study (Adult Formation)
6:30 p.m. Religious Education
7:30 p.m. Music Ministry
7:30 p.m. Elder Care Group (Rectory LL)
Friday, March 3
Saturday, March 4
6:00 p.m. Mardi Gras (Social Hall)
Sunday, March 5
9:30/11/5:45 Religious Education
9:45 a.m. New Parishioners Meeting
7:00 p.m. How to Pray Scripture (Adult Formation Room)
7:00 p.m. Youth Group (Youth Room)
7:30 p.m. Grief Support (Rectory LL)
Do you sometimes feel your family members are all going in different directions? We have planned a day of togetherness beginning with Mass, ending with pizza, and filled with interesting sessions during the day. Mark your calendar for Sunday, March 26.
We went to the synagogue with the sixth grade students and their
families. It was a
wonderful experience and we learned a great deal about our roots.
Please continue to pray for the children who will be receiving First
Penance in March and
the children who will be receiving First Eucharist.
Sr. Maryetta
If you haven't had an opportunity to sign up for one of the Follow Me groups, please check the gathering area for times and places. Our lenten small faith communities provide an opportunity to meet with other parishioners in an informal setting to discuss the readings for the upcoming weekend and the impact they have for us. We've made every attempt to locate them in as many different directions as possible, so there should be one near you.
Beginning Thursday, March 9, at 10:00 a.m. our Scripture Study will focus on the Resurrection and Passion Narratives. May this hour and a half reflection on the suffering, death and resurrection of Christ bring a more meaningful dimension to our lenten experience. Yours on the journey, Marilyn
Next Saturday, March 4 we will be gathering in the social hall for Mardi Gras. The evening will start out with a Pot Luck Dinner, so bring your favorite main dish or dessert, sign up sheets are in the gathering area. COSTUMES, yes! We will have a parade of costumes so prepare a creative costume (optional). It will be a fun evening for the whole family, so hope you can join us.
"MICHIGAN FAITH & RESISTANCE PEACE TEAM"
Gospel Nonviolence Training Workshop
With Fr. Peter Dougherty at St. Mary Magdalen
Saturday, March 18, 2000, 8:30-4:00
Contact Dave Scharf, 229-8624
Again, tonight John Shultz will be coming to talk about Judaism and the Islam religions. Anyone interested is welcome to come. Please note the meeting will last until 9pm.
SKI TRIP if you are participating in this trip your money and permission slip have to be returned by March 5. I am pleased to say that I have made arrangements for our youth to meet local youth from Harbor Springs and the surrounding area. Saturday evening we will all go to Mass, then everyone will participate in open skating with the other teens. I would like to develop a rapport with them and plan future events.
I have also been in contact with the youth leader from St. Anne's church in Detroit. I met him the weekend of our Souper Bowl Sunday project. We have made tentative arrangements to visit with his youth Friday, March 17. The community is very much Hispanic/Inner city. I feel this would be a great way to meet and learn about their culture and for them to learn from us, perhaps break some of the barriers and stereotypes each group has about being inner city and suburbanites. Any Sr. High youth is welcome to come and participate in that meeting. Again, it is my hope to develop a friendship amongst the teens.
Small Group Reflection, Thursday, March 9, Kathy Rigley will be facilitating this group for the season of Lent. We will meet in the youth room from 7-8:30 for 4 consecutive Thursdays.
The Middle School Rally, sponsored by the Diocese of Lansing, will
take place at Lansing
Catholic Central on March 11. I encourage you to participate. Parents are
encouraged to
participate as well, not only to chaperon, but to witness the excitement
that the day will have to
offer. Registration forms and the sign up sheet are available now in the
gathering space (there is a
fee and deadline for payments). Make the check payable to St. Mary
Magdalen. Note: There is
an envelope in the parish office to return your registration form,
permission slip and money.
Margaret Callaghan
PARENTING THE YOUNG CHILD 1 TO 5 is a STEP Program of "Systematic Training for Effective Parenting. Seven weekly sessions begin Monday, March 6 through April 17, from 7-8:30pm, at St. Joseph Mercy/McPherson Health Building on Grand River, Brighton. Sponsored by Healthy Families and McPherson Hospital instructor, Polly Mallory, cost is $35 per person/parenting couple. To pre-register, call 1-800-231-2211.
JUBILEE YOUNG ADULT CONFERENCE at St. Thomas the Apostle in Ann Arbor will be on March 17-18, 2000. Spend a Friday evening and Saturday growing in your faith and making new friends. The topic will be based on the Jubilee theme of the Holy Trinity. Peter & Debbie Herbeck will be guest speakers. Call Glenn Smith 734-761-8606 to register.
REFRESH Single young adults 21-35! Have we got a weekend for you!!! Get away! Hear a dozen presentations from the hearts of your peers on their experience of God, family, friends, the opposite sex, and more. Meet new friends. Have some laughs. Set aside the weekend of March 24-26, 2000 at St. Francis Retreat House, Dewitt. Cost is $75. Call Young Adult Ministry 517-342-2494 for more information.
WOMEN IN PRAISE OF THE SACRED is a retreat for women celebrating the Sacred in their lives through song with Kathryn Christian. It will be held Saturday, March 25, 9:30-3:30 at St. John's Youth & Family Center in Plymouth, Michigan and is sponsored by the Lansing Diocesan Council on Women's Concerns, Department of Catholic Charities. Registration by March 8 is required. Cost of $20 per person includes continental breakfast, lunch and materials. Lodging at St. John's is $27 per person per night. Contact Carolyn, 734-971-9781 for more information.
A retreat for the separated and divorced will be held at Weber Center in Adrian from March 10-12, 2000. The weekend will be filled with special presentations, prayer, a healing service, reconciliation and Mass. For further information call Family Ministry at 517-342-2458.
Beginning Experience is a spiritual weekend designed to help the widowed, divorced and separated to make a new beginning in life. It helps participants work through the grief process associated with loss and provides opportunity to begin the healing process. Currently weekends are scheduled in Lansing, 517-623-6128, and Flint, 810-736-7027. Call for more information.
Looking for counseling? Need help with stress, marital, parenting, or children issues? Livingston County Catholic Social Services has no waiting list! Call 227-2151 for an appointment.
JUBILEE JUSTICE - a morning of prayer and reflection with Marie Dennis, Director of Latin American issues, Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, will be held at St. John the Evangelist Parish, Fenton, Saturday, March 4, 9-12:30. This event is co-sponsored by the Dept. of Catholic Charities, Diocese of Lansing and St. John's. Registration fee is $10, payable to the Diocese of Lansing. For more details call Linda (517)342-2465.
30TH ANNUAL INTERFAITH DAY will be celebrated at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 1701 E. Saginaw, Lansing, on Tuesday, Feb. 29, beginning at 9:00am. Cost of $7:00 per person includes luncheon. Topic of the day will be "Faith Inspired Lives", and presenters are included from the Greek Orthodox, Jewish, Protestant and Catholic Faiths. Contact Hazel 517-834-5839 for tickets.
Sponsored by St. Joe's in Howell, it will be held on March 11. Featured are the Sun Messengers and an endless appetizer bar. Tickets are $20 per person and are available at St. Joe's and Cleary's Pub. Call (517) 223-1313 for more information.
What is a Mom's-to-Mom's Sale? It's a huge sale of only children's and maternity items such as clothing, toys and baby equipment. The admission fee to enter the sale is $1.00 or you can rent a table to sell your merchandise for $25. Money for admission and table rentals will be donated to St. Patrick's Church in Brighton. Those renting a table price their own merchandise for the sale. You price it, you sell it and you keep all the money from the sale of your merchandise. Come pick up lots of bargains on March 25! Call Cathy (810) 231-6391 for information.
U.S. CENSUS 2000 It only happens every ten years. Be part of the U.S. Census Team and help your community plan for the future. Apply now for a wide variety of part-time positions lasting approximately 4-6 weeks. Employment testing will take place at:
Holiday Inn Express in Brighton (by Home Depot)
Monday Feb. 28, 7:00pm
Wednesday, March 1, 7:00pm
St. John the Baptist Church (on M-59)
Tuesday, Feb. 29, 10:00am and 2:00pm
The Diocese of Lansing is promoting pilgrimages to points of interest within the Diocese and abroad. Trips abound for all age groups throughout the year. If you are interested in looking into one of these pilgrimages, call the Diocese of Lansing (517) 342-2502.
There is a nationwide ministry available to traveling Catholics providing free information on the location of the nearest church and times of Masses on weekends and holy days. This service is available to all parishes by calling 1-800-627-7846 or checking the internet at www.masstimes.org.
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