ALL THINGS
CONSIDERED
THE
TENTH:
On June 29, 1993, on the Feast of
the Apostles Peter & Paul, Bishop Povish established a new parish in
Brighton Township. It was created from
areas served by St. John in Hartland and St. Pat in Brighton. The area to be served by this new parish
includes the entire township, north of I-96.
The temporary name for this parish was the New Catholic Community of
Brighton (but many at St. Pat’s called it “St. NoName”.)
The next day (the feast of the Martyrs of Rome), Bishop Povish
assigned me as the first pastor of this nameless parish.
THE
FIFTH: Five years ago this
weekend, Bishop Mengeling dedicated our new worship area on the fifth
anniversary of our parish.
The 25,000 square foot building was the culmination of three
and a half years of planning. Close to
300 people from our community worked on the project through the various stages
of planning, fund raising and finishing work.
The total cost of the land, the construction and the furnishings was
$4.6 million. In our first three years,
we had saved over $250,000 and our capital campaign raised almost $1.6 million
in gifts and pledges. (While that is not
the largest amount ever raised, it was the most successful fund drive in the
history of the diocese with 85% of our parishioners participating.) Over the last five years, the generosity of
many has reduced the debt to under $1.2 million.
The worship area seats 800, the hall seats 250 and over 800
young people receive religious education throughout the school year. There are programs for youth and seniors,
space for the countless meetings and offices for all of our growing staff.
This weekend offers us the opportunity to celebrate both the
past and the future. We celebrate the
great apostles, Peter & Paul, who first taught the faith. We celebrate our call as community to live
that faith. And we re-dedicate ourselves
to sharing with all of Brighton Township and beyond!
Happy Anniversary to all of you!
Fr.
Dave Howell
Please
remember in your prayers Janice Bordo and family in the death of Lawrence
Bastien, Janice’s father.
Sunday, June
29th Ss Peter and Paul, apostles
Acts
12:1-11/2 Tm 4:6-8, 17-18/Mt 16:13-19
Monday, June
30
Gn
18:16-33/Mt 8:18-22
9:00
am Communion Service
Tuesday, July 1
Gn
19:15-29/Mt 8:23-27
9:00
am Communion Service
Wednesday, July 2
Gn
21:5, 8-20/Mt 8:28-34
7:00
pm Communion Service
Thursday, July 3 Thomas, apostle
Eph
2:19-22/Jn 20:24-29
9:00
am Communion Service
Friday, July 4
Gn
23:1-4, 19; 24:1-8, 62-67/Mt 9:9-13
9:00
am NO MASS
Saturday, July 5
Gn
27:1-5, 15-29/Mt 9:14-17
Sunday, July 6
Ez
2:2-5/2 Cor 12:7-10/Mk 6:1-6
4:30
(Vigil) VJoseph Angelucci
9:00
am St. Mary Magdalen Parish
11:00 am VKeith Dunn
Today's passage describes the call
of the prophet Ezekiel. He was a Jewish
priest who was deported to Babylon at the time of the exile. He is called to proclaim God' s Word to those
who are exiled with him. God warns him
that this will be no easy task.
Paul's whole ministry was beset not
only by his own weakness but also by mistreatment and stress. In the passage just preceding today' s
reading, Paul described some of his spiritual visions. But in today' s passage, he chooses not to
boast of these but rather to talk about how God has worked through him despite
his weakness and trials.
Jesus experienced rejection even
before His suffering and death. Mark
here, no doubt, is presenting us with a foreshadowing of the final rejection
Jesus will experience and perhaps comforting those disciples who will also
experience rejection as they go about spreading the good news.
Fiscal Year
runs from
July 1,
2002 June 30, 2003
Total income for the week of June
21/22, 2003
Approximately 1236 people
participated:
Using Stewardship envelopes.............. $17,071
Loose Collection/other............................... $871
Using Children envelopes............................ $16
Stewardship Total................................. $17,958
Weekly Expenses/Including Mortgage.. $22,971
+/- for week without Bldg.
Pledges $-5,013
Building Fund Pledge Payments................. $-0-
+/- for week $-5,013
Thank you for your gifts
STEWARDSHIP
BY THE BOOK
Saints Peter and Paul worked
tirelessly to spread the Gospel. Not all
can be apostles, but we, too, must be good stewards of our vocations, using the
gifts we' ve been given in the service of God' s Kingdom.
Diocesan
Services Appeal 2003
As of June 23 our parish has
raised $59,036 in DSA
pledges. This puts us at 100%, of our
parish goal of $58,577. If you have not made a decision about your
gift to the DSA please set aside a few minutes to pray about your gift. Your can either drop off your gift card at
the parish office or place it in the collection basket. We would like to wrap up this campaign by the
end of July.
Thank you to all the
parishioners who have supported the DSA 2003.
Your generosity is deeply appreciated.
ELECTRONIC
PAYMENT OPTION-For Sunday Contributions
St. Mary Magdalen is pleased to offer its members an
option of making Sunday contributions electronically through direct transfer
from your designated checking/savings account. Contact Kay Thurmon, (810)
229-8624 for more details and forms.
Several
people have not signed up to have their photo taken for our directory. Please call the parish office (810) 229-8624. We would like 100% of our families in this
directory.
II.
Richard Sixbery & Kristian Ryckman
Monday,
June 30
7:30
p.m. RCIA (AFR/Rm.4)
Tuesday,
July 1
10:00
a.m. Scripture/Stitches (AFR/Rm.4)
Wednesday,
July 2
7:30
p.m. Journaling (AFR)
Thursday,
July 3
9:30
a.m. Rosary (Church)
7:30
p.m. Music Ministry
Friday,
July 4 Independence Day
OFFICE CLOSED
Saturday,
July 5
Sunday, July 6
9:45 a.m. New
Parishioner Meeting (AFR)
12:30 p.m. Baptisms
As we celebrate our tenth year as a community we can look
around and see the growth that has taken place over time! Our Vision statement says that our vision is to build a community of
simplicity, peace, joy, inspiration and renewal… Well during this time of welcome growth,
our community needs more hands to help fulfill our vision!
Starting in
August, to better meet the growing demands of our Religious Formation program
and families, we would like to welcome Sandi Phillips as Administrative
Assistant to the Director of Religious Education. Sandi was chosen by our Formation Team and is
very highly qualified for this position. She is an advanced certified
catechist, was the Lead Catechist for our 5th grade classes, is a
Renew Facilitator, and has worked with youth for about 12 years. Sandi will work with Mary along with the
catechists and assist with the many different aspects of our programs. Welcome Sandi!
Starting in
September you will also see a new face in the parish office as Karen MacDonald
will be working on a part time basis as our receptionist. Karen is a former Executive Administrative
Assistant for General Motors, is on our Art & Environment team; also she is
involved in organizing our Olan Mills Directory, and will be a welcome addition
to our staff to help serve the growing needs of our parish community. Welcome Karen!
Walk-in Registration for fall classes will be held on Tuesdays and
Thursdays in the office from 10 am 2 pm.
See Josie!
Summer is finally here! But don' t let that stop you
from thinking about helping in the fall! Catechists and aides are needed for
our classes! Come join our team and
share your faith with our youth! If you
are interested in helping in the fall program, call Mary at 229-8624 (#15) for
more information.
For those catechists interested in
continuing your certification process, classes are being held in Adrian on July
29-31. (If you aren' t helping with JWJ,
you are welcome to take these classes!).
Any Catechists in grades 6-8 interested in attending some youth ministry
training classes, please let me know, as these opportunities will help you in
the class rooms as well! More info about
these opportunities can be found on the bulletin board in my office! Please let
me know if you are interested.
Registration for JWJ forms can be found in the gathering
area. We are still looking for adult
leaders to help! Please call Peggy
Weingartz if you would like to volunteer at 810 220-1678.
As you read this I will be off to
start our family vacation. We are going
to Oregon to visit with my parents and a lot of my siblings! Thank you all for your prayers for my father;
the doctors are allowing him to travel to the coast to build up his strength
and escape the dry heat of 115 in
Arizona! During the rest of the month of
July I will have earlier hours in the day.
If I am not available, I will check my voicemail (#15) and get back to
you!
MINISTERS OF PRAYER
Sunday, June 29 Carol McGrath
Monday, June 30 Kathy
Borgeson, Sr. Joyce Hoile, Fran Marciniak
Tuesday, July 1 Dennis Wagener
Wednesday, July 2 Lisa Klein
Thursday,
July 3 Helen McMillan
Friday, July 4 Barb Lee
ARE YOU CALLED TO WORK WITH
OTHERS? Project Rachel is looking for a few good men
and women to work with our hurting post abortive brothers and sisters. If you are interested in being a support
group leader, belonging to the speakers bureau, or being a mentor, contact
Wilson Perkowski at the Project Rachel office 517-342-2581.
Thank
you to the Nashar family who opened their home to us last weekend for a pool
party potluck. It was a great time. We have our last meeting tonight at 7pm.
If you would like to donate items
for our Tin Can Raffle to take place at the parish picnic, you can do so by
contacting me. We would appreciate
donations such as gift certificates, theme baskets, free manicures, pedicures,
etc. We will be collecting donations all
summer long.
There are still open spaces for the NCYC trip scheduled this
November. If you are interested, contact
me in the parish offices.
We are not having any meetings in the month of July;
however, we are traveling for our National Relief Network trip to Jackson,
TN. Tom and I wish everyone a great and
safe summer.
M.U.D (6, 7 and 8 graders)
Mark
your calendars for Saturday, August 2, as that is our annual Car Wash at
Walters Home Appliance from 9 - 4pm.
With the money raised at the car wash, I am able to provide snacks and
drinks for our various functions throughout the year. A sign up sheet will be in the gathering area
for car washers and their parents.
Margaret Callaghan
Please pray that the sick will respond to God' s healing
will, especially: Joyce, John, Linda, Joel Endres, Patricia Shepard,
Albert DeMonaco, John Colombo, Fred Laber, Christina Putnam, Grace Craft,
Dynetta Cadaret, Ray Weis, Jeannie Prather, John Collins, Lisa Hearn, Julius
Sharpy, Joel Endres, Jodi Orrick, Jean, Brad, Karen, Irene Bonnee, Pat
Dalgleish, Colleen Whelan, Timothy Lee, Grace Wagner, David, Janet Lemannski,
Jean Campeau, Michael Robertson, Glenda Spicer, Patricia Ritter, Dora Demarais,
Carol Sitkauskas, Alyssa Roney, Margaret Renaud, Mary Thomas, Tammie Kramer,
Kay Barrett, Don Schommer, Tim Vedder, Joan Monforton, Wilber Emery, William Modic,
Kelly Ferencz, Joan Hutchinson, Jamie Leugers, Mark Ruf, Jonathon Forbes,
Joseph Hinkle, Carole Jones, Barbara Donner, Pam Davis, Eric Truhn, Judy
Woughter, Stella Paweski, Marcella, Andrew Doyle, Emilee Ritter, John Matta, Megan Grech,
George Rutton, Pat Cote, Tom Clark, Bridget, Laura, Becky Wilson, Bradley
Stevens, Alexandria Nelson, Debbie, Ralph Bennett, Evelyn, June Bennett, Ethan
Montague, Matt Even, Bishop Povish, and Donovan.
RCIA - “WHAT A FULLFILLING
EXPERIENCE!”
Have
you thought about helping out with the RCIA process and wondered what being a
sponsor is all about? Contact Ann Fraser
(517-545-9279) she will assist you with any questions or concerns.
A
study of the major prophets, with emphasis on the prophet Isaiah will be
offered two different times during July and August. One six-week session will be Wednesday
evenings 7:45p.m. 9:15p.m., beginning July 16th. The same will be offered Thursday mornings
10a.m.-11:30a.m.
Registration
Forms are in the gathering area.
Baptism
Awareness: Tuesday, July 15, 7:30 pm
Baptism
Instructions: with childcare: Tues., July 22, 7:30 pm
Heart to Heart Conversations for
Mothers & Daughters on Puberty & Growing Up
On
Sunday, July 20, from 1:00 - 5:00 pm in the Community Room at St. Joseph Mercy
Livingston Hospital, cost is $45.00 for Mom & 1 daughter, and $10.00 for
each additional participant.
Sr.
Joyce
Beginning
Wednesday, July 2nd, St. Joseph' s Church in Howell will be starting a soup
kitchen called GOD'S KITCHEN. There will be sign up sheets in the gathering
area this weekend for volunteers. We
will need people to cook, clean up, serve, and for hospitality. Any questions or concerns please call Ann
Fraser (517-545-9279).
CHARITY &
JUSTICE-Has a dresser and
crib (donated by Jan Carpenter) in the gathering area. If you would like to assist a family in need,
please take a tag, return your unwrapped item, with the tag and place it in the
dresser or crib. The baby bottle is for monetary donations for milk &
formula.
Do you or does someone you know have
a mental illness? Christians Concerned
about Mental Illness (CCMI) meets
the last Tuesday of each month to share experiences relating to coping with
mental illness. Meetings are from 12noon
1pm in the first floor of the Diocesan Center. For more information contact Joann Davis,
Director of Ministry with Persons with disAbilities at 517-342-2500.
On
Sunday, June 29th, the Charity and Justice Team of Saint Mary
Magdalen will feature
Danielle Conroyd, the IHM Sisters project manager and Lynn Rogien, the project
manager from the Christman Company as speakers. They will describe this
transforming project as the sixth and final workshop in this series on
environmental subjects. The workshop
will be presented here at St. Mary Magdalen at 6PM. For further information or questions call 517
546-7053.
BEFRIENDER
MINISTRY TRAININGThis
ministry is a program of lay pastoral care, where specially trained persons
enter into caring relationship with others at times of particular need by
visiting with them, being with them, and bringing emotional and spiritual
support. A BeFriender candidate develops
communication skills, faith sharing and ministry reflection. It also addresses issues such as grief and
loss, spirituality, aging, listening, and confidentiality. BeFrienders are there to listen, not to solve
problems or impose solutions.
BeFrienders can also discern, with the person they visit, whether
referral to appropriate professionals is needed.
Are you called? Does this ministry speak to something within? There will be training for BeFriender Ministry this August. The training will take place on Aug. 7, 8, and 9, then Aug. 14, 15, and 16, and end on Aug. 21, 22, and 23. If you would like further information regarding this training, please call Judy Scharf (248) 889-0274
VG' s RECEIPTS
We thank all those who generously donate their receipts to the
alms box. We received $303.35 from your
receipts, thank you for your kindness.
The Charity & Justice Ministry Team continues to ask you to save
your VG' s receipts and return them in the container provided in the Gathering
Area. Through these receipts
organizations can collect 1% of the receipt total. These funds will be used to help those in
need within our parish.
A
support group for divorced and separated meets every 2nd and 4th
Thursday of the month at 7:30pm at St. Thomas Parish Center in Ann Arbor. Topics of discussion: the five stages of
grieving, helping children cope, legal issues, and spirituality. Call Virginia Mikola (734) 994-9194 for more
information.
CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES needs your
help for emergency assistance for the people of Iraq suffering from the effects
of the war. CRS is accepting donations
for the relief effort. Parishes and
individuals can forward contributions to Diocese
of Lansing, 300 W. Ottawa Street, Lansing, MI 48933, Attention: Theresa
Johnson. Please make checks payable
to Diocese of Lansing. Memo: Iraq Relief. Prayers for the people affected by the
war, including the civilian population, our servicemen and women, and the
relief workers are always needed. See
the CRS web site at www.catholicrelief.org for
information.
Are you considering Adoption?
Take the first step in deciding if adoption is right
for you. Visit our free information
meeting on Tuesday, July 8, at 7pm. Held
at Adoption Associates, Inc. of Farmington Hills, (248-474-0990) this informal
presentation will highlight our international programs in China, Russia,
Moldova, and Guatemala as well as offer tips and information on building
families through domestic adoption.
1-800-MASS TIMES
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.
St. Francis Retreat Center
in DeWitt Christian Imagination Retreat will be held July
13-15. Students entering grades 7-9 who
are interested in learning more about Tolkein, C.S. Lewis and other brilliant
minds are invited to attend. Fr. Robert
Copeland, associate pastor of St. Robert' s Parish in Flushing will lead the
fascinating study of these authors. Call
517-669-8321 for more information.
Summer Scripture Days “God' s People Seeking Peace” - August 5, 6
& 7
will be presented by Sr. Dorothy Janaitis, O.P. at Bethany House, St. Francis
Retreat Center located in Dewitt, Michigan.
Summer Scripture Days is an opportunity for adults to increase their
Scripture-based knowledge, to reflect on their faith and to be empowered to
pass on their faith to their families and others. It will be a time to enjoy the beauty of the
retreat center, a time for prayer, recreation, good food and fellowship. Participation is limited. The deadline to register is July 14. For information call Catholic Charities
517-342-2458 or e-mail lrogge@dioceseoflansing.org. Brochures are available in your parish
office.
Sonographers Needed
Pregnancy
Helpline has experienced tremendous growth in the number of clients we serve
and are in desperate need of Sonographers willing to share some time to help
save babies. We will work around your
schedule and will be grateful for even a few hrs. per month. Consider this life saving ministry. Sonograms save lives. Contact Joan Hutchison for more information
810-494-5433.
SUMMER FUN FEST, St. Joseph in Dexter will be
celebrating a summer fun festival July 18, 19 & 20. All are welcome to join them. Please call Cathy Carmack 734-426-8483 if you
have any questions.