ALL THINGS CONSIDERED
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY
Although Mother’s Day has a secular origin, it does seem appropriate to honor all of our mothers, living and deceased, during the Season of Life: Easter.I want to extend to all of our mothers our thanks for your ministry of love and life. My hope and prayer is that the gratitude expressed this weekend will extend throughout the coming year.
DIOCESAN SERVICES APPEAL
This is the third week of our annual Diocesan Services Appeal or DSA. The monetary pledges and gifts collected in this appeal fund over 30 different services offered by the larger, diocesan Church.There are many services that help parishes like ours accomplish their missions. This year our goal is $51,850! As of last Sunday, $27,300 has been pledged or donated. So far, 135 households have contributed 52% of our parish goal. If you have not yet made a pledge or gift to DSA, I invite you to join me in doing so.
Fr. Dave Howell
The following reprint of a letter issued by
Cardinals Mahoney & Keeler, for the National Council of Catholic Bishops, says it best!A LIFE ISSUE
The approaching execution of Timothy McVeigh surfaces memories of a horrible crime. The bombing of the Murray Federal Building and the resulting tragic loss of 168 lives, including 19 little children, haunts each of us. Nothing can diminish the horror. No one can diminish the responsibility of those who committed this crime.
Yet, this execution can only compound the violence. It will not bring genuine healing or closure. It will not bring back to life those who died. It will be just one more killing. McVeigh, on the other hand, apparently will get what he wants—more attention and notoriety.
This first federal execution in 38 years is not just about Timothy McVeigh. It is not even primarily about him. Rather, it is about every man, woman and child in the United States. For when the federal government executes Timothy McVeigh, it will do so in our name.
As pastors, we strongly believe that the use of the death penalty diminishes us as human beings. We recall the words of the poet who explained: "No man is an island, entire of itself" and that therefore "any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind." How much more so are we diminished when a man is killed on our behalf.
Some believe that Timothy McVeigh’s execution will serve justice. But how can more violence and killing, state-sanctioned or otherwise, serve justice? With Timothy McVeigh’s execution we add to our culture of death. The Holy Father has urged all people of good will to replace this culture with a culture of life. But a culture of life rests on the foundational principle that all are created in God’s image. We are called to uphold the life and dignity of every human being at all times, including the lives of those justly convicted of horrible crimes.
Furthermore, as Pope John Paul II reminds us, because modern societies can defend human life against convicted killers without resorting to capital punishment, it should restrict itself to those means. Such non-violent measures can give the offender time to repent of his or her crime and allow the possibility of receiving God’s grace. We will continue to pray for all those hurt by this terrible crime, especially the families of those who died, and for the family of Timothy McVeigh.
Please pray that the sick will respond to God’s healing will, especially: David Girouard, Hogan McCuan, Charlotte Sullivan, Jim Brake, Jimmy Sexton, Mel Oja, Dolores & Donald Schommer, Lena, John Colombo, Mike Beauchamp, Alexander VanRiper, Elsie Whetter, Linda Lambert, John, Lanore Chisholm, Adam Weitzel, Elmer VanWagner, Jim Manetta, Mary Beth, Mary Lou Colgin, Jason Summers, Thomas Dimaggio, Yvette Lagimodiere, Joey Boyd, Bill Hare, Merrick, Jack Bitterle, Tony Pasienza, Diana Jox, Jack Mekjian, Paul Duff, Carol, Gregory, Norman VanDerBrouck, Kateri Sullivan-Golbiw, Derrick Day, Dante, Bonnie Doty, Lane Combs, Ralph Helmer, Joanne Fournier, Bev Zizka, Tyler Ward, Mike, Linda Nagle, Thomas Payne, Danielle Snowgold, Bishop Povish, John Pepa, Margaret Resconich, Joanna Bloese, Russ Gardner, Pete, Cornelius Smits, Ellen Colombo, Karen, Laurie Deirlein, Jeanette Wood, and Donovan.
Please remember in your prayers Grisell Alfaro and family in the death of Jose Gonzalez, Grisell’s father.
Fiscal Year runs from
July 1, 2000 – June 30, 2001
Total income for the week of May. 5/6, 2001
Approximately 1772 people participated:
Using Stewardship envelopes $19,341
Loose Collection/other $1,636
Using Children envelopes $38
Stewardship Total $21,015
Weekly Expenses/Including Mortgage $17,413
+/- for week without Bldg. Pledges $+3,602
Building Fund Pledge Payments $1,532
+/- for week $+5,134
+/- year to date without Building Pledges $+16,636
+/- year to date with Building Pledges $+98,243
Thank you for your gifts
MINISTERS OF PRAYER SCHEDULE
Sunday May 13 Diane Kubus, Jim Cubr
Monday May 14 Sue Weir, Mary Ellen Magon, Joyce Muchler
Tuesday, May 15 Pat Harris, Gale Harris, Judy Terns
Wednesday, May 16 Patricia Huhn, Lisa Arthur, Nancy DiValentin
Thursday, May 17 Jan Baldinger, Gary Prise
Friday, May 18 David Bussey, Claudette & Ken Wilkinson
Saturday, May 19 Mary Helen Buntin, Carol McGrath
CHARITY OF THE MONTH
(Critical Request)
LACASA may lose a $400,000 challenge grant awarded from the Kresge Foundation to help build a $2.5 million shelter for children and adults who are victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse. LACASA has already raised $1.4 million and must raise $624,000 by June 1 to meet the challenge grant deadline. Further information is in the Gathering Area along with pledge cards and envelopes. In addition 25% of the May Alms monies will go to help raise the necessary funds.
Monday, May 14
7:00 pm Children’s Inquiry (Rooms 1 & 2)
7:30 pm RCIA Inquiry (Social Hall)
7:30 pm Mystagogia Catholic Catechumenate (Adult Formation Room)
7:30 pm Grief Support (Chapel)
Tuesday, May 15
12:15 pm Senior Adult Group (Adult Formation Room)
7:00 pm BeFriender Information Night (Adult Formation Room)
7:00 pm Parish Golf Outing Meeting
Wednesday, May 16
9:45 am MOMS Group (Adult Formation Rm.)
6:30 pm CPR Catechists (Social Hall)
7:30 pm Pastoral Council (Adult Formation Room)
Thursday, May 17
10:00 am Bible Study (Adult Formation Room)
6:30 pm Catechist Appreciation Dinner (Rectory LL)
7:30 pm Regional Adult Confirmation
Friday, May 18
6:00 pm Youth Group Relay for Life Cancer Walk
Saturday, May 19
9:00 am CPR Training
K of C Parish Golf Outing
Blood Pressure Weekend
Youth Group Relay for Life Cancer Walk
Sunday, May 20
Blood Pressure Weekend
4:00 pm Marriage Retreat
No Youth Group
MARRIAGE RETREAT
Next Sunday, May 20, we will be sponsoring our second Marriage Retreat entitled Growing through the Stages of Marriage. Our presenters will be Carolyn and Mike Hudson. This special evening for couples will include presentations, time to share and talk with each other, as well as dinner. Daycare will be available. Please set 4:00 to 9:00 p.m. aside to enrich your marriage and strengthen the communication between you and your spouse. Sign up sheets are in the gathering area.
FOOD DISTRIBUTION to the NEEDY
Volunteers are still needed to deliver food to St. Anne’s and Mary Lou Brown Mission on Memorial Day weekend, as well as June 24 and July 22. Please sign up in the gathering area.
We are planning a WOMENS RETREAT the weekend of August 3-5 at Weber Center in Adrian, Michigan. It will be a weekend of prayer, community, faith sharing and time together. All are asked to consider spending the time with the Lord. If you would be interested in attending, please call me (810) 229-8624. I will be leading the weekend and together we will grow in the love of the Lord.
Sister Maryetta
Our teens are involved in the twenty-four hour Relay for Life cancer fundraiser this weekend. There is no youth group meeting so you can catch up on your sleep and homework.
A sign up sheet is in the gathering area for all graduating seniors and their families to attend the breakfast after the 9am Mass on June 3. Call Margaret Callaghan if you have any questions.
The Cedar Point trip has been rescheduled for Monday, July 9. The Hartland Schools will still be in session on June 20. I will need chaperones.
Saturday, June 2, is our Sr. high youth group dance from 7-10 pm in the social hall. The cost is $3. Bring a friend and come to join us.
Tuesday, June 5, from 7-8:30 I will be holding an adult meeting. I am looking for adults who would like to be a part of the youth programs here at St. Mary Magdalen. There are many ways to be involved, from chaperoning on overnight events, to spending the day at Cedar Point, to helping to create another great haunted house! Come and see what we have going on from now until December.
M.U.D (6, 7 and 8 graders)
Scheduled Saturday, July 28, is our car wash at Walter’s Appliance on Grand River. Sign up sheets will be out in June.
Margaret Callaghan
GIVE A GIFT OF LOVE and UNDERSTANDING
Host an Exchange Student
Youth Exchange Service, founded in 1974, is a non-profit, U.S. designated exchange program. The host family provides room and board ($50 per month tax deduction available) while the student is responsible for any other expenses like clothes or spending money. YES provides health insurance, arranges high school acceptance for 15-18 cultural exchange students from Asia, Europe or Latin America who want to participate in our program. Host families are needed for the school year, which begins in August. Call 1-800-848-2121 for more information.
ON THE JOURNEY
This Sunday at the 11am Liturgy, the parents who have been preparing for the baptism of their children will bring them forward and formally present them as candidates for baptism. This is actually the first part of the Rite of Baptism, however, the Sacrament itself will take place at another time.
On Monday, May 14, Sr. Maryetta and I will facilitate the first of a six week program on grief, entitled, "A New Day". If you or someone you know has recently lost someone close to them, please consider joining us in Holy Cross Chapel at 7:30pm.
Our next Retiree’s Lunch is May 15 at 12:15pm, in the Adult Formation Room.
Yours on the journey, Marilyn
FOR YOUR GOOD HEALTH
CPR For Friends and Family May 19 from 9am to 12pm here at the church. Babysitting will be provided upon prearranged request. This class does not certify one for a workbased requirement. No written test is administered. Hands on practice is the goal!! Cost is $5.00. Class size is limited to eight participants. Sign-up in the Gathering Space!
Join us for Fitness & Fellowship!! Come to walk, jog, or roller blade at Kensington Valley Metro Park, at 9am every Saturday in May (except May 11). Meet at the East Boat Launch off the Kent Lake exit. Let's develop healthy behaviors for life & experience community in the process! Call Tammie Gless with questions at (810) 229-3392.
Cigarette Smoking is the number one cause of cancer death in men and has surpassed breast cancer as the leading cause of cancer death in women. If you smoke, please consider and pray about quitting. Visit our Education Station BP Weekend, May 19/20 for some helpful information!!
PREGNANCY HELPLINE’S
Annual Garage Sale
Will be Thursday, May 17 and Friday, May 18 from 9am-5pm at 1922 Hartland Woods. Merchandise is needed, along with volunteers to help at the sale. Call 810-632-5656 for more information.
COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT – The Livingston County Catholic Home School and Girl Scout Troop 911 are collecting soiled flags and damaged or unwanted religious items. The flags will be burned in a respectful ceremony by V.F.W. post 3671. The religious items will be burned or buried by Fr. Dave in a reverent ceremony. Look for boxes in the gathering area until May 21. For further information call Kate Oliveri at (517) 546-4091.
APPRECIATION NIGHT REFUND: Parishioners desiring refunds for Appreciation Night tickets can receive them by either contacting John Yanok (220-8304) or by turning their tickets in to the parish office in an envelope addressed to "Knights of Columbus-Appreciation Night." Kindly include with your tickets appropriate telephone, e-mail or mailing address. Unclaimed funds after June 1, 2001 will be turned over to the Pastoral Council.
St. Pat’s 26th Annual Parish Shamrock Festival
Join the fun on Saturday, May 19, starting at 11am– 9pm, in St. Patrick’s School parking lot. There will be rides, games, prizes, raffles, and food, along with eating contests throughout the day. A Spaghetti Dinner will be served from 5–7:30pm. The raffles include a quilt, 50/50, and the Grand Prize: a GMC Jimmy, Sonoma Truck or $22,000 cash. Raffle drawing is at 7:30 pm. Come and join the fun!
Sponsor of the Month
Brighton Auto Service, Inc.
Golf Outing: There are still several openings available for the 2nd Annual St. Mary Magdalen Golf Outing. The outing is scheduled for May 19, 2001, at Ironwood Golf Course on M-59, Howell. Funds raised will be used to pay off the picnic pavilion and for other parish/community programs. The $75 fee includes 18 holes of scramble golf with cart, games, prizes, and raffles for the entire family, continental breakfast, steak dinner, door prizes and a chance to win a car with a Hole-in-One. Registration forms are available on-line from John Reineke at Reineke99@Yahoo.com, in the gathering area at St. Mary Magdalen, or by calling John at (810) 225-2040 or Dave Guidos (810) 229-4728. The St. Mary Magdalen Knights of Columbus sponsor this event.