Church of St. Anne, Ortonville, Michigan April 7, 2019

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Religious Education Office Marianne Boesch, DRE, ext. 131 248-627-3965 marianne@churchofstanne.org

FAITH-IN-ACTION EVENT

Saturday, April 13 10:00 a.m.-12 noon

Join us for our next Faith-in-Action Event on Saturday, April 13. We will gather in Hardy Hall to fill Easter baskets for OCEF. All ages are welcome and encour-aged to attend this event. Many helpers will be needed.

First Communion Retreat

Saturday, April 27 9:00 a.m.-12 noon

A parent or adult family member will need to attend this retreat with your stu-dent. We will begin at 9:00 a.m. in Hardy Hall. Please dress in comfortable clothing as we will participate in a variety of activities:

Prayer Banner Making Bread Baking

Practice Review

First Communion Practice Thursday, May 2

6:00 p.m.

First Communion Celebration Sunday, May 5

10:30 a.m.

St. Anne’s Easter Egg Hunt April 20

starting after the Blessing of the Baskets at 11:00 a.m.

This FREE event is for all

children ages 0-12 Hosted by: Middle School Youth Ministry

Activities Include: Face Painting

Photos with the Easter Bunny Snacks

Easter Coloring Pages

And we will finish with the Easter Egg Hunt !!

Confirmation Candidate / Sponsor

Meeting

April 28 12 noon

This meeting is for all second year Confirmation students and their Sponsors. Please meet in Hardy Hall at 12noon. If a sponsor is not available, a parent may attend in their place. Remember to turn in the following items before this meeting:

Confirmation Request Form

Sponsor Name Sponsor Address

Baptismal Certificate Service Hour Form

Confirmation Name if decided

Life in the Spirit Tuesdays

6-8:00 p.m.

May 7– Who is the Holy Spirit? May 14– What does the Holy Spirit do? May 21– How can I be filled with the Holy Spirit? Join us this May to learn about life in the Spirit. We will begin each week with dinner and prayer at 6:00 p.m. Childcare is available upon request. This adult faith formation offering is for Confirmation and High School students to attend as well. All are welcome, bring a friend!

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ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

Thursdays 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

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RECYCLE MINISTRY SCHEDULE

April 13/14-27/28-Kathy Wojtalewicz May 18/19-June 1/2-Tom Newcomb June 15/16-29/30-Chris & Pete Maniaci

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Readings for April 14th, 2019

PALM SUNDAY Isaiah 50: 4-7

Psalm 22: 8-9, 17-18, 29-20, 23-24 Philippians 2: 6-11 Luke 22:14-23:56

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ALTAR CARE

CHURCH CLEANING FOR EASTER-FRIDAY,

APRIL 12TH 9:00 A.M. ***

Prayer for Lent Lord, grant that I may always allow myself to be guided by you, follow your plans and

perfectly accomplish your holy will. Grant that in all things,

great and small, today and all the days of my life, I may do whatever you require of me.

St. Teresa of Avila

What might God be requiring of me today?

Have a prayerful week.

Julie

Worship

Today’s readings invite us to reflect on our need for redemption and to open our eyes to the new things that God wants to do in us.

The First Reading is addressed to the exiles in Babylon. They are told that God is about to destroy the Babylonian empire. What a marvelous thing! God will buy back the exiles in the same way that he destroyed the pharaoh’s army at the Red Sea. Moreover, this new Exodus will be so great that they will forget the first one. God makes all things new.

In the Second Reading, Paul tells the community at Philippi about his former life as a persecutor of the followers of Jesus and about how everything he once had is now considered rubbish in light of knowing Christ and his Resurrection. Here, “knowing” means experience Christ in faith.

In the Gospel’s powerful story about Jesus and a woman charged with adul-tery, the scribes and Pharisees force Je-sus to be a judge so that they might en-trap him. But what about the woman? She is shamed at least twice. The men who brought charges against her would have witnessed the act, and now she is made to stand before these men while she awaits judgment. It is likely that she had been raped, because most women in the ancient world were not given enough freedom to voluntarily engage in sexual relations. Jesus saves her by saying that the one who has no sin can cast the first stone. (Taken from At Home With the Word)

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ALTAR LINEN SCHEDULE

04-07-19—Marge Sisson 04-14-19—Jean Zubalik

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Weekend of April 13th & 14th

PALM SUNDAY

Lectors: 5:00 p.m.-Kevin Travis, Ken Sheperd 8:30 a.m.-Kathleen Russell, Gary Putt 10:30 a.m.-Nick Wolinski, Bryan Born

Eucharistic Ministers 5:00 p.m.-Nancy Patterson, Mary Grocott, Trina Lang, Imelda Ingman, Lily Ingman, Rose Ingman, Todd Patterson (MS) 8:30 a.m.-Royann Hassinger, Nancy Seery, Denise Nowakowski, Cathy Genovese, Linda Mizjejewski, Allan Sagert (MS) NEED 1 MORE 10:30 a.m.-Connie Marshall, Karyn Milligan, Marianne Boesch, Veronica Gdowski, Dave & Marcia Bonner, Jerry Bellefeuille (MS) Altar Servers: 5:00 p.m.-Kris & Denny Anderson 8:30 a.m.-NEED SERVERS 10:30 a.m.-Noelle Gdowski, Brynn Wolinski, Rowen Wolinski

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CHILDREN’S LITURGY

OF THE WORD Weekend of April 7th

8:30 a.m.-Katie Gerhardt 10:30 a.m.-Maldonado Family

Weekend of April 14th 8:30 a.m.-Nancy Allar

10:30 a.m.-NEED VOLUNTEER ***

Every Friday during Lent, we pray the Stations of the Cross at 7:00 p.m. these will be led by members of our commis-sions. This Friday—April 12th—will be led by members of the Pastoral Council. Immediately following the Stations we offer a soup and bread meal along with fellowship. We hope you will consider attending one or all of these evenings.

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Your Donations Help Our Brothers and Sisters . . . Thank you for your generous support of The Catholic Relief Services Collection and for helping Jesus in disguise. Your contributions make a difference for the poor and marginalized around the world. If you missed the collection, it's not too late to give! Just visit www.usccb.org/nationalcollections, and click on the "How to Give" link on the left.

“SO SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION”

It has been brought to my attention that there has been some confusion about the Easter OCEF Distribution, and hopeful-ly I will be able to clear up any confu-sion you may have.

Yes, OCEF is having an Easter Distribu-tion, and yes we are still collecting food, as always, but the food is not going to be used just at Easter time. Because Easter has always been a hard distribu-tion to find enough volunteers, and we don’t have our normal outside sources that donate like they do for Thanksgiv-ing and Christmas. We thought we would try something different.

We took a 2 month survey of current pantry clients and asked them if they would prefer the food and the usual 25.00 Bueche card, or would they like 2 cards totally 60.00. All 100 families who will be participating for Easter went with the 2 cards. This does not surprise me as many clients go to rela-tives homes for Easter egg hunts and other family outings and would not be using the food right away. If there are any families, like late sign up’s, new clients, or already existing clients they can make an appointment for emergency food.

The one thing I really want to make clear is that we do not let anyone go hungry, never, ever. This distribution will be a trial; as OCEF continues to grow, we are always looking to improve our service to our wonderful families, and we are open to any suggestions any-one may have to help us improve our already existing wonderful program. I hope this explanation helps you under-stand what we will be doing for Easter. Please, if you have any questions, do not hesitate to give me a call at the parish office- 248-627-3965 ext. 103. Many blessings, and thank you for your ongo-ing support and all that you do!

Karyn Milligan

Allow Yourself to be Transformed

St. Ignatius of Loyola’s Daily Examen

St. Ignatius Loyola’s Daily Examen is a powerful tool to help you prayerfully review your day. Take 15 minutes each evening the remainder of Lent to see God in the everyday. 1. Place yourself in God’s presence.

Look back on the events of the day. Ask the Holy Spirit for clarity and understanding.

2. Pray for the grace to understand how God is acting in your life. Walk through your day in the presence of God and give thanks for his gifts in your life.

3. Review your day and pay attention to specific moments. Did your actions bring you closer to God or move you farther away? Ask your self when you were aware of God’s presence, and whether you considered your options and freely followed God’s will in specific situations.

4. Ask for forgiveness and healing. Ex-press sorrow for those times when you failed to follow God’s will, and ask for his help for the next time.

5. Look toward tomorrow. Ask for God’s grace for tomorrow’s chal-lenges. Seek God’s guidance. Ask for help and understanding.

Christian Service

I would like to send a very warm thank you to everyone who brought soup, bread, salad or shared a smile with all of us at the Lenten Soup Dinner last Sunday. We had such a wonderful se-lection of great soups and salads-one got full just looking at the variety.

I hope all of you who attended enjoyed meeting Kyle, from Grace Centers of Hope, and hearing his witness to the amazing programs which Grace of-fers. Thank you everyone who attend-ed, and if you would like to drop a note to Kyle in the mail and share your thoughts with him I know he would really appreciate it and we would be letting the administration of Grace know how wonderful he was. Also, please remember that we will be col-lecting needed items until the end of Lent to help Grace Centers. Thank you, many blessings to all. Karyn

Adorers Needed Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Is offered every Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. We are in dire need of additional or substitute adorers as the Blessed Sacrament must be in the presence of an individual every hour. We try to schedule two individuals for each hour. If you have availability on Thursdays and would be willing to be a substitute, a fulltime or part-time adorer, please call the parish office at 248-627-3965 ext.100. You will never regret the time spent with the Lord.

Andy’s Attic Annual Sale The Catholic Community of St. John Davison & Blessed Sacrament Burton will be hosting a huge sale! The sale is behind St. John Family Center at 505 N. Dayton, Davison. Come and see the large selection of items to pur-chase within the yellow barn and the multiple tents! Rain or shine we will be open. This is a fundraiser not a rummage sale. Hoping and praying to see you there and help you with your selections! God Bless.

May, 16, 17, 22, 23 & 24th 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.

May 18, 20, 21 & 25th 10:00 a.m-4:00 p.m.

Closed Sunday St. John Davison is also willing to accept your gently used items up until the month May. Please call Andy’s Attic Representative, Judy Neuharth, at 810-664-6877 with questions.

Good Friday St. Anne Church Hardy Hall

Appointments preferred Call 866.642.5663 or visit Versiti.org/miblood Sign up Today!

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It’s More than a Tootsie Roll The Knights of Columbus Father Ging Coun-cil will be conducting their annual M.I. (Tootsie Roll) Drive the weekend of April 12-14, 2019. You will see them with their yel-low aprons and friendly smiles at a few se-lected businesses around the town and after the weekend Masses at St. Anne Church. All of the donations go the mentally impaired, with 80% of the funds collected staying in our community (Clarkston Club Create, SCAMP, and Brandon Schools Spe-cial Education). Please be generous as these funds are greatly needed.

Beer Appreciation Evening Hosted by the

Knights of Columbus

All Proceeds to Support the Sisters of Mt. Tabor

Friday, May 10th 7 - 10:00 p.m.

$30 per person

Reservation required: Sign Up after Mass or Call the Parish Office

at 248-627-3965 ext. 100

Enjoy a Sampling of a Variety of Local Michigan Craft Beers,

Pizza, and Live & Silent Auctions

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The Truth & The Sword Every year, the Davison Passion Play-ers perform a play during Lent to coin-cide with the Christian season that com-memorates the death, burial and resur-rection of Jesus. Don’t miss your chance to see this live performance!

Friday, April 19, 2019 12:00 noon and 7:00 p.m.

Davison High School 1250 N. Oak Rd. Davison , MI

Eucharistic Celebrations Saturday, April 6, 2019 5:00 p.m. Charlie & Dorothy Sherman, req. by Julie Mursu Sunday, April 7, 2019 8:30 a.m. Dennis Kasper, req. by wife, Ingrid 10:30 a.m. Bernice Kowalski, (25 yr. anniversary) req, by Daughter, Martha Joyce Delasko (living) Special birthday intention,

req. by Irene Delasko & Family Steve Francis, req. by Wife, Colleen Monday, April 8, 2019 No 7:00 p.m. Evening Mass Tuesday, April 9, 2019 No 9:00 a.m. Morning Mass Wednesday, April 10, 2019 No 9:00 a.m. Morning Mass Communion Service only Friday, April 12, 2019 No 9:00 a.m. Morning Mass Saturday, April 13, 2019 5:00 p.m. Frederick & Mariah Andre, req. by Family Ronald Delasko (living) Special birthday intention,

req. by Irene Delasko & Family Sunday, April 14, 2019 8:30 a.m. Richard Moon, req. by Family Nicolo Genovese, req. by Family 10:30 a.m. Godparents of Donna

Valverde

Please Pray for the Intentions of: Carol Zimcosky, Andrew Siring, Irene Dela- sko, Sharon Belt, John Battani, Sister Judy Jones, Dennis Fowler, Sue Fler, Phyllis Ma-rek, Betty Morici, Mike Kennedy, Mike Al-len, Bob Thompson, Katie Mahlau, Joyce Merle, Marcia Bradin, Chris Sirvio, DJ Ste-vens, Joyce Delasko, Kim Collier, Mark Lundgren, Tom Kudza, Jane Zerichny, Larry Belt, Sue Lipari, Thad Staley, Ed Haddad, Scottie R., Lori DeDalis, Karen Plaza, Teri Luckey, Tony Hock, Patty Hoyes, Dorothy Massy, Robby Higden, Cheryl DeWald, Pen-ny Wood, Sarah Menz, Holly Francis, Jeanne Barron, Brian Francis, Andy Rubin, Jeffrey Wiak, Maddie Katchka, Sophie Contzen, John Battani, Linda Sutton, Sue Brown, Cindy Kennedy, Mark Jaruzel, Nick Kisarewich, Judy Johnson, Maggie Wade, Lynnette Nichols, Elizabeth Smith, Dianne Kukawski, Celeste Wood, Jeff Chamberlain, Ruth Stralecki, Rory Robinson, Carol Rich-ardson, Polly Mayer, Erin Cater, Kathy Kow-alski, Dylan Martin, Archer Olinski, John Mayer, Todd Zak, Bob Sajchdack, Carmody Family, Terry Tyson, Colin Fler, Carol Wil-liams, Arlene Naas, Jason Caponi, Mark Saroli, Joanie Horger, Colleen King, Nancy Wiegand, Janine Stringar & Family, Georgia Wood, Darrell Hornbacher, Jennifer Perosky, David Wood, Jerry Seme, Patrick Lamb

Parish Directory Pastor: Rev. Gerry Frawley Deacon: Rev. Mr. Tony Morici Parish Phone: 248-627-3965 Parish Fax: 248-627-5153 Website: www.churchofstanne.org

Parish Staff Director of Religious Education Marianne Boesch 131 Worship Coordinator Julie Neal 107 Christian Service Coordinator Karyn Milligan 103 Music Director Ingrid Kasper 121 Youth Minister Kim Zernec 132 Bookkeeper Sheryl Van Fleteren 106 Parish Secretary Anne Schulz 100 Building Maintenance Steve Szach 100

Worship Schedule Weekend Masses Saturday 5:00 PM Sunday 8:30 and 10:30 AM Weekday Masses Monday 7:00 PM Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 9:00 AM Holy Day Masses 9:00 AM, 7:00 PM Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday 4:30 PM or by appointment Sacrament of Matrimony Couples should contact the pastor at least six months before the marriage Infant Baptisms Parents contact the parish office

******* St. Anne Pastoral Council Ken Cronander 810-636-6306 Gerri Devine 248-343-1180 Lisa Gruebnau 248-707-8942 Sue Kelty 734-516-4184 Diane Knowles 248-625-0446 Eileen Mahlau 248-872-4435 Chris Maniaci 248-892-2970 Marie Manion 248-895-5360 Betty Morici 248-625-3037 Kathleen Russell 248-762-8045 Melissa Szasz 248-736-8646 Sharon Voyer 248-627-4216

The Mission Statement

of St. Anne Parish "We, the people of St. Anne, are a

growing Catholic Community with

various gifts and talents, and we are

open to the Spirit among us. Rooting

ourselves in The Word of God, we

reach out to all in loving service,

witnessing, and celebrating the life of

Jesus Christ in our midst."

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THREE COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES April 20th 9-11:00 a.m. work with the Knights of

Columbus on “Adopt-a-Road”. We meet at

Bueche’s by 8:45 a.m. and you must sign up

with Kim at #248-627-3965 Ext. 132.

April 27th 9 a.m.- 3:30 p.m. “Rocking & Raking”

helping our elderly and handicapped neigh-

bors with yard work and small home projects.

Permission Slips due April 10th.

June 17-20th Motor City Mission Trip. This is

being coordinated by St. Patrick and St. Mary

Parishes and permission slips will be available

in Solanus Hall. (I’m on mission trip this time,

just wanted to promote it)

GRADUATES-Get your applications in to the

Knights of Columbus. Please put on your cal-

endar Sunday, June 2nd 10:30 Mass and Brunch

in your honor. God Bless, Kim

ATTENTION MISSION TRIP VOLUNTEERS We have one ”Mandatory” meeting to go over

all details for our trip on Tuesday, April 9th, 7-

9:00 p.m. At least one parent should be there.

TIMOTHY AWARDS RECIPIENTS We have 9 youth receiving Timothy Awards this

year. They were nominated for their outstand-

ing Leadership, Christian Service, and/or Com-

mitment based on one or more of the follow-

ing areas: Parish, Family, Civic Community,

and/or School Community.

Please congratulate the following youth:

Sarah Andrus

Ian Burke

Veronica Gdowski

Jaime Huerta

Cole Jaworowski

Madeline Manion

Lukas Miner

Grace Pouttu

Delaney Sebring

Reflections and Gratitude

I’ve have had the honor of being your High

School Youth Minister for 15 years now. As

with any of us volunteers and/or staff, it began

with a “Personal Invitation” and encourage-

ment to try something new out of our comfort

zone. None of us feel qualified to work for

Christ, yet HE continues to tap us in spite of

our lack of confidence (just like in the Bible). I

heard this saying early on and hold onto it for

dear life “They don’t care how much you know,

they know how much you care” and I think

that goes for people who serve all ages. It’s

truly about the relationships that we develop,

much more so than how perfectly we can re-

cite scripture. This is not to say that we

shouldn’t always be learning and growing in

our faith by any means. I have been blessed

with many friendships through my ministry

and hopefully some that will last a lifetime. To

get to know the youth, their families, our more

mature parishioners, the staff and all who wor-

ship and serve here is one of my greatest Joys.

I’ve truly learned to “Fully Rely On God”

(FROG) in all that I do. Thank you for being

part of my Parish Family. Love & Prayers

Stewardship Corner

Parish Support

Fiscal Year: July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019

Weekly Budget Sunday contribution………....….………... $ 9019.23 (100%)

March 2019

1st Sunday Received……………………… $ 10,156.42 (113%) 2nd Sunday Received…………………….. $ 7,396.25 (82%) 3rd Sunday Received……………………… $ 9,567.00 (106%) 4th Sunday Received……………………… $ 8,982.00 (99%) 5th Sunday Received………………………. $ 7,588.00 (85%)

March 30/31, 2019 Amount in Envelopes………….……….......………. $ 4,765.00 Electronic Offertory…………..…..….……….......... $ 2,510.00 Loose Monies……………………………….........… $ 313.00 Weekly Under Budget……….................................... $ 1,431.23 Yearly Under Budget………..………..……….……. $ 9,709.39

Thank you for your generosity! We currently have several families enrolled in Automated Electronic Offertory. This is an ideal way for parishioners to serve Christ through their treasures. To sign up, simply stop by the par-ish office for an enrollment form or contact our bookkeeper, Sheryl Van Fleteren at 248-627-3965 ext. 106.

God, as Your servants please help us to value others the way You do, regardless of who they are or what they do. -Our Daily Bread