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St. Joseph Catholic Church Page 2 Battle Creek, MI
Mass Schedule
All Masses are Celebrated privately by our priests On Sundays there are 3 Masses live-streamed:
8 am in English, 10 am in Spanish, 12 pm Burmese
The 8 am Mass is live-streamed every day.
Readings for: Fifth Sunday of Easter Acts 6: 1-7, 1 Pt 2: 4-9, Jn 14: 1-12
Saturday, May 9 – Vigil: Fifth Sunday of Easter 5:00 pm † John Peter Abramowicz by Linda Abramowicz
Sunday, May 10 – Fifth Sunday of Easter 8:00 am † Coralie Sliva by Mike & Kathy Toth 10:00 am † Alicia Hernandez by Campos Family 12:00 pm † Sarah K. Eckstein by Susan Cataldo & Kathryn Eckstein
Saturday, May 2 – Vigil: Fourth Sunday of Easter 5:00 pm † Chuck O’Heran (30th Anniversary) by Helen O’Heran-Rettenmaier
Sunday, May 3 – Fourth Sunday of Easter 8:00 am † John Vincent Abramowicz (60th Anniversary) by Linda Abramowicz 10:00 am † Alicia Hernandez by Campos Family 12:00 pm For the People of St. Joseph & St. Jerome
Monday, May 4 8:00 am † John Horvat by Jerry & Cathy Horvat
Tuesday, May 5 8:00 am † Evelyn Schmidt by St. Joseph Parish
Wednesday, May 6 8:00 am † Walter & Evelyn Hudson by Jack Haciak
Thursday, May 7 8:00 am † Jim & Sue Krajewski by Krajewski Family 9:00 pm † Thomas Tobolski by Family
Friday, May 8 8:00 am † Vocations to the Priesthood by Fr Chris
Saturday, May 9 8:00 am † Sue Barda by St. Joseph Parish
Due to the Executive Order to suspend activities that are not necessary to sustain or protect life:
• The Church is closed, the Parish Office is closed, all events are canceled until May 15. • Masses will be celebrated privately by our parish priests and all Mass intentions will be honored.
See page 5 for the schedule of events that are live-streamed on Facebook.
We pray for the day when we will be able to resume weekly
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament at St. Joseph Catholic Church.
The Diocese of Kalamazoo has and will continue to cooperate with the Michigan
Attorney General’s investigation and encourages anyone with information related to miscon-duct to call the reporting number set-up by the Michigan Attorney General’s office at: 844.324.3374.
Fr. Andrew Raczkowski Holy Angels Catholic Church
402 S. Nottawa St. Sturgis, MI 49091
Welcome, Fr. Max!
Rev. Maximilian Nightingale has been appointed Parochial Vicar of the Collaborative of St. Joseph Parish and St. Jerome Parish in Battle Creek, as well as Chaplain/Spiritual Moderator of the Battle Creek Area Catholic Schools. He was previously the Parochial Vicar at St. Joseph Parish, Kalamazoo, and Chaplain to St. Monica Catholic School, Kalamazoo, Check out Facebook for a “Welcome Fr. Max” video from Fr. Chris’ office on April 21.
Fourth Sunday of Easter Page 3 May 3, 2020
From Fr. Christopher Ankley
From a homily on the Gospels by Saint Gregory the Great, pope
Christ the Good Shepherd
I am the good shepherd. I know my own – by which I mean, I love them – and my own know me. In plain words: those who love me are willing to follow me, for anyone who does not love the truth has not yet come to know it.
My dear brethren, you have heard the test we pastors have to undergo. Turn now to consider how these words of our Lord imply a test for yourselves also. Ask yourselves whether you belong to his flock, whether you know him, whether the light of his truth shines in your minds. I assure you that it is not by faith that you will come to know him, but by love; not by mere conviction, but by action. John the evangelist is my authority for this statement. He tells us that anyone who claims to know God without keeping his commandments is a liar.
Consequently, the Lord immediately adds: As the Father knows me and I know the Father;
and I lay down my life for my sheep. Clearly he means that laying down his life for his sheep gives evidence of his knowledge of the Father and the Father’s knowledge of him. In other words, by the love with which he dies for his sheep he shows how greatly he loves his Father.
Again he says: My sheep hear my voice, and I know them; they follow me, and I give them
eternal life. Shortly before this he had declared: If anyone enters the sheepfold through me he shall be saved; he shall go freely in and out and shall find good pasture. He will enter into a life of faith; from faith he will go out to vision, from belief to contemplation, and will graze in the good pastures of everlasting life.
So our Lord’s sheep will finally reach their grazing ground where all who follow him in
simplicity of heart will feed on the green pastures of eternity. These pastures are the spiritual joys of heaven. There the elect look upon the face of God with unclouded vision and feast at the banquet of life for ever more.
Beloved brothers, let us set out for these pastures where we shall keep joyful festival with
so many of our fellow citizens. May the thought of their happiness urge us on! Let us stir up our hearts, rekindle our faith, and long eagerly for what heaven has in store for us. To love thus is to be already on our way. No matter what obstacles we encounter, we must not allow them to turn us aside from the joy of that heavenly feast. Anyone who is determined to reach his desti-nation is not deterred by the roughness of the road that leads to it. Nor must we allow the charm of success to seduce us, or we shall be like a foolish traveler who is so distracted by the pleasant meadows through which he is passing that he forgets where he is going.
Patron of the Dying, Pray for Us
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Prayers for the Sick/Those in Need
Tri-Parish Pro-Life Spiritual Adoption Program
We have completed our first month of praying for our spiritually adopted baby, which began on March 25.
MONTH 1 – Developing Baby
Thank you for praying for me. I am one month old now.
I have a heart pumping my blood and a backbone.
I am very, very tiny and I appreciate your prayers.
Your spiritually adopted baby has been quite active over the past month. Already your baby is 10,000 times bigger than at conception. Our baby has developed the foundations of her brain, spinal cord, and nervous system by the 20th day. Her heart began to beat on the 21st day, pumping blood through its own circulatory system and the blood type can be different from her mother’s.
Your baby is most vulnerable during the next month of being aborted. Pray that the Lord of Life might move the heart of her mother to give her the most precious gift of all - - the gift of life.
Connecting with Mercy Message from a 12 year old girl, posted on the street entering her neighbor-hood: "HOPE, HEALTH, and LOVE TO YOU." Mercy has no age limit.
Honor thy Mother and Father
Tri-Parish Pro-Life Ministry invites you to join us in honoring mothers and fathers for giving us life. During May and June, Masses have been scheduled at all three parishes to remember and pray for both our living and deceased parents. If you would like your loved ones remembered at these special Masses, please email us at: [email protected] by May 9 with your name(s), the parish you attend, and the names of your loved ones. These names will be included in a special insert in the bulletins on Father’s Day.
Masses will be said: St. Jerome May 10 & June 21 at 10:00 am St. Joseph May 10 at 10 am; May 23 at 5 pm June 7 at 10 am; June 21 at 8 am St. Philip May 10 at 11:30 am, May 16 at 4:30 pm June 21 at 9 am, June 28 at 11:30 am
Donations would be very much appreciated and can be dropped in the collection baskets when Masses resume in an envelope marked “Tri-Parish Pro-Life Ministry”. Checks can be made out to “Tri-Parish Pro-Life Ministry”.
"Thank you, Mom and Dad, for the gift of life!
Attention St. Philip Class of 1970
The 50-year reunion
which was scheduled for August 2020, has been postponed. Plans are to have a reunion in 2021, details pending.
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Get the St. Joseph Parish App to receive
regular texts with information from St. Joseph Parish.
On the app you’ll find: • Live Stream button to watch Sunday Masses • Mass button to see our Mass recordings • Weekly Bulletin • Daily Readings • Access to Online Giving • Common Catholic prayers • Coronavirus prayer • Bishop Barron’s Homilies • And more!
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Sunday Bulletin You can find the weekly bulletin on our website stjojsephbc.org, our parish app or at discovermass.com. At Discover Mass you can sign up for a weekly email with a link to the current week’s bulletin.
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Watch the daily live-streaming of Masses, Divine Mercy Chaplet 3 pm, Spanish Rosary Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 7 pm, and Holy Hour for Vocations Thursday 5 pm.
Stay connected while St. Joseph Church is closed.
From our Council of Catholic Women Due to the pandemic, and not being able to attend Mass, we are selling tickets for our annual Mayflower raffle differ-ently this year. You may purchase by mail, tickets are still $3 each or all 5 for $15. Drawing will be on June 2 at 7:30 pm. You will be notified if you are a winner.
Please mail a check (made payable to St. Joseph CCW) to either of these members. They will put your name & phone number on tickets and add to the “intake box.”
Kathy Lucas, 554 E Minges Rd, Battle Creek, MI 49015, 269-963-2685 Alicia McCullough, 140 Terry Ct, Battle Creek, MI 49015, 269-965-1595
Are you looking for a way to do something for your parish from home? We are in need of a volunteer to be responsible for the St. Joseph Parish Quarterly Newsletter. Being comfortable with Microsoft Publisher is helpful, but not required. Microsoft Publisher is much more flexible than Microsoft Word, and training is available if needed. People and organizations in the parish submit articles and pictures to the Newsletter Editor. who will put it all together for publication. If you are interested, please contact Ellen at [email protected] or 788-3611.
Liturgy of the Hours, eBreviary
The Liturgy of the Hours prayer for the current hour is offered at the QR code below, courtesy of ebreviary.com.
Morning Prayer, Daytime Prayer, Evening Prayer and Night Prayer are available for every day.
St. Joseph Parish Website stjosephbc.org.
To get the App:
Text App to 88202
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Financial Information
Thank you to those who have mailed their contributions to the parish, dropped off envelopes
through the mail slot at the parish office, or continue to give through Online Giving.
You may give online directly to St. Joseph Parish, using Online Giving through Our Sunday Visitor, our church envelope company. The Online Giving Website for St. Joseph Church is osvonlinegiving.com/3010. You need to create an account and link it to a bank account or credit card.
You can make a one time donation or set up regular weekly or monthly donations. All the special envelopes are also available to make a donation, even making a donation for a Mass. Online Giving Technical support can be reached by calling 800-348-2886 (option 2, then option 1). You can also reach support via email at [email protected].
The Diocese of Kalamazoo is delaying the launch of this year’s Bishop’s Annual Appeal and turn-ing our focus to securing financial support for our Parishes. To that end we are pleased to an-nounce the launch of an online giving initiative, “Forward in Faith: The Parish Support Fund.”
This fund has been created in collaboration with Our Sunday Visitor. Parishioners, as well as any interested donor, will be able to visit our diocesan website (www.diokzoo.org/parish-fund) and
make a contribution to a specific Parish. Donations to the fund will be deposited to a Diocesan account and then di-rectly distributed to the donor’s specified Parish.
The “Forward in Faith: Parish Support Fund” has been established to give an immediate, easy and accessible way for Parishioners to donate and will include all of our 59 Parishes. This is especially helpful for smaller parishes where hav-ing their own online giving isn’t financially feasible.
Our Diocese will also be promoting the “Forward in Faith: the Parish Support Fund” to a broader audience of donors through social media marketing.
Collection April 26: $17,530
YTD Needed
$782,056
YTD Collected (including
Holy Days & Feasts) $758,766
Shortage –$23,046
Special Envelopes
Calling all Prayer Warriors The Daughters of St. Paul invite you to participate in Spiritual Adoption. This is a specific effort within #SpiritualCommunion for those on the frontlines to be spiritually supported. Spiritual Adoption also is designed to bring meaning, connection, and hope to those feeling the effects of isolation in lockdown.Spiritual Adoption has three aspects for COVID-19 Patients, Doctors, Nurses, and other First Responders on the front lines, as well as for those in lockdown. Spiritual Adoption allows participants to (1) become Spiritually Adopted, (2) have their loved ones become Spiritually Adopted, or (3) become Spiritual Adopters themselves. Daughters of Saint Paul then pair participants together and connect them virtually.
Pastor .......Reverend Fr. Christopher Ankley [email protected] Parochial Vicars ...................... Fr. Pius Cung
[email protected] ...................................... Fr. Max Nightingale [email protected] Deacons ...... David Krajewski, James Nelson
Emergency Assistance St. Vincent de Paul Society 969-5606
Pastoral Care of the Sick If you are homebound, contact Linda Kellogg 965-2074
Sacrament of Baptism Parishioners should call the Parish Office to make arrangements.
Sacrament of Eucharist Sacrament of Confirmation
Contact our Schools or our Director of Faith Formation.
Sacrament of Marriage Parishioners must contact one of the parish priests at least six months before setting a wedding date.
Sacrament of Holy Orders If you or someone you know has a vocation, contact a parish priest for assistance.
Sacrament of Anointing the Sick In case of an accident, surgery or other emergency, call 962-0165.
Parish Staff
Parish Office Manager ........... Shirley Springer ▪ [email protected] 962-0165
Communications, Music .............. Ellen Tipton ▪ [email protected] 962-0165
Faith Formation...................... Barbara Kincaid ▪ [email protected] 965-4079 Liturgy and Music .................... James Zalewski ▪ [email protected] 962-2133 Pastoral Ministry ............ Sr. Cyrilla Jegla, RSM 965-1990 Youth Ministry ........................... Andrea Perry ▪ [email protected] 788-7000
Parish Ministries
All Saints Superfest ....................... Ed Bauman ▪ [email protected] 962-1328 Boy Scouts Troop 325 ................. Bob Johnson ▪ [email protected] 965-7365 Catholic Men’s Fellowship ............ John Duyck ▪ [email protected] 965-8954 Connecting with Mercy ................... Mary Sine ▪ [email protected] Council of Catholic Women ...... Colleen Vitale ▪ [email protected] 989-723-1842 Echo Apprentice ......................... Ruby Briones
▪ [email protected] 962-0165 Evangelization Commission .. Suzanne Nielsen ▪ [email protected] & Nancy Haack Family Activity Night ............... Loretta Mahley ▪ [email protected]
Finance Council ............................. Ed Bauman ▪ [email protected] 962-1328
Formed Access Code ........................ Hispanic Community .. Fr. Andrew Raczkwoski ▪ [email protected] 962-0165 Jail Ministry ............................. Rita Wahmhoff ▪ [email protected] 968-3067 Knights of Columbus .............. Andrew Kincaid ▪ [email protected] 589-5888 Lakeview Food Pantry............... Janet Borders ▪ [email protected] 965-2632 Legion of Mary ........................... Linda Kellogg ▪ [email protected] 965-2074 Newcomers .................. Phil & Mary Sue Avery ▪ [email protected] 979-9105 Perpetual Adoration St. Philip ................ Betty ▪ [email protected] 962-8255 Prayerline ..................................... Linda Opack 962-7339 Small Christian Communities…………Judy Buch (Scripture Study) 425-9395 Spanish Choir ............................... Teresa Bello
269-274-7409
419-5786 Spiritual Library ....................... Rita Wahmhoff ▪ [email protected] 968-3067 Tri-Parish Pro-Life ............................ Pat Hirzel ▪ [email protected] 968-4639
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